23 April 2018

Mount Kōya / Koyasan - getting there

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The guidebooks say that for travellers with a Japan Rail Pass to get to Koyasan you should take a long winded route to Hashimoto (Waka...
22 April 2018

Japan Rail Pass - calculation

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I booked a trip to Japan with just a couple of days notice - so I asked FB for advice ... and one of my friends texted me straight away to ...
16 March 2018

London to St Anton - Easter 2018

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flights to Munich have gone up a bit over the last week that i've been looking - unsurprisingly :( on Friday 30th March the cheapest ...

Dublin to St Anton

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going to St Anton for some Easter skiing ... a couple of different options: on Friday 30th March 2018 - Ryanair to Munich dep DUB 06:10...
29 October 2017

Redeeming Avios on Flybe domestic

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I've written before about redeeming Avios on FlyBE flights to Ireland I thought I would look to see what they're like from Londo...
07 September 2017

Redeeming Avios in Club

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As long as you fly once a year with your British Airways Executive Club number tagged to a flight, you gain the benefit of much lower taxes...
06 September 2017

Preikestolen

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as part of my trip to Svalbard ... i flew into StaVanGer ... and hiked up Pulpit Rock last time i did it, we had a hire car - which ende...
04 September 2017

LYR trip - finally

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i've written a few times (actually four ) about planning a trip to Svalbard ... so i thought i should explain how i actually finally...
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...