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This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel, we arrived by train in Granada for the second leg of our .....
This is our review of Marriott’s Hotel Palacio de Santa Paula in Granada, Spain. Following our stay at .....
4 May 20254 May 2025 • 18 comments
This is our review of the Canopy by Hilton Seychelles Resort on Mahé. When Hilton announced it was opening two new resorts on the Indian Ocean islands of the Seychelles this year, my ears perked up. .....
This is our review of the Canopy by Hilton Seychelles Resort on Mahé. When Hilton announced it was opening .....
6 Aug 20246 August 2024 • 16 comments
Marriott Bonvoy has published its annual list of points price changes. You can see the list here. 201 properties, representing just over 2% of the portfolio, are changing price. Unsurprisingly, the .....
Marriott Bonvoy has published its annual list of points price changes. You can see the list here. 201 .....
5 Feb 20215 February 2021 • 31 comments
News in brief: eGate trial coming for 10 and 11 year olds At the Airport Operators Association annual conference yesterday (yes, I get around), the head of Border Force announced that there will be a .....
News in brief: eGate trial coming for 10 and 11 year olds At the Airport Operators Association annual .....
1 Feb 20231 February 2023 • 53 comments
Flybe has been finalising its Winter schedules, set to start on 30th October and run until the end of March 2023. There are a number of changes, with the launch of 9 new routes according to .....
Flybe has been finalising its Winter schedules, set to start on 30th October and run until the end of March .....
24 Aug 202224 August 2022 • 42 comments
This is our review of Polaris, United’s long haul business class, on the Boeing 777-200. After heading to San Francisco in United’s Premium Plus, their premium economy cabin (review here), .....
This is our review of Polaris, United’s long haul business class, on the Boeing 777-200. After heading .....
18 Sep 202318 September 2023 • 31 comments
Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, all the way from Eurostar Standard to Eurostar Premier. Last month, Eurostar relaunched .....
Eurostar offers three classes of travel on its services from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and beyond, .....
23 Dec 202423 December 2024 • 39 comments
It's back! Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points! This offer runs until 7th March. If you are short of points for your next redemption, then now is a good time to .....
It's back! Virgin Atlantic is repeating its biggest ever deal for buying Virgin Points! This offer runs until .....
6 Feb 20256 February 2025 • 37 comments
Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash over Avios. There are a number of reasons for this: This is why the current Cathay Pacific .....
Whenever we write about travelling in business class to Australia or New Zealand, we generally suggest cash .....
25 Oct 202425 October 2024 • 42 comments
Wizz Air has been named the least punctual UK airline for 2023, closely followed by Turkish Airlines and TUI. The list, published in full below, was produced by the Press Association using publicly .....
Wizz Air has been named the least punctual UK airline for 2023, closely followed by Turkish Airlines and TUI. .....
23 Jun 202423 June 2024 • 30 comments
As you have presumably seen on the national news, Icelandic airline WOW Air finally slid into bankruptcy yesterday after various rescue attempts failed. All flights were cancelled with .....
As you have presumably seen on the national news, Icelandic airline WOW Air finally slid into bankruptcy .....
29 Mar 201929 March 2019
This article shows you how to reach the hotels around Heathrow airport using the local bus network, rather than paying for the expensive Hotel Hoppa shuttle bus. As I have mentioned a few times on .....
This article shows you how to reach the hotels around Heathrow airport using the local bus network, rather .....
25 Apr 202525 April 2025 • 135 comments
Whilst there is nothing out there to show you, the word on the street is that easyJet is finally going to launch a ‘proper’ loyalty scheme. We’ve been here before, of course. In 2018 .....
Whilst there is nothing out there to show you, the word on the street is that easyJet is finally going to .....
10 Mar 202510 March 2025 • 94 comments
Over the last week we have published updated versions of our ‘What is a hotel point worth?’ series. You can see the individual articles here: Now that we have a valuation per point for .....
Over the last week we have published updated versions of our ‘What is a hotel point worth?’ .....
1 Sep 20241 September 2024 • 55 comments
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