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Virgin Atlantic continue to celebrate their 25th Birthday and today announced the 4th week of special fares.
This week the offer is London to JOHANNESBURG return from £418.
The terms are:
- Applies to departure dates of 10 Apr - 30 Apr 09 and 01 May - 12 June 09
- Includes all taxes, fees and surcharges
- Additional credit card charges and weekend travel supplements apply
- Book from 19 March to 10pm on 25 March 09
As part of their 25th birthday promotions, Virgin Atlantic are offering a different sale fare each week until the big birthday on 22nd June. Check their website for regular updates.
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So last week was a sale fare for London to Hong Kong return from £325.
This week the offer is London to Boston return from £250.
The terms are:
- Applies to departure dates of 12 Mar - 01 Apr 09 and 09 Apr - 31 May 09
- Includes all taxes, fees and surcharges
- Additional credit card charges and weekend travel supplements apply
- Book from 12 March to 10pm on 18 March 09
As part of their 25th birthday promotions, Virgin Atlantic are offering a different sale fare each week until the big birthday on 22nd June. Check their website for regular updates.
If you decide to go and need help planning your trip, please feel free to contact me. I’d be happy to help.
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Ryanair announced today that it will move to 100% web check-in from 1st October 2009 and do away with airport check-in desks.
Ryanair will phase in the introduction of its 100% web check-in and the important dates are:
From 19th March - Ryanair’s web check-in service will be extended to EU/EEA citizens, passengers travelling with checked baggage and reduced mobility customers. The charges that apply are:
- Web check-in with carry-on baggage: no charge
- Web check-in with checked baggage: £5/€5 per person/per flight
- Airport check-in: £10/€10 per person/per flight
From 1st May 2009 - all new bookings will be required to use web check-in and airport check-in will be phased out (and the charge increased to £20/€20 per person/per flight).
From 1st October 2009 - airport check-in desks will no longer be available at any Ryanair airport.
See the Ryanair Press Release for further details.
Your Travel Planner asks: What do you think of these changes? Will it make you think more carefully in choosing your low-cost airline?
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As part of their 25th birthday promotions, Virgin Atlantic are offering a different sale fare each week until the big birthday on 22nd June. Virgin Atlantic’s “Offer of the Week” last week was a sale fare for London to New York return from £225.
This week the offer is London to Hong Kong return from £325.
The terms are:
- Applies to departure dates of 05 Mar - 20 Mar 09 and 06 Apr - 11 June 09
- Includes all taxes, fees and surcharges
- Additional credit card charges and weekend travel supplements apply
- Book from 5 March to 10pm on 11 March 09
Check their website for regular updates.
If you decide to go and need help planning your trip, please feel free to contact me. I’d be happy to help.
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Sir Richard Branson: Launching Virgin Atlantic new Round the World fares
Virgin Atlantic has launched new round-the-world fares from London Heathrow.
I’ve always had a good experience travelling on Virgin and this latest news caught my eye.
Passengers will be offered two ticket options for their round-the-world trip - ‘Virgin Global East’ and ‘Virgin Global West’. The ‘Virgin Global East’ option takes passengers from Heathrow to Hong Kong and then onto Sydney with Virgin Atlantic, from Sydney to Los Angeles with V Australia, returning from Los Angeles to London with Virgin Atlantic. The ‘Virgin Global West’ option takes passengers from London Heathrow to Los Angeles with Virgin Atlantic, then onto Sydney with V Australia, from Sydney to Hong Kong and then back to London with Virgin Atlantic.
The launch of the new fares coincide with Sir Richard Branson’s ‘Round the world in 8 days’ tour, celebrating the 25th birthday of Virgin Atlantic and the launch of V Australia on Friday, 27 February 2009.
The special round the world launch fare of £1239 (including all taxes and charges) is valid for departures from London Heathrow between 25 February and 19 April 2009 and is available for sale until 6 March 2009.
Passengers can book these round the world fares by calling the Virgin Atlantic Contact Centre on 08705 747747. Or visit the Virgin Atlantic website.
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Did you know that if you are visiting the US from a country which does not need visas, you will now need to fill in an electronic form at least 72 hours before you travel?
Britain is one of the countries that signed up to the Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), which allows most British Citizen passport holders to visit for up to 90 days without a visa. However, as from 12 January 2009, new rules apply.
UK travellers to the US will require an authorisation via the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) prior to boarding a carrier to travel by air or sea to the US. The new online registration scheme replaces the green I-94 forms that people on short term visits to the US had to fill in on the flight and hand to customs on arrival.
Those who have not registered risk being detained and sent back home.
Travellers can register for authorisation online through the ESTA website at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/ and are advised to do so at least 72 hours prior to travel.
Once an application is approved, it will be generally valid for all visits to the US for a two-year period, or until your passport expires, whichever comes first.
For more information, see also:
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/dhs/esta_info.html
http://www.fco.gov.uk/
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Today’s headlines lead with the plane that crash-landed in New York’s Hudson River yesterday and the pilot of the US Airways Airbus A320 is being hailed as a hero.
Much deserved too. I watched the pictures of the rescue of all 155 passengers, standing on the wings or in the water, with horror and awe, but also with an overwhelming sense of relief and incredulity that the pilot had managed to land the aircraft safely on the water and that there are no major injuries.
Having read about Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger III and you had to choose someone to crash-land your plane, he’d definitely be one of the pilots at the top of your list. Capt Sullenberger, 57, is a former US Air Force fighter pilot, has over 40 years of flying experience and has also served as the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) safety chairman and accident investigator. Oh, and he also heads his own safety consulting business.
Talk about the right pilot at the right time…
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More than 200,000 prospective applicants for Tourism Queensland’s “Best Job in the World” - a six month A$150,000 (US$103,000, £70,000) contract on Hamilton Island - have visited the www.islandreefjob.com website in the first 24 hours, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said.
“The Best Job in the World” campaign was launched internationally last weekend and already over 200 applications have been submitted.
Acting Queensland Premier Paul Lucas said the “Best Job in the World” campaign was a A$1.7 million global marketing strategy that will increase the profile of Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef islands and is expected to generate more than A$70 million worth of publicity for Queensland.
Whoever thought of this idea deserves a huge promotion and pay rise (or perhaps even “the best job in the world” itself?) as there has been an unprecedented global response.
Tourism Queensland are keen to stress though that The Best Job in the World is a genuine job offer where candidates would have to submit a 60 second video application from which 11 finalists would be flown from around the world for an intense interview process on Hamilton Island.
So what are the job responsibilities for The Best Job in the World?
- undertake a range of activities such as swimming, snorkelling, bushwalking
- explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef
- make friends with the locals
- report back on their experiences via blogs, video diaries and media interviews
- live rent-free in a three-bedroom oceanfront villa
Sound too good to ignore? Then apply at www.islandreefjob.com. Applications close on February 22, the 11 short-listed applicants to be flown to Hamilton Island for the final interview process in May and the successful candidate to start their six month contract in July.
If the site is slow or down (which it has been, due to the response), try the BBC website for news and tips on how to make the best of your application.
Let Your Travel Planner know if you apply!
Filed under: Asia Pacific, Destinations, Travel News | Australia, Great Barrier Reef, The Best Job in the World, Tourism Queensland|No Comments
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