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Most of the major hotel companies have told members who live in China and selected other parts of Asia that their status is safe for 2021. They will not need to requalify this year. Shangri-La .....
Most of the major hotel companies have told members who live in China and selected other parts of Asia that .....
26 Feb 202026 February 2020
The winners of Business Traveller’s annual Cellars in the Sky awards were announced on Monday. Rob selflessly agreed to go along to test out the winning entries. The awards are a very well run .....
The winners of Business Traveller’s annual Cellars in the Sky awards were announced on Monday. Rob .....
26 Feb 202026 February 2020
Virgin Atlantic is launching a new route from Manchester to Delhi in October. It will operate three times a week on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays using an A330-200 aircraft, returning Tuesday, .....
Virgin Atlantic is launching a new route from Manchester to Delhi in October. It will operate three times a .....
26 Feb 202026 February 2020 • 175 comments
Today I wanted to take a look at a regularly asked question – “Where can you fly using Virgin Atlantic miles?” This is especially pertinent as you can still – until mid-morning .....
Today I wanted to take a look at a regularly asked question – “Where can you fly using Virgin .....
26 Feb 202026 February 2020 • 43 comments
British Airways has made some surprising changes to its coronavirus policies. Perhaps unfairly, I can’t help thinking that the airline is trying to avoid paying out refunds where it can help it. .....
British Airways has made some surprising changes to its coronavirus policies. Perhaps unfairly, I can’t .....
25 Feb 202025 February 2020 • 49 comments
When you redeem Avios on a British Airways partner airline, the points cost of your flight is based off a separate pricing chart. This is it, as from June 2019 (click to enlarge): It is marginally, .....
When you redeem Avios on a British Airways partner airline, the points cost of your flight is based off a .....
25 Feb 202025 February 2020 • 203 comments
Even though it is a year since Marriott Bonvoy launched, it turns out that we haven’t looked at the interesting Marriott and United Airlines partnership since the SPG merger. This was always a .....
Even though it is a year since Marriott Bonvoy launched, it turns out that we haven’t looked at the .....
25 Feb 202025 February 2020 • 20 comments
The Plaza Premium Group is a Hong Kong based company specialising in premium travel services including airport transit, meet and greets, airport dining and airport lounges. They have carved out a .....
The Plaza Premium Group is a Hong Kong based company specialising in premium travel services including airport .....
25 Feb 202025 February 2020 • 30 comments
British Airways has confirmed that it is offering thousands more seats for Avios redemption across its network for the next few months. We wrote last week that we had been seeing increased Avios seat .....
British Airways has confirmed that it is offering thousands more seats for Avios redemption across its network .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020 • 105 comments
For most of us, the luxury of a private jet is beyond our reach. They cost millions to buy and thousands to charter and (worst of all) you can neither earn or burn airline miles. On occasion, however, .....
For most of us, the luxury of a private jet is beyond our reach. They cost millions to buy and thousands to .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020 • 57 comments
Eurostar has launched a new bonus Club Eurostar points offer which could prove very lucrative. If you book between 21st and 29th February, for travel in March, you will receive: double Club Eurostar .....
Eurostar has launched a new bonus Club Eurostar points offer which could prove very lucrative. If you book .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020
One of the lesser known secrets of Heathrow Airport is that guests of the Thistle Heathrow hotel can use the driverless pods to get to Terminal 5. The hotel backs on to the pod parking car park. The .....
One of the lesser known secrets of Heathrow Airport is that guests of the Thistle Heathrow hotel can use the .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020
As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft. It is the larger but shorter-range version of the Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 787-8 which are already in the BA .....
As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft. It is the larger .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020 • 134 comments
This month we finally saw Virgin Flying Club allow mileage redemptions on Air France and KLM – see our article here. This is a transformational deal in terms of being able to use your .....
This month we finally saw Virgin Flying Club allow mileage redemptions on Air France and KLM – see our .....
24 Feb 202024 February 2020 • 65 comments
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