Posts Tagged ‘
British Airways ’
Dec 26th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Boxing Day is traditionally the day that the tour operators and airlines press the buttons on their latest campaigns.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Summer holiday campaigns start
Tags: British Airways, easyJet holidays, Emirates, Expedia, Inspiring Travel Company, Jet2.com, Titan Travel, TUI
Oct 17th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Why can’t the rulings about data breaches always include a compensation sum to the people affected?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on You’re worth about £50 each
Tags: British Airways, compensation for data hacks, Information Commissioner
Aug 20th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Barbados could be expecting a bumper crop of Britons anxious to have a safe and sunny holiday this year?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on A Barbadian holiday this year?
Tags: Barbados, British Airways, winter holidays 2020/2021
Apr 30th, 2020 |
By The Editor
What it really means is that it indicates the airline bosses see a contraction in business for quite a period and not just a few months.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Reading the runes from BA
Tags: Alex Cruz, British Airways, coronavirus, future international air travel, IAG, Willie Walsh
Feb 29th, 2020 |
By The Editor
All in all, it isn’t a good time if you are in the travel industry. But it isn’t a good time for holidaymakers and travellers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Decisions, decisions, decisions.
Tags: Berlin, British Airways, coronavirus, easyjet, Geneva Motor Show, Germany, ITB, Nice, switzerland, Venice
Dec 22nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
Readers should respect the results as being indicative of Which? readers but treat it as being biased in reflecting the passenger flying public as a whole.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Are BA and Ryanair that bad?
Tags: airline passenger satisfaction, Aurigny Airlines, British Airways, Consumers Association, Ryanair, Which?
Dec 4th, 2019 |
By The Editor
From tomorrow morning there will be a strike which will cover all means of transport to and within France.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on French strikes tomorrow
Tags: Air France, British Airways, easyjet, Eurostar, Ferry crossings to France, Flybe, France, French strikes, Ryanair
Nov 21st, 2019 |
By The Editor
Are travel companies not telling us of the innovations and customer satisfaction claims or are they being outperformed by other companies?
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Where are the travel companies?
Tags: British Airways, First TransPennine, Institure for Customer Service, Virgin Atlantic
Nov 9th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Much more interesting than the Engine study is that by Awario which aseesses customer satisfc ation in a non-traditional way.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on BA comes top – twice
Tags: Air Asia, American Airlines, Awario, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Engine, Garuda Indonesia, KLM, measuring CSat by social media
Aug 26th, 2019 |
By The Editor
If there was a customer service award for the most cocked-up bit of business then BA would surely walk away it!
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on BA and a brewery story
Tags: BA customer service, British Airways, pilot strike action
Jul 27th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Adrian takes a quick tour to see how countries are faring this year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 27th July 2019
Tags: Belize, British Airways, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tenerife, Tunisia
Jul 8th, 2019 |
By The Editor
If individuals are placing confidence and trust in organisations then when the worst happens, they should receive a portion of any fines.
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What about the passengers?
Tags: British Airways, data breaches, Data protection, GDPR, Infomation Commissioner
May 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: May 2019
Tags: British Airways, Charleston, New York, Pittsburgh, USA
Feb 16th, 2019 |
By The Editor
A jumbo jet arruves at a hotel near Amsterdam, Ryanair starts a loyalty club and BA begins its centenary celebrations
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 16th of February 2019
Tags: British Airways, Corendon Village Hotel, Grenada, Heathrow Express, India, Maldives, Philippines, Ryanair, St Maarten
Jan 12th, 2019 |
By Adrian Lawes
Adrian thinks he has only seen the sun twice since Christmas so Grenada and Toulouse are more appealing than some of the news that is around at the moment
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: January of 12th 2019
Tags: British Airways, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Thomas Cook Airlines, WOW air
Dec 20th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Wherever you are going – and particularly those using Gatwick – good luck!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on When is the “great” getaway?
Tags: ABTA, British Airways, Christmas getaway, Emirates, Gatwick, RAC
Dec 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: December 2018
Tags: Bon Jovi, British Airways, Charleston, Christmas, Copenhagen, cruises, Cruising, Forth Worth, Langkawi, London, Malaysia, Paris, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, staycations, Texas, TUI
Oct 13th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Destinations are pointing out what a good summer it has been for them. But a VAT increase in Ireland may deter UK tourists from visiting the Republic.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 13th October 2018
Tags: Birgufest, British Airways, Cornwall Airport Newquay, disruptive passenger behaviourur, Greece, Ireland, Jet 2, Malta, Nepal, Netherlands, Over 55's
Oct 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: October 2018
Tags: Aqaba, Austria, BA, Big Apple, British Airways, coffee, diving, dog owners, Durban, Heathrow, Iran, Italy, jordan, Lavazza, Melbourne, Middle East, New York, pets, Red Sea, South Africa, Stanley & Livingstone, Tehran, Turin, Victoria Falls, Vienna
Mar 2nd, 2018 |
By The Editor
Norwegian and Wow Air have been providing cheaper flights to the USA for a while. Now BA, American, Iberia and Finnair are set to join in.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Cheaper Atlantic flights?
Tags: American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, low cost Atlantic flights
Mar 1st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: March 2018
Tags: airline, airport, awards, Aylesbury, Belize, British Airways, campervans, David Bowie, easyjet, Flying, Heathrow, Indian Ocean, Ishigaki, island, Jack's Flight Club, Japan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Maldives, Mexico, noodles, Okinawa, Porto, Portugal, Roberto Ochoa, Royal Caribbean, Seychelles, TAP Portugal, TripAdvisor, UK, Yucatan peninsula
Feb 3rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Ziplining in Ras Al Khaimah, passport price increases and learing that we are creatue of habit when travelling took Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 3rd February 2018
Tags: Alice Hawkins, British Airways, Chicago, Chile, Customer Satisfaction Index, Dreamland, GEEK, Greece, Jamaica, Leicester, Margate, passport price rise, Primera Air, Ras al Khaimah, travel insurance, Turner Contemporary, USA
Jan 20th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The Venice Carnival and the Bayeux Tapestry are two of the news stories of the week that attracted Adrian’s attention.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 20th January 2018
Tags: airline reclining seats, Bayeux Tapestry, British Airways, Carnival of Venice, Cayman Islands, Chicago, Italy, Jamaica, Montego Bay, Royal Caribbean International, Saudi Arabia, Travel Republic, USA, Venice
Dec 12th, 2017 |
By Sarah Forrest
Sarah tells the story of a 2.5 hour flight that lasted eleven hours. And all because Heathrow was full
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on A traveller’s tale of Heathrow
Tags: airport snow responses, British Airways, Flight Delays, Heathrow
Nov 28th, 2017 |
By The Editor
More and more I am getting the feeling that some airlines would rather I took my business elsewhere.
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Do airlines want your business?
Tags: airline business models, American Airlines, British Airways, KLM, legacy airlines, low cost airlines, Lufthansa, Norwegian, traditional airlines, United, WOW air
Nov 18th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A swathe of figures show that British visitor numbers to the Sychelles, Dominican Republic and Cyprus show that we are not cutting back yet. So campaigns by Italy, Ras al Khaimah and Chicago will be pleased that we might consider them for holidays as well.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 18th November 2017
Tags: ABTA, Athens, British Airways, Chicago, Christkindlmarket, Cyprus., Dominican Republic, Festa del Calamar, FICO, fraudulent travel sickness claims, Greece, Italy, Jebel Jais, Madagascar, Ras al Khaimah, Salou, Seychelles, spain, World Tourism Barometer, World Travel Market, ziplining
Nov 4th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
A seal appeared on an Alaskan runway and the runway at Mykonos will be closed for repairs soon. As well as those stories Adrian ponders about who should receive fines when our personal data is hacked and congratulates Hastings Pier on winning the Stirling prize.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 4th November 2017
Tags: Alaska, British Airways, China Airlines, day trips, Eurowings, France, Greece, Hastings Pier, Hilton Hotels, Indonesia, Jet 2, London, Mitsitam, Mykonos, Puerto Rico, Regent Street Motor Show, Royal Caribbean, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian., St Maarten, Taiwan, US Virgin Islands, Utqiaġvik, Washington DC, World Travel Market
Sep 30th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
As destinations attract more people, can the infrastructure cope and a major discovery in the Great Barrier Reef off the Australian state of Queensland should encourage more tourists to the area.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: September 30th 2017
Tags: Air Europa, airport charges, Australia, British Airways, Colombia, easyjet, electric planes, Golden Week - China, Great Barrier Reef, IATA, India, Pattaya, Scotland Scottish Highlands, switzerland, Thailand, Uk City of Culture 2021, Whitsunday Islands, World Economic Forum, World Tourism Day, Wright Electric