I am back in the UK after 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. We stayed in seven different rooms in five different hotels (long story ….) but luckily for you I am not .....

I am back in the UK after 17 nights in the Middle East over Christmas and New Year. We stayed in seven .....

7 Jan 20217 January 2021 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

A lot of people ask me about the best Star Alliance frequent flyer programme so I thought it was worth running through the options again today. Unfortunately, this is the ultimate ‘how long is .....

A lot of people ask me about the best Star Alliance frequent flyer programme so I thought it was worth .....

9 Dec 20209 December 2020 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Lufthansa is ditching its short haul catering in economy and launching Buy on Board, just as British Airways did in 2016. The changes will also apply to SWISS and Austrian and will take effect in .....

Lufthansa is ditching its short haul catering in economy and launching Buy on Board, just as British Airways .....

19 Nov 202019 November 2020 by Rhys Jones

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

16 Nov 202016 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

It seems we were correct when we wrote a few weeks ago that something seemed to be ‘up’ with the Miles & More Global Traveller payment cards. The cards have now been closed to new .....

It seems we were correct when we wrote a few weeks ago that something seemed to be ‘up’ with the .....

15 Nov 202015 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 43 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 .....

8 Nov 20208 November 2020 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Here is one of those odd little quirks that few people know about. It may be that you have a small number of Lufthansa Miles & More miles languishing.  Unlike British Airways, there is very .....

Here is one of those odd little quirks that few people know about. It may be that you have a small number of .....

1 Nov 20201 November 2020 by Rob Burgess

The Lufthansa credit cards – which are NOT actually credit cards – are the oddest payment cards we cover. They are also one of the most generous. You receive TWO cards. One is a Diners .....

The Lufthansa credit cards – which are NOT actually credit cards – are the oddest payment cards we .....

15 Oct 202015 October 2020 by Rob Burgess

On Friday, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr gave the final keynote interview at the World Aviation Festival, discussing his views on the outlook for aviation in the coming months and years. I listened in .....

On Friday, Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr gave the final keynote interview at the World Aviation Festival, .....

26 Sep 202026 September 2020 by Rhys Jones • 79 comments

If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended its deal with Lufthansa to allow cardholders into its lounges. The Platinum Card from .....

If you are travelling through Frankfurt or Munich Airport in September, American Express Platinum has extended .....

1 Sep 20201 September 2020 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

This article looks at the UK Lufthansa Miles & More payment card.  Slightly (OK, very) weirdly, it comes as a double pack of a Mastercard and a Diners Club card. We were, to put it mildly, a .....

This article looks at the UK Lufthansa Miles & More payment card.  Slightly (OK, very) weirdly, it .....

3 Aug 20203 August 2020 by Rob Burgess

Ahead of the ‘make or break’ shareholder vote on its €9 billion bailout package today, Lufthansa has come to agreement with its cabin crew over plans to cut the workforce.   The deal .....

Ahead of the ‘make or break’ shareholder vote on its €9 billion bailout package today, Lufthansa .....

25 Jun 202025 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

Alex Cruz and Shai Weiss, the CEOs of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic respectively, must wake up in the morning and wonder what they did wrong to end up running a British airline rather than a .....

Alex Cruz and Shai Weiss, the CEOs of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic respectively, must wake up in the .....

19 Jun 202019 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent weeks.  There were a number of reasons for this: the very fact that BA is running any long haul .....

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent .....

10 Jun 202010 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 182 comments