For those of you who use Quidco, there are some good cashback deals if you need to book hotels right now. InterContinental Hotel Group *** properties cashback rates are up from 7% to 12% Accor Group properties are up depending on the property: 3% for Etap Hotel, HotelF1 and Formule 1 bookings 7.5% for Ibis and All Seasons bookings 12% for Mercure, Novotel, … [Read more...]
Emirates launches Dublin to Dubai service
It's been coming for some time, but at last Emirates have commenced services between Dublin and Dubai. The service operates as follows: EK0161 DEPART DXB 07:00 ARRIVE DUB 11:30 EK0162 DEPART DUB 12:55 ARRIVE DUB 00:25+1 Operates Daily Booked Equipment - Airbus A330-200 - 3 Class Configuration (First/Business/Economy) Emirates' first flight between Dubai and … [Read more...]
For those who used to play Microsoft Flight Simulator…
... or still do for that matter - good news! Microsoft has finally got off it's backside and has released to Beta it's new epic - Microsoft Flight. And the best news is - the startup stuff is going to be Free. As in nothing. Of course - it's taking the classic "Freeium" style that's taken off with In-App purchasing on various platforms. The free download will only allow … [Read more...]
Tiger Airways Australia continues to get its roar back
Tiger Airways Australia have been through the mill last year when at one point - the entire airline was grounded for 6 weeks by the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) last year. At the moment Tiger is operating its limit of 32 sectors a day imposed by CASA, operating out of Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and The Gold Coast, using 7 out of it's 10 aircraft. It … [Read more...]
It’s a bit blowy out there…
For those of you travelling around the United Kingdom today, there are disruptions to train services being disrupted heavily, roads, and some flights being disrupted, rescheduled or cancelled due to the high winds that are causing major problems (see BBC News) . Cancellations galore on the rail network - see http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/today.html BA … [Read more...]
Iberia pilots to walk out again…
If you've flying Iberia next week, I'd consider having some alternative plans in your pocket as SELPA - the Spanish Pilots Union are going out on strike. Again. The pilots who have been out on strike during the festive period (18th December and 29th December 2011) caused about a 1/3rd of all Iberia flights being cancelled. What's more annoying for travellers is the next … [Read more...]
Travel Technology – This is how I roll…
Gary has written about his travel tech. As a paid up member of The IT Crowd (and yes, I have said "Have you tried switching it off and on" more than I care in my career so far), this is my travel kit when I haul anchor. Minor disclaimer - as well as an IT Person, I am a Photographer. The kit is therefore tailored to that need too. Computer Yes, I'm a Mac (and for me … [Read more...]
Priority Club introduces a 50k redemption tier
InterContinental Priority Club is re-jigging it's award chart, with the introduction of a 50K (50,000) points redemption stay on some InterContinental Hotel properties. Additionally, it seems that Crown Plaza has a 35,000 point redemption charge for some properties Data - Priorityclub.com - Click the image to enlarge Addtional notes from others … [Read more...]
UK Train Fares go up as of today
Well the promised train fare rises have finally hit. The rise which was meant to be inflation +3% (near enough 9% rise), which has been capped to 5.9% Regulated fares such as Long Distance Peak Fares and Season Tickets will be regulated to 6% average. However there are some wonderful discrepancies. London to Glasgow goes up 8.1% Crewe to Chester hits a massive … [Read more...]
2011 in Review: Stats and Numbers
So lets do the end of year stats for my person travel this year in the air. Map - www.gcmap.com Segments Flown: 33 Miles flown: 60,477 Longest Leg: London Heathrow T3 to -Vancouver International Airport, 4708 Miles Shortest Leg: Birmingham Airport UK - Dublin Airport, 200 Miles Airports visited: 20 New Airports: Vancouver International , George Bush … [Read more...]
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