NEWS: British Airways future plans and results
Today British Airways’s parent company IAG presented its interim Q2 results along with some information about its plans for the future. Here are the main points: The airline is planning…
NEWS: BA changes partner Avios redemptions, Italy extends quarantine for Brits, Spain unlikely to go amber+ and
BA changes partner Avios redemptions Yesterday with no prior warning British Airways changed its redemption rates for many JAL and Cathay short-haul redemptions. For most people this won’t be an…
NEWS: Raab hints more green list & explains French amber+ badly, new Hilton in green list Croatia & FCDO ban on cruises removed &
Raab hints at more green list & France amber+ based on island thousands of miles away Dominic Raab gave a rather upbeat series of interviews this morning. What a contrast…
NEWS: New Virgin Atlantic Codeshare, Jet Blue cancels some UK flights & No 1 Lounges reopening
New Virgin Atlantic Codeshare Virgin Atlantic has announced a new unilateral codeshare agreement with Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA) offering connections between the US and Beirut via London Heathrow. It’s…
NEWS: Transit in red countries could be exempt, BA & Virgin study shows safe for UK to open to tourism
Transits through Dubai & Doha etc could be exempt One of the more ridiculous rules for travel is for countries that are seen as a hub for airlines such as…
Great Scotland Yard Hotel London by Unbound Collection from Hyatt review
The Great Scotland Yard Hotel London is the first UK hotel in the Unbound Collection by Hyatt collection, a portfolio of premium hotel properties similar to the Curio Collection by…
BREAKING: US will not lift UK travel ban in short term & Singapore to open in September?
US will not lift travel ban in short term President Biden had promised to give us news on the Europe and UK travel ban but this was not the news…
Shangri-La at The Shard, London, hotel review
Today’s review, Shangri-La at The Shard, is by Benjamin Black, who is an avid luxury travel fan and will be doing occasional reviews for TLFL. The Shangri-La is probably the…
What’s travel like now? : BA Club Europe A321 neo to Palma, Mallorca from Heathrow T5 review
This is a review of BA Club Europe A321 neo to Palma, Mallorca from Heathrow T5 and what’s it like it to travel now. Check-in I had a horrendous journey…
NEWS: Heathrow £5 drop off fee, Tenerife vaccine passport for bars & restaurants, Revolut offers 10% off hotels & cheap currency
£5 drop off fee for Heathrow After already massively increasing the costs of getting an Uber or taxi from the airport, Heathrow has now handed passengers a double whammy while…
