Monthly Archives: September 2012

All Eurostar services Brussels cancelled Wednesday 3 October

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Due to a national strike in Belgium due to take place on Wednesday 3rd October, no Eurostar service will operate to Brussels between 10pm on Tuesday night to 10pm Wednesday night

6 shuttles will operate as far as Lille.

Lille is 112km from Brussels and a 1½ hour drive.

There is a bus service from Lille Europe station to Brussels Airport taking 1 hour 40 minutes operated by Luxembourg company Sales-Lentz

Bookable online at www.flibco.com

And major car hire companies: Avis, Hertz and Europcar are represented at the station

Stansted Express Discount September 2012

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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 price of approximately £16.80 and £23.79 respectively using a rate of 1.22 to the pound

Book on the Ryanair website here

You do not need to be a Ryanair passenger and surprisingly, there are no extras!

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How to redeem British Airways On Business Points

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It makes sense to get the best value that you possibly can from your British Airways On Business points.

You must compare the fare you would otherwise have to pay before redeeming points

EXAMPLE

London-Glasgow-London costs 1,560 points return plus tax.

The equivalent flight at the full economy fare is £432 therefore the value per point is 27p and that is about the highest value that you can achieve.

The lowest restricted fare is just £68 therefore the redemption value would drop to just 4p per point.

To make bookings and for other booking tips please visit our British Airways Page

 

Best airline reward scheme

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If you are a UK based company then it is likely that of your business air-travel, British Airways comprise approximately 50%

Business travel agents also report approximately 40% to 50% simply because British Airways is the dominant carrier.

So it makes sense to sign up to a very rewarding loyalty scheme for all that travel, regardless of whether BA is a “preferred” airline or not.

We recommend that all companies sign up to the British Airways On Business Reward Scheme.

Before you begin, decide who will be the company authoriser and the administrator for the account. Have your company registration number to hand and an estimate of your annual travel spend.

Also, if you work with a travel agency, you’ll need their details and IATA number

Points are rewarded for most fare types starting at 60 points upwards and we calculate each point to be worth between 10p and 30p depending on how you redeem them.

 

 

Redeeming BA On Business Points Marriott Copenhagen

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Copenhagen does not appear to be listed in any of the three Marriott categories, on the British Airways On Business Award Voucher offer

European Classic Award
European Signature Award
European Premier Award

Malmo in Sweden is offered, and as a Premier category despite being cheaper than the Copenhagen (room rates approximately £167 compared to £224)

The points required are 2,000 3,000 and 4,500 respectively therefore the value per point is 3.7p which is very low compared to a value of up to 27p for flights.

 

SAS Cash back Scheme

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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 to spend at least £1,000 air fares (not tax/fuel surcharges etc) before you receive a payment.

Each business class flight earns £20, Economy Extra £15 and standard Economy just £2 in cash back

A CMP code needs to be entered into the booking by your travel agent.

Register by 30th September for travel 1st October to 31 December

 

Heathrow Express Discount September 2012

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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 commission by doing so. We simply enjoy helping you get the best deal, and hope that you’ll show appreciation by using our choice of industry leading flight and hotel comparison sites.

You can buy reduced fares on Heathrow Express of £16.20 single and £30.60 directly on their site but you need to go there via the link supplied by ANA All Nippon Airways on their website here.

That’s a discount of 10% and the lowest fare currently available

You’ve probably booked your flights already,  but why not see just how much you could save on hotels by testing our hotel comparison page?

 

 

Sorry these redemption options are not available

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You wish to redeem points for flight tickets on your BA OnBusiness account but there is no search option, just a message stating:

“Sorry, these redemption options are not available”

The client had over 5,000 on the account.

We’ve discovered that the reason for this message is that only one traveller has accrued points to date whilst the scheme requires a minimum of two travellers.

So you need to wait for a second passenger to contribute points before you can start to redeem them.

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