This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new hospitality brand created by Aeroports de Paris that extends from lounges to duty free shopping as .....

This is our review of the new Extime lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2B. Extime is a new .....

8 Feb 20238 February 2023 by Rhys Jones • 73 comments

After a quiet few years, airlines are making up for lost time by launching new business class seats. 2024 will be an exciting year for travellers as some of the world’s best airlines introduce .....

After a quiet few years, airlines are making up for lost time by launching new business class seats. 2024 will .....

2 Jan 20242 January 2024 by Rhys Jones • 69 comments

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New Zealand. It relaunched its loyalty scheme as My Millennium in 2016, and just has just given it a .....

Millennium & Copthorne is a hotel chain with a presence across the UK, Asia, North America and New .....

25 Nov 202425 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Well, the rumours that something was ‘up’ at Hilton Manchester Deansgate, situated in the Beetham Tower, were true. The management contract with Hilton was apparently coming to an end and .....

Well, the rumours that something was ‘up’ at Hilton Manchester Deansgate, situated in the Beetham .....

11 Jun 202511 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the last couple of years with a mix of easy to earn status, generous elite benefits and .....

GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

Accor, the Mercure, Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Raffles, Pullman etc hotel group, has launched a summer sale for longer stays. You can save 25% on stays of 3+ nights in participating hotels in Europe and .....

Accor, the Mercure, Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Raffles, Pullman etc hotel group, has launched a summer sale for .....

17 May 202417 May 2024 by Rob Burgess

Anyone following British Airways closely might be left wondering how they hope to return to pre-pandemic capacity with fewer aircraft than they had in 2019. British Airways still remains 23 aircraft .....

Anyone following British Airways closely might be left wondering how they hope to return to pre-pandemic .....

29 Jul 202329 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 41 comments

This is my review of the Air France lounge at Terminal 2E (L gates) at Paris Charles de Gaulle.  The lounge opened in 2018 and is impressive, although busy. I will be following it up with a .....

This is my review of the Air France lounge at Terminal 2E (L gates) at Paris Charles de Gaulle.  The .....

27 Nov 202227 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

London Gatwick has become the first airport in the UK to open a dedicated charging station for electric cars. The new state-of-the-art GRIDSERVE facility has 30 high-power and low-power vehicle .....

London Gatwick has become the first airport in the UK to open a dedicated charging station for electric cars. .....

11 Jan 202411 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 91 comments

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last Thursday, and I was lucky enough to literally be standing on the tarmac as the aircraft .....

Qatar Airways has returned to Birmingham Airport with a new daily service. The first flight touched down last .....

14 Jul 202314 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

News in brief: SAS confirms it will join SkyTeam on 1st September Three weeks ago, Scandinavian airline SAS confirmed that it will leave the Star Alliance airline alliance on 31st August – click .....

News in brief: SAS confirms it will join SkyTeam on 1st September Three weeks ago, Scandinavian airline SAS .....

30 Apr 202430 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

17 Feb 202417 February 2024 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

In this article I want to take a look at The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card. This card comes with a very generous sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert .....

In this article I want to take a look at The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card. This card .....

8 Oct 20248 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the last couple of years. This is down to three things: We ran a separate piece here which .....

Global Hotel Alliance, and its GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, has pushed its way onto our radar over the .....

31 May 202531 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments