Plaza Premium confirmed to us this week that it is no longer managing the Cathay Pacific lounge in Heathrow Terminal 3. We had heard rumours of this from readers in the last couple of weeks, along .....

Plaza Premium confirmed to us this week that it is no longer managing the Cathay Pacific lounge in Heathrow .....

6 Dec 20186 December 2018 by Rob Burgess • 133 comments

Casablanca-based Royal Air Maroc announced on Wednesday that it is joining the oneworld alliance, the airline alliance which includes British Airways.  oneworld is one of the three global airline .....

Casablanca-based Royal Air Maroc announced on Wednesday that it is joining the oneworld alliance, the airline .....

5 Dec 20185 December 2018 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

This is our review of the Premier Lounge at Bali (Ngurah Rai International) Airport, used by Qatar Airways and other airlines. It is part of Jamie’s set of reviews on his recent trip to .....

This is our review of the Premier Lounge at Bali (Ngurah Rai International) Airport, used by Qatar Airways and .....

1 Dec 20181 December 2018 by Jamie Oliver • 11 comments

This is my review of redeeming Avios for Malaysia Airlines regional business class between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. Rob writes: this is 5th article covering Jamie’s recent month-long break in .....

This is my review of redeeming Avios for Malaysia Airlines regional business class between Kuala Lumpur and .....

25 Nov 201825 November 2018 by Jamie Oliver • 39 comments

This is our review of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge in the international Satellite Terminal in Kuala Lumpur, which reopened in March 2018 following refurbishment. Rob says: It is part of .....

This is our review of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge in the international Satellite Terminal in Kuala .....

22 Nov 201822 November 2018 by Jamie Oliver • 24 comments

South American airline LATAM is a oneworld partner, which means that you can use Avios points to redeem for its flight from Madrid to Santiago, Chile. It also has a decent business class service as .....

South American airline LATAM is a oneworld partner, which means that you can use Avios points to redeem for .....

4 Nov 20184 November 2018 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

LATAM is offering 20% off many of its routes from Europe to Latin America until 15th October.  These are for travel up to 31st March 2019.  See here for details. There are small discounts available .....

LATAM is offering 20% off many of its routes from Europe to Latin America until 15th October.  These are for .....

7 Oct 20187 October 2018 by Rob Burgess

If you don’t have your Christmas plans lined up yet, LATAM is offering some excellent fares to South America. These fares will earn Avios and British Airways Executive Club tier points if .....

If you don’t have your Christmas plans lined up yet, LATAM is offering some excellent fares to South .....

9 Aug 20189 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

LATAM, previous LAN, is a oneworld partner airline.  You can use Avios points to redeem for its flight from Madrid to Santiago, Chile, amongst other routes. It also has an impressive business .....

LATAM, previous LAN, is a oneworld partner airline.  You can use Avios points to redeem for its flight .....

3 Aug 20183 August 2018 by Rob Burgess

LATAM has launched a very attractive business class fare to Rio, from just £973 in Business Class. In theory this fare can be booked out of Madrid, Barcelona, Frankfurt and Rome.  By late last .....

LATAM has launched a very attractive business class fare to Rio, from just £973 in Business Class. In theory .....

12 Jul 201812 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

The oneworld airline alliance, of which British Airways is a core and founder member, has announced the launch of oneworld connect.  This means new airlines on which you can earn and redeem Avios. .....

The oneworld airline alliance, of which British Airways is a core and founder member, has announced the launch .....

4 Jun 20184 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to destroy much – but not all – of the generous arbitrage that used to be .....

One of the downsides of the fall of Sterling against the Dollar and the Euro since the Brexit vote has been to .....

31 May 201831 May 2018 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

The end is finally here for topbonus, the old airberlin frequent flyer scheme. Whilst airberlin went into receivership last year, topbonus was a separate business which was 70% owned by Etihad. Most .....

The end is finally here for topbonus, the old airberlin frequent flyer scheme. Whilst airberlin went into .....

6 May 20186 May 2018 by Rob Burgess

If you had any airberlin topbonus miles, you may be able to get a small amount of cash from their insolvency proceedings.  But not for a while …. You need to file an insolvency claim by 24th .....

If you had any airberlin topbonus miles, you may be able to get a small amount of cash from their insolvency .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess