October 19th - The Moroccan Connection

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Why premium economy could be a waste of money right now.

Heathrow charges are set to surge from New Year’s Day.

And Scotland’s new Moroccan connection.

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0:00.0	Right, birthday party, the big 30th.
0:03.3	Although, is it more like 40th?
0:06.1	Hmm, best go generic.
0:08.0	Something fizzy?
0:09.2	Oh, along with everyone else.
0:10.9	Flowers?
0:11.7	Symbolic of blooming into a new era.
0:14.4	Ugh.
0:15.4	No, come on.
0:16.4	Something more exciting.
0:18.8	Something like.
0:20.8	I'll take a two million red scratch card please.
0:23.8	Add some play with National Lottery Scratch Cards.
0:27.2	Search Dream big, play, small rules and procedures apply.
0:29.1	Players must be 18 or over.
0:33.5	Hello, it's Tuesday the 19th of October and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent.
0:44.1	Today, I'm at Heathrow Airport having just touched down from the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
0:51.1	Why, premium economy could be a waste of time right now. The charges here at Heathrow
0:56.5	are set to surge from New Year's Day and Scotland has a new Moroccan connection. Of course,
1:03.8	this podcast is completely free as is my weekly travel email. Do sign up at independent.com.
1:10.2	UK forward slash newsletters.
1:13.9	I've just flown in from Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, and I wanted to tell you
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