The first UK Radisson RED hotel opens in Glasgow

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• Gerry says:

  12 May12 May 11:32

  Re Emirates and Edinburgh: This is a bonus for EDI after the loss of the Etihad service around the same time. I know there was talk of low sales on the AUD-EDI flight, but my impression of a full Business and 4/5 full Economy in March last year made me think this flight was working, along with the Qatar link Edinburgh also has.
  But it throws up a couple of questions re the Emirates service.
  Etihad and Qatar do not have lounges in Edinburgh and you have to use the BA lounge (nice, but a bit boring) or No.1 Lounge. I flew DUB-AUD last year and the Etihad lounge in Dublin is fab, all for one flight a day. Will Emirates have their own Business/First Lounge at EDI like there is in GLA? To my knowledge Emirates have the only First Class out of EDI. A friend from Edinburgh that uses the GLA Emirates flight regularly says he’ll continue to use that flight if there’s not a suitable lounge available at EDI. He would continue to use the chauffeur car from Edinburgh to GLA. Which then poses the question, will Emirates still allow their chauffeur drive cars to extend to Edinburgh or will this be withdrawn to help promote the EDI flight?
  Overall a good addition to Edinburgh’s flights, with Hainan coming on board shortly. We just need a much bigger airport….!

• Genghis says:

  12 May12 May 12:47

  Oxbridge certainly isn’t that stuffy anymore and whilst I wouldn’t say it’s easy to get in, they let me as a rough northerner in. I’d be willing to offer some advice for free (but not to rich SW7 types)

• Stephen says:

  12 May12 May 12:51

  OT: are there any deals for getting points with car tyres at the moment? The blackcircle offer from a few years ago is no longer valid, but I have a full set to replace, so would nice to be able to get a few points for it.

  • Stu N says:

    12 May12 May 19:06

    blackcircles is on Avios and BAEC e Store at 2 Avios/ £

• Richard Kenyon says:

  12 May12 May 13:32

  If the Emirates flight is 8 F class seats as per article, then this won’t be the new F. The new F class B777 only has 6 F as far as I know.

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 13:57

    Already corrected, thanks.

• Riku says:

  12 May12 May 15:38

  have enjoyed reading the comments in this article. For a change they are almost all ON TOPIC and 80% of them don’t begin with “OT (no bits today)”.
  an enjoyable read.

• Derek says:

  12 May12 May 17:25

  Re Emirates Lounge @ EDI. THERE’s a big expansion in construction at the moment to add more gates and airside space, so there’s a possibility Emirates have negotiated some new Lounge facilities as No1 Lounge can get a little busy, and I suspect Emirates will take up residence around Gate 11, which is a common gate for Qatar and Etihad

• Londoner says:

  12 May12 May 17:40

  OT:
  I am considering buying a WTP ticket from CPH to LAX with a return in CW both paid in cash. If I upgrade both of those tickets (subject to availability) which tax difference will I have to pay?

  Total tax on a return ticket from CPH to LAX with WTP outbound and CW inbound is 282 GBP, but 330 GBP for CW + F.
  Total tax on a return ticket from LHR to LAX with WTP outboind and CW inbound is 526,61 GBP (and does not include tax on the CPH-LHR leg both directions), but 576,61 GBP for CW + F.

  Would I have to pay the difference (around 50 GBP) or the difference between the tax I paid (282) and the tax payable for that leg (576,6), which would be almost 300 GBP?

  Any ideas?

• Alex Sm says:

  12 May12 May 17:43

  If Glasgow is the second RR hotel in Europe, where is the first one? This things need to be mentioned (ideally)

  • Rob says:

    12 May12 May 18:44

    Brussels.

  • Peter K says:

    12 May12 May 21:48

    I was looking on the RR site a couple of weeks ago for a friend and it lists the hotels there.
    They allow dogs for those that impacts on.

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