Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio has added a newly opened property – Iaïla, Seychelles, a Tribute Portfolio Resort. Tribute Portfolio is – and hopefully this isn’t doing it an .....

Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio has added a newly opened property – Iaïla, Seychelles, a Tribute .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

News in brief: Passport Office staff to launch a five week strike The Public & Commercial Services Union has announced that over 1,000 Passport Office workers will launch a five week strike. The .....

News in brief: Passport Office staff to launch a five week strike The Public & Commercial Services Union .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter. Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

18 Mar 202318 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

We have teamed up with – well, we can’t tell you who! – to offer two readers free flights to New York. One reader and a friend will win flights in Business Class to New York. The .....

We have teamed up with – well, we can’t tell you who! – to offer two readers free flights to .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

On 1st April 2023, Air Passenger Duty (APD) will rise for all passengers on flights departing a UK airport. This is an increase announced by Rishi Sunak, back when he was chancellor in October 2021, .....

On 1st April 2023, Air Passenger Duty (APD) will rise for all passengers on flights departing a UK airport. .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a Doha-based insurance company. You can read Rob’s initial article on the change here. .....

Back in February, Qatar tweaked its entry rules to require all travellers to hold compulsory insurance from a .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it is worth flagging. Emirates has just announced a ‘refresh’ of its livery, the .....

We don’t normal focus on aircraft liveries, but when one of the major global carriers makes a change it .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British Airways and, amongst others, Aer Lingus and Air France. It is also a DragonPass lounge but .....

This is our review of the Tempelhof lounge at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It is the lounge used by British .....

17 Mar 202317 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved hugely successful since their 2018 launch with, so I understand, over 200,000 applications .....

Virgin Atlantic has two Virgin Flying Club credit cards, issued by Virgin Money.  They have proved .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 75 comments

Air Canada has announced a new Summer route between Amsterdam and Montreal. There will be five flights per week (Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun from Amsterdam, leaving the previous day from Montreal). The .....

Air Canada has announced a new Summer route between Amsterdam and Montreal. There will be five flights per .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

Back in January, we reported that British Airways had increased the tier points offered for Hong Kong flights. The distance had been reassessed as 6,004 miles which meant that it tipped over into the .....

Back in January, we reported that British Airways had increased the tier points offered for Hong Kong flights. .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess

Over the last few days we’ve been running hotel reviews from a recent trip to Mexico by Rhys: Just too late to be included in that trip, Marriott has opened The St Regis Kanai Resort, Riviera .....

Over the last few days we’ve been running hotel reviews from a recent trip to Mexico by Rhys: Just too .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, you will be benefitting from 2 x £5 monthly credits towards Deliveroo orders. This is worth £120 per year if used in full. If you are .....

If you have the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card, you will be benefitting from 2 x £5 monthly .....

16 Mar 202316 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel where I stayed last week for the huge ITB travel fair. I last reviewed this hotel in 2018, when I was also there for ITB. I returned in 2019 .....

This is my review of the Berlin Marriott hotel where I stayed last week for the huge ITB travel fair. I .....

15 Mar 202315 March 2023 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments