This is our review of short haul business class on Austrian Airlines. It’s easy to get jaded with a home airline – in our case, British Airways – but every so often it is worth .....

This is our review of short haul business class on Austrian Airlines. It’s easy to get jaded with a home .....

24 Apr 202424 April 2024 by Rhys Jones • 96 comments

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be able to find a return fare in Business Class for around £1,300 – cheaper if you go .....

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be .....

3 Apr 20243 April 2024 by Rhys Jones

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use it.  As I covered in an article about my trip to the Middle East over Christmas 2020, .....

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use .....

25 Mar 202425 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

The saga of Lufthansa’s next-generation business class is almost over. After eight years, the airline has finally firmed up the route and month that Allegris is due to fly. Let’s rewind a .....

The saga of Lufthansa’s next-generation business class is almost over. After eight years, the airline .....

2 Mar 20242 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 21 comments

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be able to find a return fare in Business Class for around £1,300. You need to travel .....

Lufthansa and SWISS have brought back their attractive flight deals to Dubai. From UK airports, you should be .....

20 Feb 202420 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

17 Feb 202417 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s find out. Who are the members of Star Alliance? The bulk of major global airlines have .....

What credit card should you get if you want to redeem for flights with a Star Alliance airline? Let’s .....

30 Jan 202430 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

After a quiet few years, airlines are making up for lost time by launching new business class seats. 2024 will be an exciting year for travellers as some of the world’s best airlines introduce .....

After a quiet few years, airlines are making up for lost time by launching new business class seats. 2024 will .....

2 Jan 20242 January 2024 by Rhys Jones • 69 comments

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

This is the second part of the updated article I began yesterday, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

31 Dec 202331 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Norse Atlantic had a plan. It would offer low cost flights between London Gatwick and the United States (with easily the best Premium Economy cabin in the sky) during the summer, and then trim .....

Norse Atlantic had a plan. It would offer low cost flights between London Gatwick and the United States (with .....

20 Dec 202320 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Route news in brief: Singapore Airlines launches flights from London Gatwick In what is a bit of a coup for London Gatwick airport – although due entirely to the lack of slots at Heathrow rather .....

Route news in brief: Singapore Airlines launches flights from London Gatwick In what is a bit of a coup for .....

19 Dec 202319 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Lufthansa is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Miles & More frequent flyer programme. It has been running a number of promotions linked to this, but none have generated any real .....

Lufthansa is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Miles & More frequent flyer programme. It .....

5 Dec 20235 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: Get 75% off National Express trips for Amazon Prime members Coach operator National Express is offering a surprisingly generous 75% discount on all routes. The only catch is that you .....

News in brief: Get 75% off National Express trips for Amazon Prime members Coach operator National Express is .....

1 Dec 20231 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Senator Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. On my way back from Munich to see Beond’s new all-business class plane, now in .....

This is our review of Lufthansa’s Senator Lounge opposite Gate 24 in Munich Airport’s Terminal 2. .....

29 Nov 202329 November 2023 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments