…to me! Had a great day. Woke up with Man Flu, which has been great while trying to look after my 21 month old son who also has a flu type virus. The wife looks a bit shadey too and has gone back to bed.
Ah well, just me, the little ‘un and his projectile vomit to enjoy then. Marvellous. Pass me the bucket again someone…
I was going to write this yesterday, alas I forgot.
Yesterday evening we had nearly an inch of snow overnight and as it was unexpected it made for slippery conditions. Well it did for all those people who leave the house to go to work :)
Shortly after 9am I get an IM on gtalk from Jon telling me that due to that fact he was snowed in, he couldn’t make it too work. Had it not been for the fact that he actually works from home, I might just have believed him! I give him points for trying (it on) though.
I wrote last week about with an update regarding APD (Air Passenger Duty) and how it affects those already booked on flights traveling after the 1st Feb.
I have just read that Thomsonfly, Thomson Holidays low cost flight airline, is to offset the hike in APD against it’s accommodation bookings by offering the equivalent amount as a discount off holiday accommodation booked on it’s website. The arrangement applies to travelers with pre-booked flights on or after February 1 who will be required to pay the additional £5 APD before they travel.
Looks like another fun filled few days are coming next week as BA Cabin Crew plan a three day walk out over sickness pay and staffing issues.
In addition to the three days planned on the 29th, 30th & 31st Jan, two further three day strikes are also threatened. These being the 5th, 6th & 7th of Feb and the 12th, 13th & 14th Feb. Joy.
I have just been watching the BBC Watchdog program and they had a feature about Oxford based MAS Travel. The company was taking money for flight reservations that it was making with the airlines and not passing the payments on to the airlines concerned, thus invalidating the tickets issued. Many customers did not know they had been scammed until they arrived at the airport. With airlines turning passengers and their ‘invalid’ tickets away unless the paid up more cash to cover the cost of the flights.
On the 1st February 2007 Gordon Brown’s new Air Passenger Duty rates come into effect. This means that even if you booked you flight before the new rates were annouced and are flying on or after the 1st Feb you still have to pay the new rates.
How much is it?:
Economy class flights in Europe, including internal UK flights, £10 Business and first class flights in Europe £20 Economy class long-haul flights £40 Business and first class long-haul flights £80
I have been blog tagged. Thanks kindly to Dan for slapping me with this one. Dan is an Affiliate Manager for Alpharooms, although I am not sure what he manages… :P
Stolen from Techie’s Blog:
Rules of Blog Tagging - I have to tell you 5 things about me you wouldn’t already know, and tag 5 other people.