Emirates Airline is offering bonus miles – but only on less popular flights. For example, from Heathrow to Dubai the bonus applies to the day flight departing 08:40 and arriving 18:45, or the 17:00 departure arriving Dubai at 02:50 The bonus is 1,000 miles per flight for economy class, 2,000 miles for business and 3,000 [...]
read more »Emirates now have 5 daily A380 aircraft flying to Dubai and an onward worldwide network. To fill these planes, they offer very competitive fares worldwide. However, when looking for seats, sometimes there may not be a suitable connection in Dubai. The minimum connection time in Dubai between Emirates flights is just 1 hour and 15 [...]
read more »Again this month we have researched Discounted Stansted Express Train Fares. A standard fare, London Liverpool Street to Stansted is now £23.40 single and £32.80 return Tottenham Hale Station (good for the Victoria tube line) is slightly cheaper at £21.00 single and £30.50 return. If you use the referral link from easyJet here, you’ll be [...]
read more »Each month we search for discounts on the Heathrow Express Trains. There have been many different sources for discounts over the years but they come and go. So we check every one and update you here – saving you the effort. The normal fare direct from heathrowexpress.com is £20 single and £34 return. Make the [...]
read more »British Airways and American airlines are offering double reward Avios points for return bookings and travel before 30th April 2013 But the offer only applies to “premium classes” i.e. First and Business Class. And the double points only apply to the higher fare types, for example, with British Airways, in F, A, J, C, D [...]
read more »Within a week of KLM announcing that customers are to be given “more choice”, by charging separately for check-in bags, British Airways launches “hand baggage only” fares. This is a different way of introducing a charge for baggage. It’s promoted as a saving, because hand baggage only fare is lower than their normal price by [...]
read more »How to avoid KLM new baggage fees The airline has just announced, as an enhancement, “providing more choice to passengers”, “the option to travel with just carry-on baggage or to check in baggage at a fee” This applies to KLM European flights from 22nd April 2013 Of course, passengers have always had the choice! It’s [...]
read more »Last chance to earn a 10,000 mile bonus: Register on or before Thursday 31st January and book one Emirates round trip booking completing travel by 31st March 2013, in economy or business class. And other tickets for travel in February and March will accrue double miles For more information on the Emirates reward scheme, see [...]
read more »Here’s an overview of the corporate reward scheme from Emirate Airlines. Emirates has a rewards programme, “Business rewards” which accrues points for your company in addition to your traveller’s existing personal “Skywards” accounts. Previously, only “online-direct” bookings were eligible but Emirates has now made the programme available for bookings made via agents too. The standard earning [...]
read more »British Airways has teamed up with American Express foreign exchange service with this offer; Spend over £300 before 31 March 2012 and they’ll reward you with a bonus 1,000 Avios We’ve compared the rates offered and if you only spend approximately £300 they appear to be marginally better than the Post office and Travelex. If [...]
read more »easyJet begin their daily Gatwick to Moscow services on Monday March 18 with fares of less than £120 return. The airline is filling the gap left by BMI who used to fly the route and were taken over by British Airways, with prices of £47.49 outbound and £62.49 inbound, on sale from today. British Airways return [...]
read more »Starwood group, comprising Sheraton, Westin and Le Meridien amongst others, has a sale of European city stays, at over 250 hotels, for up to 72 hours at www.beatthetimer.com/ The prices are approximately 30% off their normal rates and appear to be available to everyone, not just Starwood Preferred Guest members. For example, the Munich Westin [...]
read more »We now have until midnight on Tuesday to book and pay for sale fares with both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. For more general information, see my previous post here or search for flights using the British Airways link above
read more »The economy airfare sale started around Christmas time but the First and Business Class sale begins today. Bookings must be made and ticketed by midnight on Tuesday. Is the British Airways Sale applicable to business travel-bookings? If you’re looking for economy fares within Europe then the answer is most certainly yes, providing that you can [...]
read more »A new offer has just been launched by Stansted Express which is only available for bookings made online for two people travelling together and is available for travel any time! The price is just £10 each way, per person, for Liverpool Street and £9 per person for Tottenham Hale. The Tottenham Hale reduction is especially [...]
read more »Every month we research the discounts available on Heathrow Express and this month the best discount we’ve found is 10% The normal online fare for comparison is £34 return and £18 single Two travelling together: Up to 31 January 2013 Two travel together for £25 per person. You need to use this code DUO12 in [...]
read more »Starting today, Wednesday 14th November, the “miles” or Avios points required for bookings is being reduced by 25% This does not apply to short-haul European flights which still cost 9,000 15,000 and 20,000 Avios But for other longer flights e.g. to Tel Aviv, the cost is reduced from 25,000 Avios to 18,750 ! This is [...]
read more »The British Airways sale is advertised as the “Luxury” seat sale but you’d be wrong to dismiss it as being the same as some previous sales. This time the fares include European routes and some offer club Europe business class seats at less than economy prices! Bookings must be made before midnight Tuesday. Valid for [...]
read more »The Independent newspaper is offering a promotion at 35 Ramada hotels including the Docklands in London. See the article here Stay anytime between 8 November 2012 and 7 November 2013 You’ll need to print out a token to present upon arrival. A dropdown list of hotels and the availability is available here www.ramada.co.uk/£20 Maximum 3 [...]
read more »A flash sale by Hilton group including Waldorf Astoria and Conrad has been announced For Europe, it is only available for weekend stays (Friday, Saturday, Sunday nights) but for other destinations, any day of the week. Valid for dates up to 29th December, discounts of up to 40% Book directly through Hilton.com but remember to [...]
read more »We compare the lowest prices on Heathrow Express every month. The normal online price is a steep £34 return and £18 single. ANA All Nippon Airlines has the best discounted fare: £30.60 return and £16.20 single. … beating the price offered by Virgin and British Airways (£32.30 return and £17.10 single) ! Use the ANA [...]
read more »The normal online return fare is now £29.50 and the single is £21.50 Book a Stansted Express discount fare through Ryanair and you’ll pay just £25.50 return and £18 single. The prices are actually in Euros (20.49 single and 29.03 return) so depending on the exchange rate that your bank applies, you could achieve a [...]
read more »Just a quick reminder that the British Airways “Go After the Games” sale discounts have to be booked before midnight Tuesday. Our summary of the rules is available in our article here. Or go directly to our British Airways page for quotes and bookings.
read more »This scheme is only worth registering for if your company will fly to Scandinavia in business class several times between now and the end of 2012 The scheme is for travel from the UK to Scandinavia and Finland with SAS, Widerøe or Blue1 Tickets have to be issued by a travel agent and you’ll need [...]
read more »The normal fares for Heathrow Express are £18 single and £34 return if you book online on the Heathrow Express website. The one-way fare increases to £19 if you buy at the station but the return fare remains the same. We’ve researched the reduced fares to save you the time and effort. We earn no [...]
read more »We highlight the main conditions: The sale is for flight only and BA holidays Bookings must be made by midnight Tuesday 25th September All Long Haul travel requires a Saturday night stay (targeting “leisure” travellers”) Euro Traveller bookings from LHR must be booked at least 14 days in advance World Traveller bookings (except to Mauritius) [...]
read more »If you are travelling business class with Etihad to Australia, is it worth signing up to their loyalyty scheme? We took the following example Etihad business class to Melbourne Australia One round trip in Business Class at the lowest fare type (W class) earns 27,700 miles which is enough to buy a pair of Oakley [...]
read more »The truth about where to find easyJet discounts. Search for easyJet discounts and you’ll see offers that apply to easyJet holidays, usually in the form of voucher codes, but never for “flight only”. Discount vouchers for easyJet flights do not exist! easyJet holidays We’re often told that it’s cheaper to book flights and hotels together, [...]
read more »The normal single fare is £21.50 and return £29.50 from www.stanstedexpress.com We’ve thoroughly researched the Stansted Express Discounted fares for July and August 2012 The best fares are: EasyJet Single £19.80 Return £28.00 Ryanair Single £16.40 Return £23.25 Ryanair has the best discount on Stansted Express during July and August 2012 but the charge is [...]
read more »We’ve spent a couple of hours searching for the cheapest Heathrow Express discount fares for travel in August 2012 online, to save you the effort! We earn nothing from this but we hope that you appreciate the advice and come back when you need flights, hotels or Eurostar tickets, as we’ll always direct you to [...]
read more »We’ve researched the best Gatwick Express discounts available for travel in July and August 2012. Gatwick Express direct is currently quoting a discount of 15% at £16.85 single and £27.90 return and this is the best discount available – and with no booking or credit card fees. The trainline.com quoted us £33.20 return plus an [...]
read more »We’ve spent several hours searching literally dozens of airline sites and online travel agent sites, for discounted Heathrow Express July 2012. We have no intention of selling you a ticket and we earn no commission from this advice. We simply enjoy helping our clients to save money by pointing them in the right direction – [...]
read more »The British Airways Sale applies to travel in First and Business class during this summer, between 21st July and 2nd September 2012 Bookings must be made before midnight on Thursday 14th June Book these reduced fares here
read more »We have found return fares of £109 for travel in early August! This compared favourably with British Airways at £280 return Avoiding the hassle of transiting Paris, you can choose a service via Lille, which should just be a change of platforms. Also available, return fares at £199 return in First Class ! Other regional [...]
read more »Virgin Atlantic has a worldwide sale which features real discounts. For example, Ghana – Accra, is now £519 return. The previous fare level was around £560 Dubai is from £399 return presumably to undercut the BA fare of £419 Bookings must be made by midnight on Tuesday 20th March
read more »BA has just announced a worldwide economy seat sale with prices to: New York £434 Dubai £419 Cape Town £748 Barcelona £138 Please visit our British Airways Page to book
read more »I once assumed that the Gatwick Express service between London Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport would be the best option, albeit the most expensive. But I was suprised to discover that Southern Rail offered me the same journey which took just one minute longer! The journey was 31 minutes compared to 30 minutes. And the [...]
read more »We have trawled the web to save you the effort and have found the lowest Heathrow Express fares. AMEX is offering the lowest fare at £28.90 return and £15.30 single The normal fare is £34.00 return and £18.00 single. Here is the link to American Express If you appreciate this impartial advice please subscribe to [...]
read more »British Airways is offering discounted fares for travellers of companies who are signed up to their loyalty scheme, “On Business”. The traveller must also be a member of the British Airways Executive Club or the Iberia, Qantas or American Airlines schemes. The programme is called Business Bespoke and the standard discount is 5% off normal [...]
read more »The British Airways sale applies to First and Club World Class only and offers savings of over £3,000 but seats are limited and the following conditions apply: Travel Dates Applies to outbound travel:: Europe: Up to 10 June Worldwide 23 March – 7 May and 1 June – 10 June Length of Stay Stay up [...]
read more »Opodo is offering a £20 discount on flights costing more than £200. All you need to do to obtain the Opodo discount is enter this code: SALE20 when you proceed with your booking. In addition, FLIGHT+HOTEL packages are discounted by £20 if you spend over £400. Use this code: BREAKS20 This offer applies for bookings [...]
read more »The Heathrow Express fare between Paddington and Heathrow is so expensive that I decided to research the options. The normal Heathrow Express online fare is £34.00 return The lowest discounted Heathrow Express fare is £31.62 return and £16.74 single, via the BMI website here We’d appreciate any comments below, especially if this information becomes outdated. [...]
read more »Two train services serve the Paddington-Heathrow route. We compare both. HEATHROW CONNECT Save £16.20 by taking the cheaper and slightly slower alternative. HEATHROW CONNECT costs £17.80 return compared to Heathrow Express at £34. Even lower fares if you use a railcard. If you’re taking the first train of the day, the journey time is only [...]
read more »British Airways is offering free upgrades from Business to First Class. The offer for travel up to end March 2012 Bookings apply to “published fares” only, i.e. fares that are displayed on the ba.com website. If you book a “restricted fare”, bookings must be made by 31st January 2012. Restricted fares are booked in C [...]
read more »Major airlines including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates and Air New Zealand have January 2012 sales Book before 24th January 2012: British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines and Qantas all require bookings to be made by Tuesday 24th January 2012 Cathay Pacific Sale to Australia must be booked by 15th January 2012 Air New Zealand [...]
read more »The British Airways Sale is targeting leisure travellers rather than business travellers. Bookings in Club World and First Class are non refundable, non changeable and non transferable. But economy tickets can be changed at a charge of £60 for European flights and £90 for worldwide flights. Book by Tuesday 24th January
read more »The government announced an increase in rail ticket prices for 2012 of 6% rather than the intended 8% and as a result, it is taking some time for the rail companies to update their computer systems. Thus, if you book train tickets before Tuesday 20th December for travel next year, you’ll pay 2011 prices. This [...]
read more »These are the cheapest club world fares that I’ve ever seen but you need to act fast and book by Monday night. The airline is selling long haul business class (Club World) seats for only £503 each way! Yes, £1,016 return, including tax! Book by Midnight Monday 5th December 2011 For travel outward 20 – [...]
read more »Save 35% off the onboard price of £37 return I have sat on the Heathrow Express Train and watched in disbelief a number of people paying this fare. By booking online the current promotional discount fare is £24.00 a saving of £13 or 35% For more details read my post here
read more »Discount Heathrow Express Tickets are currently on sale directly from Heathrow Express with a 25% reduction. That’s a discount of £8.00 A standard class return ticket is discounted from £32 to £24 And the Heathrow Express discount single fare is now £16.50 This offer applies to tickets sold up to 31st December for outward travel [...]
read more »The Eurostar 10% Discount applies to travel from now up to 9th February but bookings must be made by midnight Friday. You need to add a “promo code” to the last stage of the booking process. Here are the voucher codes for Eurostar: LONPARIS ASHPARIS EBBPARIS LONBRUSSELS ASHBRUSSELS EBBBRUSSELS LONLILLE ASHLILLE EBBLILLE Book through our [...]
read more »All fares on all trains reduced by another 10% Example: London to Brussels fares available from only £49.00 return Using the PROMO CODE: LONBRUSSELS this is reduced at the check-out stage to just £44.10 ! Offer ends Friday 2nd December and is available for train journeys through to 9th February 2012 Other promo codes – [...]
read more »Gatwick Express is offering a discount fare of £20 per person return, for two adults travelling together; The normal online fare is £27.40 return per person (that’s with an online 10% discount applied) so by booking two together you will save £14.80 This offer ends 15th December. For more details and to make bookings, visit [...]
read more »Members of the BMI reward scheme called Diamond Club are receiving offers of 30% off their next flight booking. A discount code is provided if they click on the email notification. Only one discount code is issued and can only be used when booking a flight on flybmi.com between 20 October and midnight on 12 [...]
read more »Book by midnight Tuesday 8th November Applies to varying travel dates but generally, from November – 10 January A Saturday night stay is required on all bookings. Reservations have to be made in advance and fares are not flexible. These rules are designed to be impractical for business travellers. However, if your journey meets the [...]
read more »Emirates fly to Dubai, and Etihad to Abu Dhabi, at similar fare levels. I was recently asked how their individual traveller loyalty schemes compare. The Etihad Guest Account is a clear winner, whether you are a Pearl, Silver or Gold member. Emirates Skwards Blue Account Heathrow-Dubai Business Class earns 7,500 miles (discounted air fare) And [...]
read more »Hilton is has a “flash sale” of 50,000 rooms worldwide with astonishing rates, but it is for weekend stays only, between 14 October and 16 December These rates are not displayed in the hotel comparison sites. Choose Hilton Hotels even if the rates appear higher, and check. You’ll be offered the discounted rates after you [...]
read more »BA has reduced fares for departures from Gatwick by up to 20 per cent. 12 routes now cost less than £40 each way: Amsterdam, Bologna, Bordeaux, Edinburgh, Genoa, Glasgow, Malaga, Manchester, Marseilles, Naples, Turin and Verona Other reductions include flights to Faro and Innsbruck (from £49), Salzburg (from £59) and Marrakech £69) Unlike most “sales” [...]
read more »With so many companies using premium rate telephone numbers, and keeping you holding for an eternity, here are a couple of ways to avoid a hefty phone bill: Use alternative telephone numbers Visit www.saynoto0870.com where you can enter the name of the company you’re calling and you’ll be given alternative numbers to use. Use a [...]
read more »Identical selling dates as the British Airways sale, the BMI is sale prices include: Cairo return from £328 Marrakech return from £149 Agadir return from £189 Nice one way from £98 Beirut return from £388 Amman return from £339 Plus, a 1,000 bonus miles for economy bookings or 2,000 miles for business class, to your [...]
read more »I’ve enjoyed several free flights this summer courtesy of the most generous airline and credit card reward scheme: Sign up to BMI Diamond Club and apply for a BMI American Express Card Spend as little as £250 within 3 months on the card and you’ll receive up to 24,000 bonus miles, enough for two return [...]
read more »If you have a BMI Diamond Club Account, you can maximise your rewards by taking advantage of the BMI Half Price Sale. This offer is valid for travel between 1st September 2011 and 31 March 2012 You can check availability online, or ask your travel agent to check for X class (economy) or I class [...]
read more »British Airways Executive Club members have until midnight Friday 12th August to redeem miles against travel bookings using HALF the usual miles required. Even if you don’t have many miles on your account, you’ll be surprised at the discounts that may still be available. Login to the British Airways Executive Club here Remember, you can [...]
read more »British Airways has cut prices on hundreds of flight+hotel and flight only bookings. Long Haul return bookings require a Saturday night stay, to deter business travellers and to encourage leisure travellers. But the sale also applies to short haul European destinations where one way fares are quoted and these benefit leisure and business travellers alike. [...]
read more »The BMI Sale ends on Wednesday and applies to flights to the following destinations: Middle East Beirut, Amman, Cairo, Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh Europe Vienna, Berlin, Stavanger and Moscow Click on the link below for more details and bookings
read more »The British Airways Sale applies to premium and business class bookings. See more details and restrictions in my article here. You need to book by midnight on Tuesday to take advantage of these heavily discounted fares
read more »Our promotional discount of Heathrow Express Tickets has ended but we still recommend that you purchase round-trip tickets rather than single journeys, that you book in advance online and save money compared to purchasing onboard. UPDATE December 2011 Heathrow Express discount of 25% for bookings in December 2012 and outbound travel up to end January [...]
read more »The BA sale is directed at leisure travellers as all tickets require a Saturday night stay. The airfares are non refundable (although government tax and airport charges of up to £270, included in the fares below, are refundable) Canny business travellers who stick to their travel plans, and maybe add a weekend holiday to the [...]
read more »If you travel on Wizz more than 3 times a year, as some of my clients do, you can access cheaper fares…. Pay an annual membership of £25.49 (EUR29.99) and save up to £8.50 per flight Immediate access to discounted member fares Up to 9 companions on the same booking also eligible for the discounts [...]
read more »Apply for a British Airways AMEX card now and get 3,000 bonus miles. This offer has been extended until Monday 23 May 2011 Click on the advert to the right of this article to receive 3,000 miles after spending just £500 over the first 3 months and collect future miles at 1 mile per £1 [...]
read more »I made the mistake of buying two single Heathrow Express tickets at the station, costing £36.00 round trip! You can discount by £4 by booking online direct with Heathrow Express UPDATE December 2011 Heathrow Express discount of 25% for bookings in December 2012 and outbound travel up to end January 2012 The normal online fare [...]
read more »The BA upgrade from Business Class to First Class has been extended from 30th April to 27th May for bookings and travel. This offer only applies to the more expensive fully flexible BA fares (J Class), is not applicable to corporate deal fares and cannot be booked on ba.com but via travel agents – or [...]
read more »Until 30 June 2011, you’ll be awarded 1,000 bonus BA Miles for every stay, and you can collect a grand total of 5,000 while the offer lasts. All you need to do is register with Hilton HHonors before booking to be eligible for this unique offer – the only guest programme to offer you both [...]
read more »Discounted Stansted Express tickets UPDATE: January 2012 Now save 27% off the normal fare. RyanAir has reduced their prices further, now offering a discount of approximately £8 on Stansted Express Trains The normal return fare from London Liverpool Street is now £29.50 Online Price £29.50 EasyJet Price £28.00 Ryanair Price £21.60 Book via this link [...]
read more »Apply by 15th April for bonus 3,000 British Airways Air Miles: Low credit limits: For lower spending, earn Air Miles with the British Airways American Express Card. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS Higher credit limits: For higher spend, apply for the BA American Express Platinum CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
read more »Fares from £6 each way, for travel Monday to Thursday only, anytime throughout May. I usually ignore these Ryanair “sales” but after checking, these prices really do exist and there appears to be reasonable availability. The only extra that you have to pay is the credit card charge £6 each way unless you apply for [...]
read more »HEATHROW EXPRESS DISCOUNTS I recently made the mistake of buying a single Heathrow Express ticket at Paddington Station at a price of £18 and a single on the way back. Total, £36! Had I booked online, and bought a return ticket, I would have paid £32 saving £4 UPDATE January 2012 I have researched all [...]
read more »This sale is valid for travel to 30th June! Click here for full details and bookings
read more »A quick sale ends at midnight on Tuesday, 15 February The low economy fares have been reduced by approximately £40 More details HERE
read more »The BMI sale is available on most routes. bmi Special Offers. View our special offers now. Low fares on many routes worldwide. Book now for competitive fares. You may be surprised by their network which includes the middle east. Travel to most destinations at sale fares is up to 15th June 2011
read more »RyanAir Sale expires midnight tonight for travel up to end February. Fares from £7 each way plus all the extras… British Airways Sale: You have until Tuesday midnight to book, for travel to 30 September.
read more »British Airways has some very low fares to Europe starting from £49 each way. Remember that with BA, the price you see is the price you pay!
read more »BMI is offering 10% off flights if booked by midnight of THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER. Applies to any economy flight departing in January 2011 Simply book here and enter 10BMIFLIGHTDIGITAL in the promotional box bmi route list
read more »Ryanair sale ends midnight tonight Fares from £9 one way for travel through to 31st January SAS sale to Norway ends midnight tonight To Oslo, Bergen Stavanger, travel between 10 January – 13 March British Airways sale continues, book by Tuesday 9th November
read more »RyanAir has a £5 sale to destinations in Spain, Norway and Poland but only for travel in October and you need to book by Thursday night! Here’s the link for STANSTED departures and LUTON and GATWICK Remember that HALF TERM school holidays will sell out quickly – that is between 23 OCTOBER – 30 OCTOBER
read more »…don’t forget that if you book hotel and flight together on the British Airways site you’ll access “IT Fares” which are not publicly available thus saving even more £££
read more »BMI Company Rewards programme is ending 31st August and points accrued can be transferred to the Star Alliance Company Plus programme Star Alliance will give 50 points for every BMI point and this, in cash redemption terms, represents an actual 4x increase in value! For example, one of our clients with a BMI balance of 2,560 [...]
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