With the changes to British Airways Club, many people have been looking to other oneworld frequent flyer programmes as alternatives. (And, yes, we’ve now given up on BA backtracking to a large .....

With the changes to British Airways Club, many people have been looking to other oneworld frequent flyer .....

1 May 20251 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

The Wine Flyer, the Avios-run wine retailer, is running a May Day promotion. This is the first offer of 2025 which coincides with a special deal for British Airways American Express cardholders. It is .....

The Wine Flyer, the Avios-run wine retailer, is running a May Day promotion. This is the first offer of 2025 .....

1 May 20251 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

If you have some Radisson Rewards points, you may be wondering if it is worth transferring them to Avios, Flying Blue or SAS miles, which are the only three major programmes now supported. The answer .....

If you have some Radisson Rewards points, you may be wondering if it is worth transferring them to Avios, .....

1 May 20251 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Virgin Hotels came to London last year with the opening of Virgin Hotels London Shoreditch on 1st August. This is not a new hotel. It is a rebrand of Mondrian Shoreditch London, which was part of .....

Virgin Hotels came to London last year with the opening of Virgin Hotels London Shoreditch on 1st August. This .....

1 May 20251 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

This is our review of the Al Safwa First Lounge at Hamad International Airport, Doha in Qatar. Last week, Rob and I took our first-ever joint trip – in six years of working together – to .....

This is our review of the Al Safwa First Lounge at Hamad International Airport, Doha in Qatar. Last week, Rob .....

30 Apr 202530 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 151 comments

When is a route not a route? When you haven’t flown it for 18 months. Despite Virgin Atlantic’s hopes of restarting flights to Tel Aviv during the recent ceasefire, it appears that the .....

When is a route not a route? When you haven’t flown it for 18 months. Despite Virgin Atlantic’s .....

30 Apr 202530 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

In 2023, Manchester Airports Group took over the two airport lounges at Bristol. Since then there has been a bit of rebranding and space closures. At present, there is an Escape lounge on the .....

In 2023, Manchester Airports Group took over the two airport lounges at Bristol. Since then there has been a .....

30 Apr 202530 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

We have been waiting a long time for Oman Air to join the oneworld airline alliance. This will allow you to redeem (and earn) Avios on Oman Air flights. With British Airways no longer flying to .....

We have been waiting a long time for Oman Air to join the oneworld airline alliance. This will allow you to .....

30 Apr 202530 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Well, this is unexpected. Saudia, the Jeddah-based airline, has opened a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4. The airline has worked with Plaza Premium on the design, fit out and operation of the .....

Well, this is unexpected. Saudia, the Jeddah-based airline, has opened a new lounge in Heathrow Terminal 4. .....

29 Apr 202529 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 74 comments