Hello Daytrip! A Tier Point run to the Paris Pokemon Centre BA332 London Heathrow to Paris Orly in Club Europe In this trip report… I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was… (The Introduction, with added POUG) To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would … [Read more...]
Hello Daytrip! To the Paris Pokemon Centre With British Airways
Hello Daytrip! A Tier Point run to the Paris Pokémon Centre With British Airways In this trip report… I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was… (The Introduction, with added POUG) To Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First Lounge BA332 London Heathrow Airport T5 - Paris Orly West in Club Europe Would you like to heal your … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect strike (19th/20th June).
Once again, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect staff will be going out on strike today (19th June 2014). The Heathow Express area of Paddington Station - Image GhettoIFE. The strike is due to run for 24 hours from 12:00 (Midday) 19th June 2014 to 11:59 20th June. Heathrow Express will operate the following: A 15 minute service between London Paddington and Heathrow … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express/London Undergound Strike: Still in progress
Unless something magical and peace has broken overnight, both the Heathrow Express and London Underground will be on strike again today. The Heathrow Express strike will continue to the end of service, whilst the London Underground strike will end at about 21:00 local time, with services not expected to return to normal until 1 May. See my post yesterday on frequencies and … [Read more...]
Strike action – both on Heathrow Express and London Underground
Expect transportation chaos if you're coming into London for the next few days the London Underground and Heathrow Express/Heathrow Connect services will be affected by strike action. Heathrow Express The strike is running from the 29th April to 30th. Trains services will be reduced to 2 trains an hour from/to London: London Paddington To Heathrow T5. First train departs … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express and Connect at Christmas and New Year
With Gatwick airport pretty hard to get in and out of over the festive season, Heathrow Airport will also be have reduced connectivity too. Heathrow Express - https://www.heathrowexpress.com/timetable-schedule/service-plans 24th December: Last train departs Heathrow T5 to Paddington at 21:12, Paddington to Heathrow T5 21:40. 25th December: No service. 26th December: No … [Read more...]
Alternatives to Heathrow Express
As I may have stated some time ago, I'm not a fan of Heathrow Express. As a single traveller going from A to B, having a measly 10% off (which can be a saving as low as ... £2), the faff of using a National Railcard (which counts me out as I don't qualify for most of them... and the only one I'd qualify for I'd use so rarely, I'd barely recover the cost on it). Bottom line … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express fares “Good Value for money”. REALLY?
Heathrow Express has gone on the defensive in an article Business Traveller calling the Heathrow Express fare "Good Value For Money", comparing it's £20 fare to a value of a £70 taxi fare. Not bad compared to a taxi, but that is a lot of money. So what are the options? Heathrow Connect is another option that runs every 30 minutes taking 25 minutes to Paddington … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express partners with BAA WorldPoints to earn points!
For those of you who go in and out of Heathrow on the train often enough, you're probably paying hand over fist for Heathrow Express tickets. Well, there's a chance for a bit of claw-back with Heathrow Express joining the BAA WorldPoints programme as an earning partner (as well as a redeeming partner) Point earning is simple enough. Book online at … [Read more...]
Heathrow Express to go out on strike. Again.
Well it seems that strike season is well and truly with us, with Heathrow Express drivers walking out on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 March. This is in relation to disciplinary action by Heathrow Express against two workers. The strike action of course is timed to annoy passengers, with the first batch of action between 03.00 to 12.00 on March 24, and the second batch … [Read more...]