20 February 2020

Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London by Eurostar - direct

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Update :  This planned service never actually took off.  See my new post for new October 2020 start details. If you want to travel from Lo...
15 January 2020

Ryanair - Why you should always pay in original currency

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Ryanair used to be a complete ripoff when making payments in foreign currencies - they would charge you in the currency of your credit car...
13 January 2020

Star Alliance gold status

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Although the received wisdom in the frequent flyer community is that Aegean Airlines gold status is the easiest to obtain - I thought it wa...
02 January 2020

2020 Fares Unfreeze

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Whilst the Mayor is today tweeting about his claimed " fares freeze ", the reality (as we have previously seen) is different !...
01 January 2020

Belgian Trains "Happy Ticket"

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The Belgian Rail operator NMBS/SNCB offers a special deal over the Christmas & New Year period - a day return from anywhere in Belgium ...
22 December 2019

EMA to London

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East Midlands Airport sometimes has some excellent fares - but it's not always the easiest to get to ... There used to be a regular s...
28 November 2019

Luton Airport train prices

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On 22nd October 2019 Luton Airport Parkway joined TfL's "Contactless" scheme No longer do you *have* to buy a paper ticket ...
24 November 2019

2018 and 2019 Transport for London fares

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I've written before about how TfL have a nasty habit of deleting the old fare tables from their website, so you can't see what the...
23 September 2019

Qatar Airways frequent flyer devaluation

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Back in late May 2018 Qatar Airways devalued their frequent flyer points by around 40% - so overnight points that you could have redeemed ...
17 September 2019

UK one way car hire

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One way car hire in the UK can be nastily expensive.  I recently priced up a one way car hire from London City Airport to Heathrow Airport ...