Category Archives: Discounts & Sales

Heathrow Express Discount October 2012

Posted on by

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 link here. You’ll still be booking direct with Heathrow Express – simply at a discount.

We earn nothing from providing this advice.

We also help with flights and hotels, using the best search technology available, so please peruse or come back and visit when you next need to arrange travel.

Stansted Express Discount September 2012

Posted on by

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!

We earn no commission from this information.

We’re just happy to find you the best deal.

That’s our policy – impartial advice – which is why you’ll benefit if you use our flight search and hotel search pages.

Remember, we’re good for leisure and business travel

 

 

SAS Cash back Scheme

Posted on by

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

Posted on by

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?

 

 

British Airways Go After The Games Sale

Posted on by

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) must be booked at least 7 days in advance
World Traveller Plus (except the Americas and Mauritius, 21 days) also at least 7 days in advance
Club World and First Class from LGW must be booked minimum of  14 days in advance

Please select your flight dates from our British Airways Page, and see our booking tips.

If you require a hotel, do compare the BA Flight+Hotel with flight only and hotel separately using our hotel comparison site.

 

Is Etihad Frequent Flyer scheme worth joining?

Posted on by

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 ANTIX sunglasses (21,214 miles)

If you want to redeem miles for flights, an economy class ticket to Dubai requires 62,043 miles

Useful links:

Where you can fly to with your Etihad miles calculator:

https://www.etihadairways.com/sites/etihad/global/en/guestrecognition/visitor/yourmiles/whereicanfly/pages/whereicanfly.aspx

How many miles will you earn from an Etihad Flight

http://www.etihadairways.com/sites/Etihad/global/en/guestrecognition/visitor/Pages/mileagecalculator.aspx

See my related article:

Emirates Skywards or Etihad Guest loyalty schemes – Which is more generous?

 

 

easyJet discount 2012

Posted on by

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, so we thought we’d put easyJet holidays to the test.

We have compared a variety flight + hotel bookings by using

easyJet.com
Our Flight Search tool
Our Hotel search tool.

We ensured that we were comparing like-with-like
i.e.

Availability and Price checked at the same time of day
Same airports, same flights, same hotel room type and including breakfast

On every comparison, we saved between £48 and £107 by booking separately, by choosing flights that departed with the same airline but from Gatwick Airport.

Using the identical Stansted flights, we saved between £10 and £33

On no occasion was the price more the same or more than that offered by easyJet holidays

So, our advice is:

Use our flight search tool to find the best flight options.
If you select easyJet, ALWAYS book through easyJet.com website, never through a third party or travel agent.

Use our hotel search to find the best priced hotel.

 

Stansted Express Discount July August 2012

Posted on by

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 in Euros, at EUR 20.49 single and EUR 29.03 return. At the current rate of exchange of 2.25 this is just £16.40 single and £23.25 return, subject to exchange rate fluctuations.

Book through Ryanair here

Do please compare hotel prices using our Hotel Search Page which features amazing discounts on hotels from 2* to 5*, guest houses and resorts.

 

 

Heathrow Express Discount August 2012

Posted on by

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 the lowest prices.

We don’t want to sell you a ticket – we simply point you in the best direction and give impartial advice to ensure that you get the best deal.

So, Heathrow Express normal fare is a staggering £18.00 one way and £34 return

The lowest price we’ve found is £15.48 one way and £29.24 return. Book with Heathrow Express here

And if you want to compare the price of your hotel bookings, do try our Hotel Search page.

Gatwick Express Discount July August 2012

Posted on by

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 online booking fee of £1.50 plus a credit card fee of £2.50, a total of £37.20 so save yourself £9.30 and book direct with Gatwick Express here.

We simply try to save you time and money and if you appreciate this we hope you’ll check out our hotel search engine which searches hundreds of sites and guarantees the lowest prices.

Check out the cheapest price of your next hotel booking here

 

Heathrow Express Discount July 2012

Posted on by

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 – impartially

The normal Heathrow Express fare is £18.00 one way and £34.00 return, if you buy online.

If you buy at the station, you’ll be charged £19 one way and £34 return.

On board you’ll be charged £5 extra

ANA have the best discounted Heathrow Express fares. They are advertised as 10% off but the discount is more than that at 15.48 one way and £29.24 return

Save £4.76 on a return ticket by simply booking online here. You’ll be booking directly with Heathrow Express so don’t worry, the booking is secure and there are no additional charges.

https://www.heathrowexpress.com/ana

If you appreciate this impartial advice, do come back as we host the best hotel and flight search engines to save you money in the future.

Our hotel search in particular has better availability and lowest prices – guaranteed.

 

Eurostar and TGV Train from London to Bordeaux

Posted on by

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 destinations in France are available at similar prices.

Use the Eurostar Page to compare Rail Europe prices and availability with those from Eurostar itself.

 

Discount Gatwick Express Tickets 2012

Posted on by

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 return fare cost just £15.60 return compared to the Gatwick Express fare of £25.00

Our advice; Always use the National Rail journey planner for impartial timetable and fares information.

If you appreciate this advice, try our hotel comparison search engine to find best hotel prices

Heathrow Express Discount March 2012

Posted on by

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 my blog and if you ever need a discounted hotel booking, our hotel search engine here will find you the best availability and lowest priced rates.

British Airways On Business Discounts

Posted on by

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 fares but can be as high as 36%!

Unusually, this incentive is not available direct from BA or from the airline website ba.com but must be booked through participating travel agents, who will charge a transaction or booking fee to provide the reservation and ticketing service

Please contact us for more information and advice on where you can book these discounted fares. Telephone or email us using our “about us” page.

British Airways Sale – Book by 13th March

Posted on by

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 to 355 days Europe and up to 6 weeks worldwide

All long haul travel requires a Saturday night stay

Book before

Bookings must be made at least 14 days before departure

Bookings must be made before midnight Tuesday 13th March

Fares

Business Class – Club World long-haul prices from £1,529 return.

For the complete range of prices visit the BA price table here

For bookings, please visit our British Airways Page

Save even more by pricing Flight + Hotel

No refunds and no changes allowed once booked.

 

Opodo Voucher Codes February 2012

Posted on by

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 made before midnight on Thursday 9th February.

Please visit our Opodo Page for more information and to make bookings

Discount Heathrow Express Tickets February 2012

Posted on by

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. I last checked on 1st March 2012

Booking Business Travel provides impartial advice. We earn nothing from this particular article but hope you’ll revisit us and consider taking our advice when you next need a hotel, a Eurostar ticket or international flight.

Please subscribe to my blog for occasional updates

Also, take a look at what we consider to be the very best discount hotel search engine here

 

Heathrow Express Discount January 2012

Posted on by

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 24 minutes compared to Heathrow Express’s 15 minutes

Departure from Paddington at 04.42 arrives:
Terminal 1 & 3 at 05.04
Terminal 4 at 05.10
Terminal 5 at 05.33

Normal Journey Times:
Paddington – Heathrow Terminal 1 & 3 =             32 MINUTES
Paddington – Heathrow Terminal  4         =             49 MINUTES
Paddington  – Heathrow Terminal 5         =             43 MINUTES

Schedules
Full schedule information available from Heathrow Connect Website

HEATHROW EXPRESS

The online fare is now £34 return and £18 single, an increase of just over 6% on last year.

The cheapest Heathrow Express fare we have found online is from the BMI website here

We’d appreciate any comments below, especially if this information becomes outdated. I last checked on 1st February 2012

Also, take a look at what we consider to be the very best discount hotel search engine here

Booking Business Travel provides impartial advice. We earn nothing from this particular article but hope you’ll revisit us and consider taking our advice when you next need a hotel, a Eurostar ticket or international flight.

 

British Airways Upgrade Offer January 2012

Posted on by

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 D or R class.
If you are booking fully flexible club word tickets, the offer will be available until 31st March 2012
Fully flexible fares are booked in J class

The offer is a choice of upgrade on either the outbound or inbound journey.

Bookings can only be made via a travel agent or the British Airways call centre.
British Airways telephone number: 0844 493 0787. Travel agents will also be in a position to compare with alternative airlines. Try a specialist agent such as Capable Travel on 020 7489 8787

Upgrades are limited in availability so book as soon as you can!

Airline Sale Expiry Dates January 2012

Posted on by

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 Worldwide Sale deadline is 31st January 2012