News in brief: airberlin launches new Toronto service As I wrote in this long article, airberlin offers an excellent way to fly to North America with Avios without paying much in the way of taxes and .....

News in brief: airberlin launches new Toronto service As I wrote in this long article, airberlin offers an .....

29 Jul 201729 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: New Liberty washbags for British Airways First Class If you are flying in British Airways First Class from the end of the month, you should get the latest version of the Liberty wash .....

News in brief: New Liberty washbags for British Airways First Class If you are flying in British Airways First .....

27 Jul 201727 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

News in brief: Get up to 30% bonus when you buy Avios Iberia Plus has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ promotion which runs until 30th July. The offer is: 10% bonus when you buy 2,000 to .....

News in brief: Get up to 30% bonus when you buy Avios Iberia Plus has launched a new ‘buy Avios’ .....

20 Jul 201720 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: Want a job redeeming miles? John from the Nightly.travel hotel booking site sent me an interesting job ad that came across his desk. Seedstars World, an established start-up investor, .....

News in brief: Want a job redeeming miles? John from the Nightly.travel hotel booking site sent me an .....

17 Jul 201717 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

News in brief: World Cup 2018 Avios seats available The 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia on 14th June next year which means – as it is now less than 355 days away – Avios reward seats .....

News in brief: World Cup 2018 Avios seats available The 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia on 14th June next .....

4 Jul 20174 July 2017 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at Terminal 5 earlier this year (review here), they simultaneously closed the direct entrance .....

News in brief: The Terminal 5 Concorde Room magic door reopens When British Airways opened The First Wing at .....

29 Jun 201729 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

News in brief: What is the future of the Boeing 747-8i? Today I will be flying a Boeing 747-8i via Lufthansa for the first and possibly last time, on my way to New York. The 747-8i – a .....

News in brief: What is the future of the Boeing 747-8i? Today I will be flying a Boeing 747-8i via Lufthansa .....

13 Jun 201713 June 2017 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels to launch new loyalty scheme Via Business Traveller, hotel marketing consortium Small Luxury Hotels of the World has announced that it will scrap its current loyalty .....

News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels to launch new loyalty scheme Via Business Traveller, hotel marketing .....

25 May 201725 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

This is my review of Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Business Class, in its regional intra-Asia configuration. Last year I ran an excellent article, written by a reader, on how to use Avios points to .....

This is my review of Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Business Class, in its regional intra-Asia configuration. Last .....

21 May 201721 May 2017 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

News in brief: Get 10% off Qatar Airways flights from the UK The new Qatar Airways services from Cardiff are not yet bookable, but until 13th May you can get 10% off any other Qatar Airways flight .....

News in brief: Get 10% off Qatar Airways flights from the UK The new Qatar Airways services from Cardiff are .....

26 Apr 201726 April 2017 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

News in brief: UK laptop ban on flights to / from certain countries This story was covered extensively in the news yesterday so I don’t want to dwell on it here.  However, if you missed it, the .....

News in brief: UK laptop ban on flights to / from certain countries This story was covered extensively in the .....

22 Mar 201722 March 2017 by Anika Burnett • 68 comments

This is my review of the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge at Frankfurt Airport, which is where you may end up if flying with British Airways. This is the last article from my recent review trip which .....

This is my review of the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge at Frankfurt Airport, which is where you may end up if .....

25 Feb 201725 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 16 comments

We have run a few ‘the end is nigh’ stories about airberlin recently. All of the short haul routes which do not touch Dusseldorf or Berlin are being transferred to a TUI-controlled joint .....

We have run a few ‘the end is nigh’ stories about airberlin recently. All of the short haul routes .....

19 Feb 201719 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

I recently covered the new Finnair sale to Asia.  There are two other sales going on at the moment which I have decided to pull together in one article. The key thing that links all three is that, as .....

I recently covered the new Finnair sale to Asia.  There are two other sales going on at the moment which I .....

13 Feb 201713 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments