Air France has announced that its new direct service from London Heathrow to Nice will continue into the Winter. The reason we mention this is that, as a Virgin Flying Club partner, this flight is .....

Air France has announced that its new direct service from London Heathrow to Nice will continue into the .....

19 Aug 202219 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

This is our review of Moxy NYC Chelsea, one of several Moxy hotels in New York City. After arriving into New York JFK on Norse Atlantic’s inaugural flight from Gatwick (review here) I needed .....

This is our review of Moxy NYC Chelsea, one of several Moxy hotels in New York City. After arriving into New .....

18 Aug 202218 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 48 comments

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders extra benefits when renting a car. We cover the car hire element of The .....

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

18 Aug 202218 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 45 comments

Hyatt has brought back its Bonus Journeys promotion for the Autumn. Full details, and the registration link, are here. If you want to learn more about World of Hyatt, our full review is here. It .....

Hyatt has brought back its Bonus Journeys promotion for the Autumn. Full details, and the registration .....

18 Aug 202218 August 2022 by Rob Burgess

Following our story earlier in the week about the opening of the new Plaza Premium Edinburgh lounge, we have been sent a few official photographs. We hope to get up to take a look in a few weeks, once .....

Following our story earlier in the week about the opening of the new Plaza Premium Edinburgh lounge, we have .....

18 Aug 202218 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

The crazy IHG redemption deal which popped up a couple of Sundays ago is back. Whether or not it is an IT error, you should MOVE NOW. Many IHG hotels globally, for many dates, are currently bookable .....

The crazy IHG redemption deal which popped up a couple of Sundays ago is back. Whether or not it is an IT .....

17 Aug 202217 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 267 comments

Last month, Sinead reviewed The Athenee hotel in Bangkok. Unexpectedly, she was upgraded to a gigantic 190 square metre room – the Vimarn Suite. It featured a sitting room, dining room with .....

Last month, Sinead reviewed The Athenee hotel in Bangkok. Unexpectedly, she was upgraded to a gigantic 190 .....

17 Aug 202217 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 20 comments

This is our review of the landside British Airways arrivals lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You can see all of the lounge .....

This is our review of the landside British Airways arrivals lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our .....

17 Aug 202217 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments

American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus a £200 Amex Travel credit when you take out The Platinum Card. This would convert into .....

American Express is currently running a ‘best ever’ sign-up bonus of 60,000 Membership Rewards points plus .....

17 Aug 202217 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Do you have a British Airways eVoucher or Future Travel Voucher from the pandemic, and want to know how much money is left on it? Better late than never, British Airways has finally introduced the .....

Do you have a British Airways eVoucher or Future Travel Voucher from the pandemic, and want to know how much .....

16 Aug 202216 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

The new Plaza Premium lounge at Edinburgh Airport is due to open today, two weeks early. The company was originally taking bookings from Thursday 1st September. This will use the space which used to .....

The new Plaza Premium lounge at Edinburgh Airport is due to open today, two weeks early. The company was .....

16 Aug 202216 August 2022 by Rob Burgess

Regular readers may remember that Rhys reviewed the Hotel Indigo in Birmingham in April. He was, it is fair to say, a little confused. Whilst most Hotel Indigo properties take root in a converted .....

Regular readers may remember that Rhys reviewed the Hotel Indigo in Birmingham in April. He was, it is fair to .....

16 Aug 202216 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Heathrow has announced this afternoon that the cap of 100,000 departing passengers per day will be extended until 29th October. This will ‘support more reliable and resilient passenger .....

Heathrow has announced this afternoon that the cap of 100,000 departing passengers per day will be extended .....

15 Aug 202215 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

This is our review of new low-cost long haul airline Norse Atlantic, flying in its Premium Economy seat from Gatwick to New York JFK. On Friday, we were invited to join the airline on its inaugural .....

This is our review of new low-cost long haul airline Norse Atlantic, flying in its Premium Economy seat from .....

15 Aug 202215 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 45 comments