British Airways launches codeshare flights with India’s IndiGo

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• Barry cutters says:

  23 Sep23 September 04:33

  Flew indigo yesterday and last Friday on a Mumbai to dehreden rtn. It’s similar to easyJet I’d say but the pricing structure seems to encourage people to check in baggage rather than maximise their cabin allowance. It wasn’t a lot at all to add a 15kg bag, seat selection and a snack which was a pretty decent paneer tikka sandwich, bag of cashews, fruit smoothie, and a large chocolate chip cookie.
  Tea coffee water coke and orange juice seemed to be free but that night have just been us as we had the snack thing.

  Overall a decent enough airline for a short haul 2h operation.

  We were there to visit the six senses vana for 7 nights . Which is honestly the most luxury and amazing place I’ve ever stayed.

• TK says:

  23 Sep23 September 04:59

  I certainly has a booking for LEVEL from Luton to Amsterdam in the past as I had to chase up the refund when the flight was cancelled at the start of the pandemic. Whether the route was every actually put into operation I don’t know but I definitely had a flight planned with them for May 2020.

  • Nick says:

    23 Sep23 September 10:00

    I’m pretty sure Rhys reviewed one from Gatwick too.

• Peter says:

  23 Sep23 September 06:11

  IndiGo news is very positive and welcome. A month too late for us, sitting typing this in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) having done that exact flight on Wednesday.

• John says:

  23 Sep23 September 06:33

  I’ve stayed at some hotels which were in the midst of reflagging to Hilton and everything was like normal. But the staff had been specially trained on the loyalty program and they had installed the Hilton computer system first (I guess it was OnQ).

  In the diamond welcome letter, the management claimed it was important to them that they started acting like a Hilton straight away, even though the refurbishment and meeting the other brand standards would take more time.

  Hopefully these will encourage the Rotterdam Hilton to up its game (slightly downhill since covid) in a way which the motto doesn’t.

  • BJ says:

    23 Sep23 September 07:07

    Hi John/others, would Rotterdam make for a good weekend break? I’ve never been there but was thinking if adding a few days to a visit to Antwerp, Ghent and Brugge.

    • Alex Sm says:

      23 Sep23 September 08:20

      Yes! Before it goes underwater. My partner and I were supposed to go there for Eurovision in 2020 (never happened). It has great post-war architecture (almost fully rebuilt after destruction).

      • Bagoly says:

        23 Sep23 September 10:13

        “great post-war architecture”
        Well, tastes vary!
        Apart from TV towers and bridges, I struggle to think of any worthwhile buildings or streetscapes in Europe from between 1940 and 1980.

        • Rob says:

          23 Sep23 September 10:20

          Here’s the thing. A lot of it was very radical and innovative. The problem is that you don’t realise that this was the first of its type anywhere, and you just think it looks like downtown Sheffield etc (which it does, but Rotterdam was first).

          The cube houses are cute.

          Even the Hilton, which most visitors rarely see as its the wrong side of the station, was quite radical in its time but now just looks like another 1960s lump of concrete.

    • Rob says:

      23 Sep23 September 08:41

      I lived there for 3 months. Having been bombed to smithereens in the war the architecture is shocking (world’s first modern pedestrianised shopping precinct was in Rotterdam!). I’d say the museums and harbour are the key bits so check those out and if they appeal you can fill 2 days.

      • JG says:

        23 Sep23 September 09:09

        SS Rotterdam worth a visit, a classic 1950s ocean liner. A lot of her original artwork and engineering remains. Now also a floating hotel if you want to stay somewhere a bit different.

    • BJ says:

      23 Sep23 September 09:36

      Thanks all, I think I’ll go for it and add a couple of nights. I’m a huge fan of Netherlands and Belgium as vacation destinations and I’m surprised more people don’t make more of them than just Amsterdam, Brussels and Brugge.

    • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

      23 Sep23 September 09:54

      Den Haag is around 25 minuets from Rotterdam.

      With lots of museums such as the Mauritshuis (home to the girl with the pearl earing)

• Dan says:

  23 Sep23 September 07:31

  I tried to find level PE too, was a tidy redemption option for SA but seems to have gone now.

• Save East Coast Rewards says:

  23 Sep23 September 08:43

  If booked under the BA code the Indigo flights should also earn tier points as well as Avios.

  The DoubleTree in North Queensferry (next to the Forth Bridges) used to be listed in the booking system as The Queensferry Hotel, managed by DoubleTree. You got your usual points and breakfast benefits based on status but no cookie until the transformation works were complete.

  I wonder what they list a Curio that’s not yet a Curio as, because Curio hotels retain their original name.

  Rotterdam is nice to get to by BA CityFlyer but another interesting route is to take the train to Harwich and then the ferry over to Hoek van Holland (Stena Line) which is only a short Metro ride into Rotterdam. I’ve not tried the day sailing but it’s a nice way to travel overnight.

• Andrew. says:

  23 Sep23 September 08:47

  This is just confusing we have an airline and a hotel chain sharing the same name Indigo/IndiGo. And when I read the headline about Level, I’d completely forgotten they are an IAG airline, and for some reason I thought the story was about a Hilton economy hotel opening in Miami.

• Mark says:

  23 Sep23 September 09:12

  Stayed at the mainport pre cruise a few weeks ago, lovely hotel, room and view was great.

  They have a lovely spa / pool area although one is strictly no bathing suites allowed!

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