My Tier Point year ends on the 8th March and, as I have no more flying lined up, I thought it would be interesting to review my year in the air. This year I have flown more than I have ever done before, including: My first ex-EU fare My first American Airlines legs, including F on the… Read More My flying year 2015 – 2016
As I pointed out in the About Me page of this blog, I am not a frequent flyer jetting round the world on business, but a Geography teacher who enjoys travel. As part of my love for my subject, I am going to be giving up some of my own holidays and money to attend… Read More Accelerate 2016 – can I earn over 40,000 points for one stay?
The first I knew that something was up for our return trip from Nice to London was when I had an alert on myflights telling me the aircraft had changed. I had been expecting an Embraer 190, like the one I have been on when I took this flight back in September 2015. I had… Read More When is a BA flight not a ‘BA’ flight?
Sadly, one of our party was not feeling well during our skiing trip to France, to the extent that they had a temperature of nearly 40⁰C. It was decided that they needed to see a doctor to diagnose and treat the problem. Normally, at home, when we try to book an appointment, we get told… Read More The Doctor will see you now
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
I thought I would take a few moments to write about my skiing trip. I learnt to ski in Scotland many many years ago and, whilst I have had the odd day skiing in Europe, I have never been on a ski holiday. We have family who spend a lot of time in the south… Read More Some Nice skiing
The Sofitel Hotel at Heathrow is very convenient for T5. We had a large room, with a very comfy bed. The downside was the air conditioning was a bit noisy, so we switched it off and consequently roasted during the night! Not the best night’s sleep we have ever had. Breakfast in the Club Millesime was delicious,… Read More GUEST POST: MummyAirmiles shuns the Concorde Room
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
As usual for our trips to Nice, I hired a car along with the flights as it normally works out cheaper. This was the first time that we had been in the winter for skiing and therefore the first time that we needed to think about snow chains. It is a requirement in France that snow… Read More How speaking French saved money at Avis
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