World of Hyatt will be making its annual reward category changes on 26th March. On the face of it, it is not great news. 137 hotels are going up in points price and only 46 are going down. Europe does .....

World of Hyatt will be making its annual reward category changes on 26th March. On the face of it, it is not .....

2 Mar 20242 March 2024 by Rhys Jones

One of the aircraft on display at the Farnborough International Airshow this year was Air India’s new A350-900. These are the first to arrive from the airline’s 470-odd aircraft on order .....

One of the aircraft on display at the Farnborough International Airshow this year was Air India’s new .....

29 Jul 202429 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 29 comments

Some recent press coverage elsewhere (eg Business Traveller here, by the ever-excellent Alex McWhirter) has drawn attention to the huge spike in Eurostar ticket prices since the pandemic eased. This .....

Some recent press coverage elsewhere (eg Business Traveller here, by the ever-excellent Alex McWhirter) has .....

30 Sep 202230 September 2022 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

This is my review of Mileage Maniac, the story of how Steve Belkin acquired 40 million frequent flyer miles. Regular readers will remember that I originally ran this review about 18 months ago. .....

This is my review of Mileage Maniac, the story of how Steve Belkin acquired 40 million frequent flyer miles. .....

7 Jan 20237 January 2023 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....

27 Jul 202427 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

BPme Rewards and Avios have launched a new promotion. If you haven’t converted BPme Rewards points into Avios before, you will receive 200 bonus Avios if you make a transfer before 30th June. .....

BPme Rewards and Avios have launched a new promotion. If you haven’t converted BPme Rewards points into .....

4 Jun 20244 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Earlier this week we were invited to a tour of Etihad’s new A350-1000 at Heathrow which had flown in as part of a promotional and crew familiarisation visit. Both Rob and Rhys were away so we .....

Earlier this week we were invited to a tour of Etihad’s new A350-1000 at Heathrow which had flown in as .....

20 May 202220 May 2022 by Jamie Oliver • 30 comments

Want to visit Japan using Virgin Points? It is now a decade since Virgin Atlantic dropped Tokyo (part of a route bonfire that also saw Cape Town, Vancouver and Mumbai canned) but luckily it has .....

Want to visit Japan using Virgin Points? It is now a decade since Virgin Atlantic dropped Tokyo (part of a .....

26 Jan 202426 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

British Airways isn’t the only airline to (re)launch flights to Bangkok this year. Italian flag carrier ITA has just announced it will launch direct flights from Rome to Bangkok from .....

British Airways isn’t the only airline to (re)launch flights to Bangkok this year. Italian flag carrier .....

2 Jul 20242 July 2024 by Rhys Jones

There’s something odd about UK leisure airline Jet2 – I’ve never met anyone who has a bad word to say about it. This includes my own family after we flew down to Croatia with them .....

There’s something odd about UK leisure airline Jet2 – I’ve never met anyone who has a bad .....

14 Nov 202414 November 2024 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on European Avios redemptions – see here. The snag is that it is only valid on redemptions from Gatwick and London City which restricts the routes .....

British Airways has launched a short flash sale on European Avios redemptions – see here. The snag is .....

19 Oct 202419 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

This is our review of Hotel Proverbs in Taipei. Taipei doesn’t have a huge amount of big chain hotels. What it does have, however, is a number of smaller boutique hotels, many of which are part .....

This is our review of Hotel Proverbs in Taipei. Taipei doesn’t have a huge amount of big chain hotels. .....

24 Oct 202424 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 16 comments

News in brief: Hilton buys the NoMad brand to accelerate its ‘luxury lifestyle’ plans Hilton has acquired the NoMad London hotel in Covent Garden, in an intriguing acquisition. .....

News in brief: Hilton buys the NoMad brand to accelerate its ‘luxury lifestyle’ plans Hilton has .....

5 Apr 20245 April 2024 by Rhys Jones

News in brief: The Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport reopens There are still airport lounges across the UK which remain closed after the pandemic, but most are now back in business. On Monday 13th .....

News in brief: The Aspire lounge at Humberside Airport reopens There are still airport lounges across the UK .....

11 Feb 202311 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments