The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which guarantees an upgrade AT THE TIME OF BOOKING, you can save a lot of money because you can .....

The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will take a proper look later. You can see the new combined Marriott and Starwood reward chart .....

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  This is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve off the coast of Vietnam. The resort features 459 .....

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – Dublin – Beijing service using an A330-300. Confusingly, the routing actually goes: .....

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular traveller on the route, I always struggled with Virgin.  The outbound flight from the UK is .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. Prices are, in theory, £1149 return to Bangkok, £1149 return to Dubai, £1279 return to .....

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland route – which was only set up in the first place to annoy Norwegian – is now .....

British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery between now and 2021 which will revolutionise Iberia’s long-haul offering. Iberia will .....

Iberia received its first A350-900 aircraft on Tuesday.  This is the first of 16 aircraft due for delivery .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the refurbishment that Virgin Atlantic is about to undertake – at a cost of £10m .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the A330-200 fleet. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about .....

27 Jun 201827 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments