Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

31 Jul 202331 July 2023 by Rob Burgess

Hilton Honors has launched some new sporting redemptions if you are looking for ways to spend your Hilton Honors points. It is worth saying upfront that two of these are not bargains. They will sell .....

Hilton Honors has launched some new sporting redemptions if you are looking for ways to spend your Hilton .....

30 Jun 202230 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you would wonder why such a person would ever want to set foot in .....

Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a .....

26 Feb 202526 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 30 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 .....

30 Jul 202230 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

Back in April 2021, the ‘new’ Flybe Mark 2 picked up 86 weekly Heathrow slots (43 pairs) from British Airways. These were to be used initially for flights to Aberdeen and Edinburgh, .....

Back in April 2021, the ‘new’ Flybe Mark 2 picked up 86 weekly Heathrow slots (43 pairs) from .....

18 Feb 202318 February 2023 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

This is my review of the British Airways lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. Late last year (2023), .....

This is my review of the British Airways lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of .....

19 Feb 202419 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

“For many, enjoying a glass of champagne before take-off is a cherished ritual, marking the beginning of their journey and a moment to unwind” says Ronald Khoo at Cathay Pacific. The last .....

“For many, enjoying a glass of champagne before take-off is a cherished ritual, marking the beginning of .....

30 Jul 202430 July 2024 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by train, starting in Gibraltar (there is a station just over the border) then on to Granada .....

This is our review of the Sunborn Gibraltar yacht hotel. Over Easter we took the family on a circular tour by .....

3 May 20253 May 2025 by Conny Urban • 50 comments

One of the anomalies of the British Airways fleet was its ex-BMI A321s. Put simply, these were short-haul aircraft equipped with ‘almost flat’ beds in Business Class. The fleet was .....

One of the anomalies of the British Airways fleet was its ex-BMI A321s. Put simply, these were short-haul .....

30 Aug 202030 August 2020 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle Airport. It is the seventh Star Alliance-branded lounge to open and all of the senior team .....

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

Got a pile of unspent Hilton Honors points from the last 18 months, and a social diary which is emptier than usual? Good news – Hilton Honors has added some VIP hospitality sports packages to .....

Got a pile of unspent Hilton Honors points from the last 18 months, and a social diary which is emptier than .....

2 Aug 20212 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

This is our review of Emirates business class on a refurbished A380. Emirates is in the midst of a massive program to refurbish its workhorse A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft which represent the backbone .....

This is our review of Emirates business class on a refurbished A380. Emirates is in the midst of a massive .....

23 May 202423 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 66 comments

News in brief: British Airways reopens its lounge at New York JFK British Airways has followed Virgin Atlantic and will today partially reopen its lounge facilities at New York JFK airport. The lounge .....

News in brief: British Airways reopens its lounge at New York JFK British Airways has followed Virgin Atlantic .....

1 Aug 20211 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

This is our review of aether, the ‘pay to use’ VIP terminal at Manchester Airport. In November 2019 Rob reviewed the brand new PremiAir VIP terminal at Manchester and was very impressed. Little .....

This is our review of aether, the ‘pay to use’ VIP terminal at Manchester Airport. In November 2019 Rob .....

3 Feb 20253 February 2025 by Conny Urban • 90 comments