15 April 2021

Car Hire from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland

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With foreign travel this summer likely to be subject to restrictions, many of us will end up spending more holiday time than usual nearer to...
30 March 2021

British Airways Avios Peak calendar 2022 analysis

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Like many frequent flyer programmes, Avios charges you different number of points to fly on different days - unpopular parts of the year les...
26 August 2020

Take Two: Amsterdam and Rotterdam to London by Eurostar - direct

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Back in February I wrote about the new direct Amsterdam to London service that was due to commence operation on 30th April 2020.  Unsurpris...
09 March 2020

Covid-19 Travel Advice and Returning Travellers

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Different governments have different views about which countries pose the higher risk for catching the virus formerly known as Wuhan. St...
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...