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Mstrandye1's+1 has Spanish heritage so we had a more fluent time from then on. The youngsters did Australia/England proud on the beach football field (though their Spamish opponents were a smidge younger) then had a dip in the sea (a bit chilly in April. Beach was ok but not Aussie quality...

Went into central Malaga on the Thursday. AFter a very stressful exlerience with an 18-point turn exiting a lical supermaket with the minibus the day before, I'd scoped out thr biggest carparks. But they were closed, traffic was crazy, google sent us down blind alleys, so parked a little...

As I said I had grand plans to drive to various places. In the end though we were just happy to be all together eating great food. Malaga is not like the typical Costa holiday destinations with full English brekkies and the Premier League on screens im every bar. People pretty smart and laid...

Nah. While waiting for the hire. Never asked for one in Spain or any other country before

Can't remember exact details but when we applied for IDL online, we had the option to have faster turnaround for an extra fee (think 15 min v 2h)

Accomodation was good with plenty of room for everyone up the hill from the East Malaga beaches

Pretty long queue in immigration at least in part due to all the Brits not able to access the EU queue due to Brexit Malaga continues with the car hire woes (clickrent via economycarbookings). Half the pax took a taxi. The rest waited about 40 mins amd on reaching desk, we were told we needed...

Flight 6 LTN-AGP Easyjet A319 Revenue GBP 120 pp including baggage Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye1,3&4, mumandye, sis/bil/nephandye Early start from Diss and shocking weather driving in the coughpy car with erratic satnav Drop most off but take mstrandye3 to Greenmotion. Go into office but told...

I vaguely recall reports of a double-dipping opportunity as all the same company but kay be wrong

Still we made the journey to Diss in Norfolk to see her beloved aunt and her Italian partner, Zio F. Her son and his newish wife were also visiting from Dubai. As usual, the Italian food was amazing (they had moved back from Sorrento where she owned a jewellery shop). We stayed in a cute...

Yes its another car hire fiasco. Get shuttle to the Green Motion office inside the Doubletree hotel. No-one there for 45 minutes (apparently in the car park). Then had to go through the insurance hard sell (don't need as have complimentary via Amex). All sorts of tricks like not allowing key...

Flight 5 GLA-LTN Easyjet A319 Revenue GBP 65 pp including baggage Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrs andye1,3&4 Another early start after our 2 nights in Scotland. Arrive to drop off car and its closed with no key drop! Drive to GLA, drop off the family then back again. Easyjet baggage drop mercifully...

Mrsandye's sister and family live in Alloway, the birthplace of Robert Burns. Burns House and a pretty pub called the Brig O Doon are nearby. We didnt visit but did go to Dean Castle (small but interesting arms and armour display inside), Boswell's restaurant (mainly to see the Highland cows)...

Again I went with the cheaper car hire option (drivalia) at Glasgow. Pick up shuttle pretty easy with lovely driver. Get to the yard to he told the 7-seater we ordered hadn't been delivered. There were only 5 of us so not a big deal as long as there was decent luggage capacity. But we waited...

Flight 4 LHR-GLA BA Y A320neo BA award 5250 Avios + $35 pp Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye1,3&4 Car drop off pretty smooth. Able to go to the T5 Plaza Premium using our 3 Amexes. It's a long thin lounge. Breakfast time food is better than evenings. Probably the least comfortable of our flights...

Spent first London night at sisters in Woodford. As I expect with most family reunions, it wasn't an early-to-bed one. A bit of to and from about what to do the next day but eventually all agreed to the Cabinet War Rooms. I know Chuchill is a bit on the nose in Aus given he was the big backer...

So a generic offer. That seems pretty appealing. As @cruiserelite says the travel insurance is good for most. And add in Centurion/Plaza.Premium that's a lot of people you can make happy. My professional personal Charge is limited in its supps so if I'm eligible, I'd be signing up for sure. I'd...

Next travel mistake. Had booked a car at LHR from Green Motion. Not as classy as the big chains but often half the price. One of the issues is that they are a fair way from the terminal and the shuttle is infrequent. Decide to get an Uber but give directions to the wrong Holiday Inn. Bit of a...

Flight 3 SIN-LHR SQ Y B777-300 SQ award as above Pax: mr&mrsandye, mstrsandye3&4 SQ Y is always a decent option with reasonable seats and good service though sometimes exxy for revenue. Mrsandye doesn't think the food is as good as it used to be. IFE is pretty good (EK is the benchmark here)...

That's the most generous charity one I've seen in a while