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Hello, it's Wednesday the 4th of August and thank you for joining me for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent.

Currently at the most beautiful station in the world, London St. Pancras International.

Today, stretch out to Paris and Amsterdam in business class comfort.

Beware of engineering works on the railways

over the August bank holiday weekend and a brief look ahead to tomorrow's traffic light announcement.

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If you are a regular passenger in long haul on British Airways, then you will have either seen,

as I have, business class as you're walking through to economy, or you might even have been lucky enough to

stretch out in those long flat beds. Well, they are now being deployed on some of BA's shortest

routes. The website Head for Points has told me that, yes, and I've checked this out, on some British airway services from

London to Amsterdam and Paris, distances of under 250 miles and a flying time of, well,

less than an hour, you can get business class travel. Now, you can have to buy a business class ticket, and that'll be

275 pounds on the London Amsterdam run, the price I've got for going off next week for a few days,

and that will get you access to the lounge. It will get you 64 kilograms of baggage, and it will also get you that beautiful flat

bed don't get your hopes up too much though you'll be able to stretch out for maybe 20 minutes

before the seat belt sign goes back on but it's a good way if you want to try out that great

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