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
The idea of paying for a hotel room with no intention of staying in it will be, to most people, absurd. And, quite frankly, it is. So much so that I didn’t tell my wife that I had booked one for over two months until we were in the car driving north for Christmas. But… Read More My first mattress run
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
After our turbulent flight down over Africa, we arrived only a little late and were met by our driver to take us to our Safari lodge. It was a 4 hour drive on good roads, and seemed easy enough should one wish to do the driving oneself – I am glad we opted for a… Read More GUEST POST – MummyAirmiles arrives in Africa
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
I am a creature of habit, and I like a good loyalty scheme, so my first port of call for hiring a car is always Avis. I use them when I fly to Nice and need a car, as it is invariably cheaper to book together as a package than just buying the flights alone… Read More You get what you pay for…
As I outlined in a previous post, half term sees me heading up to Scotland to see my parents and I chose, in what I acknowledge now to be a fit of madness, to travel up overnight on the MegabusGold Sleeper bus. I arrived at London’s Victoria Coach Station at around 2215 to give me… Read More A reminder why I stopped taking the bus years ago
After a couple of weeks away, it was time for my Mum and Dad to come home, so I thought I would finish the tales of MummyAirmiles. They were travelling on Emirates; SEZ-DXB-GLA. We flew on a Boeing 777-200LR from SEZ-DXB. Cabin half full, and although my IFE system was a bit dodgy, and Dad’s… Read More GUEST POST – MummyAirmiles returns home
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