Both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have announced new services from London to Philadelphia this week. American already runs a daily flight to Philadelphia and will be doubling this to two .....

Both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have announced new services from London to Philadelphia this week. .....

26 Nov 201426 November 2014 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Two weeks ago I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club. This offers special benefits to people who work in the oil and energy sector (or who can persuade Lufthansa they do …) including .....

Two weeks ago I wrote about the Lufthansa Oil & Energy Club. This offers special benefits to people who .....

31 Oct 201431 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is my review of the SkyTeam lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You see all of the reviews here. I’m not sure how .....

This is my review of the SkyTeam lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 4. This is part of our series of reviews .....

15 Oct 201415 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

Back in March I wrote about how Garuda, the Indonesian airline, was launching a new service to Jakarta. The original plan was for three direct flights per week from London Gatwick, starting last .....

Back in March I wrote about how Garuda, the Indonesian airline, was launching a new service to Jakarta. The .....

6 Oct 20146 October 2014 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

I wrote last week about how Delta Air Lines was tightening its grip on Virgin Atlantic now that it owns 49% of the UK company.  Virgin will refocus on flying to destinations in North America.  .....

I wrote last week about how Delta Air Lines was tightening its grip on Virgin Atlantic now that it owns 49% .....

7 Sep 20147 September 2014 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating their services to the US.  Timetables have been tweaked to even out the spacing between .....

Delta Air Lines acquired a 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic last year and the two have slowly been integrating .....

27 May 201427 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. These rewards have been poorer value this year and the last list had no business class deals .....

Flying Blue, the Air France / KLM loyalty scheme, has launched a new batch of discounted redemption routes. .....

21 May 201421 May 2014 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

My wife took a domestic flight in Korea last week, on Korean Air.  Korean is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, but she does not have an active account with any SkyTeam airline.  It seemed that the .....

My wife took a domestic flight in Korea last week, on Korean Air.  Korean is a member of the SkyTeam .....

4 Apr 20144 April 2014 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently announced that it was about to start rolling out a new product. A total of 2,102 seats .....

Air France has finally joined the ‘fully flat seat in business class’ club.  The airline recently .....

16 Mar 201416 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

If you read any of the American frequent flyer sites, you will have drowning in a sea of stories about the decision of Delta Air Lines to move to a revenue-based frequent flyer programme from 2015. .....

If you read any of the American frequent flyer sites, you will have drowning in a sea of stories about the .....

10 Mar 201410 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Barring any last minute mishaps, Garuda Indonesia will today become the latest airline to join one of the three main airline alliances when it joins SkyTeam as their 20th member. To quote: Garuda .....

Barring any last minute mishaps, Garuda Indonesia will today become the latest airline to join one of the .....

5 Mar 20145 March 2014 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Virgin Atlantic is not in a major airline alliance, despite Delta Air Lines – a core plank of the Skyteam alliance – being a 49% shareholder. Despite that, the airline does have a number .....

Virgin Atlantic is not in a major airline alliance, despite Delta Air Lines – a core plank of the .....

6 Feb 20146 February 2014 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access that American Express Platinum cardholders receive. The deadline for applying for the Cathay .....

By coincidence, three pieces of news have come up in the last few days regarding the airport lounge access .....

12 Jan 201412 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

Turkish Airlines was very aggressive early last year in offering status matches to elite members of other airlines.  I even took advantage of this myself, matching my British Airways Gold card. .....

Turkish Airlines was very aggressive early last year in offering status matches to elite members of other .....

5 Jan 20145 January 2014 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments