Andy Higgs's Blog – March 2012 Archive (8)
6 of the best…fika joints in Stockholm
You can’t visit Stockholm without enjoying a fika – a supposedly untranslatable word that is ‘back slang’ for the old Swedish word for coffee, kaffi. Back slang is when the syllables of a word are reversed, in case you were wondering. Nowadays it can be both a noun and a verb and refers to the…
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Frequent flyer essential concepts – what you need to know
Part Four in the series “How to travel the world in luxury at budget rates using loyalty schemes.”
The ultimate use for your frequent flyer points?
The fourth part in our series on getting the most out of airline frequent flyer scheme covers the essential concepts you need to understand. You may have read the leaflet about a programme…
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6 of the best…photo opportunities in New York
So you’re finally going to visit the Big Apple? Make sure you get some fabulous photographs to show off to friends and family on your return. Here are six photographic highlights New York City has to offer and our tips on how to get the best results – illustrated by some of the pictures taken by other visitors and uploaded to Flickr.com (and one of mine)…
The iconic shot – The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan waterfront…
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Frequent flyer jargon buster – what are they talking about?
Part Three in the series “How to travel the world in luxury at budget rates using loyalty schemes.”
Okay, before we go any further let’s get to grips with the jargon used in the frequent flyer world – and there’s a lot of it. You’ll find acronyms and abbreviations all over the airlines’ own websites and even more in use on forums and other blogs. So to help you out…
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So which frequent flyer programme should I join?
Image (c) IKIW.org
That’s easy – all of them. It won’t cost you a penny but will take a little time, so I suggest you go through this list and sign up to a few of the schemes each day. It may seem odd to become a member of Alaska Airlines loyalty programme but you never know when you may be able to use the points. In a recent promotion I swapped some miles I…
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How to travel the world in luxury while paying budget rates using loyalty schemes
In a major new series Grown-up Travel Guide will show you how to win at the frequent flier game.
You must have seen them – the advertisements in the inflight magazines, the leaflets by the check-in desk, the banners on the websites. All promoting the airline’s frequent flyer scheme – or indeed the hotel’s loyalty programme,…
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Berlin: How to cure ‘Ostalgie’ in three easy steps
Ostalgie? What’s that, some kind of infection?
Not exactly. In the words of Wikipedia, Ostalgie is a German term referring to nostalgia for aspects of life in East Germany. It is derived from the German words Ost (east) and Nostalgie (nostalgia).
Oh right. ‘Good Bye Lenin’, Trabants and pining for the good old days of the GDR…
Amongst other symptoms. The trouble is that visitors to Berlin can quite easily miss learning about the…
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Been there, haven’t done that – 5 things you shouldn’t miss in Copenhagen
In our mission to inspire and inform Grown-up Travellers we continue our series of articles containing ideas for alternative things to do and see in well-known destinations. You may well have read our post about London and the …
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