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Today is the official day for the start of Virgin Atlantic mileage redemptions (and indeed mileage earning) on Air France and KLM. Reward seats were actually bookable on the Virgin Atlantic website .....
Today is the official day for the start of Virgin Atlantic mileage redemptions (and indeed mileage earning) on .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020 • 50 comments
Marriott has just opened the brand new Renaissance New York Chelsea hotel. This is a new-build property and, at 39 floors, is one of the tallest buildings in Chelsea with excellent views. The hotel .....
Marriott has just opened the brand new Renaissance New York Chelsea hotel. This is a new-build property and, .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020
In a not-very-surprising move, albeit one that has not been publicly announced yet, British Airways has cancelled the daily BA31/32 flights to and from Hong Kong. The last departure was last night. .....
In a not-very-surprising move, albeit one that has not been publicly announced yet, British Airways has .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020
In a surprise move, British Airways has announced a limited Summer service to Newquay. Regular readers will remember that Flybe currently runs a Newquay to Heathrow service, subsidised by the .....
In a surprise move, British Airways has announced a limited Summer service to Newquay. Regular readers will .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020 • 216 comments
Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights to Cape Town. Virgin Atlantic has slowly been growing its route network again after several years of cuts, buoyed by the arrival of new aircraft. Last year it .....
Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights to Cape Town. Virgin Atlantic has slowly been growing its route network .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 38 comments
As you probably saw in the press over New Year, Travelex recently suffered one of the most damaging cyber attacks ever seen in the UK. Hackers took control of the Travelex IT system and demanded $6m .....
As you probably saw in the press over New Year, Travelex recently suffered one of the most damaging cyber .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 32 comments
News in brief: We have a winner of our Cruise118 competition Thank you to everyone who entered our recent Cruise118 competition. Congratulations to Ruth H, who was the lucky winner of 100,000 Avios. .....
News in brief: We have a winner of our Cruise118 competition Thank you to everyone who entered our recent .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 177 comments
News in brief: Exclusive pictures of the new Virgin Atlantic A350 tray table …. There is a lot to like about the new Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite which launched on the A350 last year. .....
News in brief: Exclusive pictures of the new Virgin Atlantic A350 tray table …. There is a lot to like .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 95 comments
Air Italy, the Italian airline which was 49% owned by Qatar Airways, has been placed into liquidation. Air Italy was an Avios partner, and indeed used Avios as its loyalty currency. We didn’t .....
Air Italy, the Italian airline which was 49% owned by Qatar Airways, has been placed into liquidation. Air .....
11 Feb 202011 February 2020 • 23 comments
Whilst nowhere near as generous as the Lufthansa / SWISS ‘2-4-1’ offers which also launched yesterday, British Airways has launched some decent offers to celebrate Valentine’s Day .....
Whilst nowhere near as generous as the Lufthansa / SWISS ‘2-4-1’ offers which also launched .....
11 Feb 202011 February 2020 • 108 comments
World of Hyatt has launched its new Spring promotion. It is another outing for the ‘Bonus Journeys’ offer which ran last Autumn. Unfortunately, Hyatt still hasn’t got the message .....
World of Hyatt has launched its new Spring promotion. It is another outing for the ‘Bonus .....
11 Feb 202011 February 2020 • 10 comments
The Lufthansa and SWISS ‘2-4-1’ sale continues. Frankly, it has reached new levels of madness. £1,400 for return Business Class flights to Australia or New Zealand are virtually unheard .....
The Lufthansa and SWISS ‘2-4-1’ sale continues. Frankly, it has reached new levels of madness. .....
10 Feb 202010 February 2020 • 56 comments
This is, rather unlikely I admit, our review of Ryanair. Back in December, Ryanair launched a huge ‘£5 one-way’ flight sale. This was flagged in our comments section and there was some .....
This is, rather unlikely I admit, our review of Ryanair. Back in December, Ryanair launched a huge ‘£5 .....
10 Feb 202010 February 2020 • 110 comments
This is part two of my Ryanair flight review. Part one of my Ryanair review can be found here and covers my (successful) attempts to avoid paying a single extra penny for seat selection or cabin .....
This is part two of my Ryanair flight review. Part one of my Ryanair review can be found here and covers my .....
10 Feb 202010 February 2020 • 69 comments
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