independent travel planning
sharing some of my trip planning in case it could benefit others ... feedback welcome !
21 June 2017
Avios redemptions on EI / BE
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I wrote previously about the extortionate taxes/fees charged by Avios redemptions on Aer Lingus flights ... which included 41 gbp from Dub...
20 June 2017
Don't use Oyster from St Pancras to Stratford
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I needed to attend a talk at one of the hotels adjoining Westfield Stratford, and having recently used a Javelin train from St Pancras to K...
19 June 2017
London things to do - Updated
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It may not be quite travel ... but there's lots of things in the city that I want to do ... museums or places that i've n...
15 May 2017
TfL zone extensions
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I've written a few times before about the downside of PAYG Oyster/Contactless - but one of the upsides (when it works), is that if ...
17 April 2017
Holyhead and Dublin ferry offloading
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When flight prices between London and Dublin and nearby airports (and not so nearby airports) become unreasonably expensive, I quite oft...
25 March 2017
St Pancras International timings
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St Pancras International station is a separate building to Kings Cross - so I never know how long to leave between my tube arriving into K...
13 February 2017
Oyster Revolution
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Last week Future Cities Catapult organised a talk by Matthew Hudson from TfL entitled The Story of Oyster: How TfL Revolutionised U...
31 January 2017
Contactless is 40% more expensive than Oyster
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I've written before about how Contactless can be more expensive that Oyster - but I've never done the (fairly simple) calculations...
21 January 2017
Transport for London fare increases
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One of my complaints about how companies increase their prices is that they don't normally tell you what percentage they are going up b...
01 December 2016
EI avios redemptions available online
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You can now search for availability and book Aer Lingus flights using Avios on the Avios.com website ... although you probably won't wa...
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