Business Travel Tips

Continental Airlines announced it will add two extra daily services between its New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and London Heathrow.

The airline will add a fourth daily service to the route in March and a fifth daily service in October, bringing the total number of Continental daily departures to Heathrow to seven, including its twice-daily service from Houston.

In addition, Continental announced it will offer new, flat bed seats in Business Class cabins on flights from Heathrow to New York and Houtston, beginning June 1, 2010 .
The new seat reclining 180-degrees provides 6 feet 6 inches of sleeping space in the fully extended position. It offers USB, iPod connectivity and 15.4-inch video monitors.

Lufthansa today announced it will introduce non-stop service between Miami and its Munich hub beginning March 29, 2010.

The new route will offer travelers convenient connections three times per week to more than 50 popular European destinations.

- Schedule
Flight LH 461 will depart Miami (on Mondays, Tuesdays andThursdays) at 4:00 p.m. and arrive in Munich at 7:30 a.m. the next day.
The return flight, LH460, will depart Munich at 9:35 a.m. and arrive in Miami at 2:10 p.m. the same day.

Jens Bischof, Lufthansa’s Vice President for the Americas said: “This new service perfectly complements our existing flights from Miami to Frankfurt and Miami to Dusseldorf, giving travelers even more choices and access to Lufthansa’s full, worldwide network.”

South Florida travelers can take advantage of special introductory rates for the new Miami-Munich service starting at $680 round-trip, plus taxes and fees. Booking on lufthansa.com by February 15, 2010. Travel perood: March 29 - May 14,2010. (source)

Washington Dulles International Airport unveiled its AeroTrain. It will replace the Dulles shuttle buses known as mobile lounges.

The new train spans nearly four miles long and run up to 42 mph.

The train arrives every two minutes during peak travel times with enough room for about 50 passengers with carry-on bags. The time between gates should last just over a minute.

The AeroTrain runs from the airport’s main passenger terminals to the A, B and C gates on a J-shaped route, but it does not serve the D gates or the international arrivals terminal, where arriving passengers are segregated until they go through customs. (source)

Beginning March 21, 2010, citizens from 35 countries traveling on US-bound flights will be required to register online before flying.

The registration requirement affects 35 countries — including United Kingdom, Japan and Germany— whose citizens can enter the United States without a visa, USA Today reports.

Congress mandated the registration program in 2007, and Customs launched it one year ago. The online form asks biographical information and background questions, and it can be completed a few hours before boarding. […] In recent months, about 91% of the people flying to the USA without visas had enrolled online, Customs figures show. Even with that compliance rate, travel-industry groups note that more than 4,000 people a day had not.
Those people have been allowed to board flights to the U.S. But starting March 21, Customs said it may start fining airlines up to $3,300 for each passenger who has failed to register and is allowed on a U.S.-bound flight. (source)

Continental Airlines is offering 100 miles for registering and learning about its continental.com Cruises Twice the Miles cardmember benefit. You have to register by February 28 for promo code A8197 with your Continental Onepass number.

On Continental website it reads: “Use your Continental Airlines Chase credit or debit card to book your balcony or suite stateroom aboard any 2010 sailing offered by continental.com Cruises and you’ll earn Twice the Miles.”

Here’s how it works: