This is our review of the Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance Gold lounge in Addis Ababa. Next door to the Ethopian Airlines Cloud Nine business class lounge, which I also reviewed today, is the Star .....

This is our review of the Ethiopian Airlines Star Alliance Gold lounge in Addis Ababa. Next door to the .....

16 Feb 202316 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 2 comments

Air France and KLM are offering a flash Valentine sale with £50 off for bookings made by 20th February. To get the credit you need to use the promo code UKVALDAY50 for Air France and KLUKLOVE50 for .....

Air France and KLM are offering a flash Valentine sale with £50 off for bookings made by 20th February. To .....

15 Feb 202315 February 2023 by Rhys Jones

Trendy capsule hotel chain citizenM has brought back a free 3-month trial of mycitizenM+, its paid-for membership plan. citizenM already has a free loyalty programme, mycitizenM, but you don’t earn .....

Trendy capsule hotel chain citizenM has brought back a free 3-month trial of mycitizenM+, its paid-for .....

15 Feb 202315 February 2023 by Rhys Jones

IHG is, finally, starting to get some momentum behind the tiny Regent luxury hotel chain it acquired in 2018. We knew from Day 1 that InterContinental Hong Kong would reopen as a Regent after its .....

IHG is, finally, starting to get some momentum behind the tiny Regent luxury hotel chain it acquired in 2018. .....

15 Feb 202315 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

Yesterday we published our Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways destinations with the maximum number of Avios needed for a flight. We did not include .....

Yesterday we published our Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British .....

14 Feb 202314 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 117 comments

American Airlines is restarting three more transatlantic routes as it ramps up its flying schedule to and from Dublin: All three routes are seasonal, whilst the existing Dublin-Philadelphia flights .....

American Airlines is restarting three more transatlantic routes as it ramps up its flying schedule to and from .....

14 Feb 202314 February 2023 by Rhys Jones

Virgin Atlantic is terminating its Pakistan flights later this year as the airline continues to restructure its route network following the pandemic. Flights to Lahore will end on 1st May whilst .....

Virgin Atlantic is terminating its Pakistan flights later this year as the airline continues to restructure .....

14 Feb 202314 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments

This is our review of Ethiopian Airlines Cloud 9 (business class), flying between Addis Ababa and London Heathrow. After trying out Ethiopian Airlines on a fifth freedom route between Manchester and .....

This is our review of Ethiopian Airlines Cloud 9 (business class), flying between Addis Ababa and London .....

13 Feb 202313 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 51 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

11 Feb 202311 February 2023 by Rhys Jones

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. This is the first offer we’ve seen since October. As you can see at this link, you can earn .....

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. This is .....

10 Feb 202310 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 75 comments

The final collapse of Comair, back in 2022, left a bit of a gap in the British Airways South Africa network. Previously, British Airways offered a number of onward connections from Johannesburg and .....

The final collapse of Comair, back in 2022, left a bit of a gap in the British Airways South Africa network. .....

9 Feb 20239 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new hospitality brand created by Aeroports de Paris that extends from lounges to duty free shopping as .....

This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 73 comments

I spend a lot of my time in airports – probably as much as I do flying, which last year was 302 hours and 6 minutes. And I’ve been to airports all over the world, from mega-hubs like Dubai .....

I spend a lot of my time in airports – probably as much as I do flying, which last year was 302 hours .....

6 Feb 20236 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 177 comments

As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected European flights this Spring. This is not the first time this has happened – during .....

As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected .....

5 Feb 20235 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 76 comments