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
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
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
I had my first ‘business’ trip earlier this week; being a teacher, these things dont happen very often. I was speaking to some colleagues in Manchester with my Examiner hat on and needed to be there for an 0845 start, meaning travelling up after school the day before. The train was going to be £110… Read More This is why I love British Airways…
According to this BBC Article published in 2012, the Heathrow Express is the most expensive stretch of railway working out at £1.17 a mile for the 15 minute journey (21 mins to T5). But does that mean it is not worth the money? I live a couple of stops on the tube from Paddington Stations where the HEx departs… Read More Is the Heathrow Express worth the money?
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