So, here we are on the plane, a Boeing 777-300, leaving from T5 Satellite B, and we still didn’t manage the underpass walk from T5 – next time, perhaps! However, good old Starbucks was sited at our gate! (and a few more Heathrow Reward points and Amex Avios in the bag – it all helps!)… Read More GUEST POST: MummyAirmiles flies to Brazil
It is always fun posting trip reports from my Mum on here – I love travel and I love reading and writing about it. We both have trips to America in the summer booked under the Avios part-pay offer which will earn us 360 tier points – 240TP short of Silver. As she is… Read More MisterAirmiles and MummyAirmiles go on holiday
Clearly 3 months is too long for my parents to go without a holiday, so it is with pleasure that I introduce the next instalment of MummyAirmiles and her travels – South America is on the cards this time. A new large suitcase has been bought for this trip, and managed to 22kgs in it.… Read More GUEST POST – MummyAirmiles jets off again
Another holiday, another flight. February half term seems to be a favourite for teachers to go away; a number of colleagues went straight from our Valentine’s Disco to the airport (The sensible ones went 3 miles to fly with BA from Heathrow; I wasn’t envious of the ones travelling to Stansted to fly with Ryanair!).… Read More The magic beep: Being upgraded at the airport
On of the biggest perks in the miles and points games must surely be the AmEx 241 voucher from the British Airways Premium Plus card. If you spend £10k in a year you get a voucher in your BAEC account which allows you to book 2 tickets for the Avios of 1(although you also have to… Read More Did I get good value from my AmEx 241 voucher?
After a lovely stay at Tsala Treetop Lodge near Plettenburg Bay, we moved on to Knysna and stayed in the Turbine Hotel and Spa, a converted old wood turbine mill, on one of the estuary islands, Thesen Island. It is promoted as a 5* Hotel, but in reality, it does not live up to the… Read More GUEST POST – MummyAirmiles returns home
Thanks to the positive feedback from the previous guest posts of my parents’ holiday, and their seemingly insatiable penchant for luxury travel, I am delighted to be able to bring you news of their latest adventure. After spending time in South Africa last year, and realising that they wouldn’t be able to see all they… Read More GUEST POST – MummyAirmiles takes to the skies again
Apart from my brief foray into flying with Alitalia earlier in the summer, almost all my travel has been with British Airways. However this has not stopped me in applying for status matching with Sky Team and Star Alliance. Airlines do this from time to time to attract new customers. If someone has status with… Read More Free status with two of the three big alliances
There was some fantastic news today with the announcement that British Airways are reintroducing their London Heathrow – Inverness link in May next year. British Airways previously operated flights from Heathrow to Inverness for 29 years until November 16, 1997, which were suspended for commercial reasons. Perhaps the route planners at BA took pity on me… Read More Inverness to Heathrow link takes off again
One of the upsides of being a teacher is that I know when my holidays will be, and they are plentiful (although don’t get me started on those ‘hilarious’ people who think that we are always on holiday and don’t work hard…!) which means that I can book in advance. I like to have something… Read More Part-pay with Avios – Business Class return to SFO for £750
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