This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes.  Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the .....

This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes.  Each scheme .....

25 Jan 202525 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s First Class cabin. Last month, Cathay Pacific unveiled its new Aria Suite business class – you can read our long haul review of Aria Suite here. At .....

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s First Class cabin. Last month, Cathay Pacific unveiled its new .....

4 Nov 20244 November 2024 by Rhys Jones • 82 comments

Heathrow Terminal 4 has got a ‘new’ airport lounge, accessible with a Priority Pass. El Al has decided that it no longer wants to run its own facility at Heathrow.  The impressive King .....

Heathrow Terminal 4 has got a ‘new’ airport lounge, accessible with a Priority Pass. El Al has .....

7 Jul 20197 July 2019 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

This is our review of Canopy London City, a new hotel by Hilton. It is the first hotel to open in the UK under the ‘Canopy’ brand, which Hilton describes thus: “Located in the most .....

This is our review of Canopy London City, a new hotel by Hilton. It is the first hotel to open in the UK under .....

24 Dec 202124 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

This is our review of the new-ish Moxy London Heathrow Airport hotel. I have been impressed by what Marriott has done with Moxy. The prices are usually very reasonable. Despite playing down the size .....

This is our review of the new-ish Moxy London Heathrow Airport hotel. I have been impressed by what Marriott .....

20 Feb 202220 February 2022 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

This is our review of Aer Lingus business class to Barbados on an A330-300. Aer Lingus isn’t necessarily the first airline that springs to mind when you want to fly across the Atlantic from .....

This is our review of Aer Lingus business class to Barbados on an A330-300. Aer Lingus isn’t necessarily .....

11 Apr 202211 April 2022 by Rhys Jones • 78 comments

This is my review of the Caledonian Sleeper train, from London Euston to Inverness. There is a fascination about long train journeys, especially multi-day journeys, which I share. Sadly the Orient .....

This is my review of the Caledonian Sleeper train, from London Euston to Inverness. There is a fascination .....

29 Jan 202429 January 2024 by Conny Urban • 143 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class seat on the Boeing 787-9 service from Heathrow to Austin. Virgin Atlantic invited us to the inaugural flight to Austin – Virgin’s .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class seat on the Boeing 787-9 service from Heathrow to .....

20 Jun 202220 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 71 comments

British Airways officially launched its ‘soft’ improvements to First Class on Sunday, and they should be fully rolled out across the network by today. SaturdayKid on Flyertalk posted some .....

British Airways officially launched its ‘soft’ improvements to First Class on Sunday, and they .....

2 Apr 20192 April 2019 by Rob Burgess • 151 comments

This is our review of Mandapa, a Ritz Carlton Reserve, in Bali. After three nights by the beach in Sanur at the Andaz Bali (review here), it was time for a change of scene – a trip to the .....

This is our review of Mandapa, a Ritz Carlton Reserve, in Bali. After three nights by the beach in Sanur at .....

6 Oct 20236 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 27 comments

This is my review of Air France business class, flying a Boeing 777-300ER from Paris to Dubai. Last month I headed down to the Middle East for half term with my family. Instead of flying British .....

This is my review of Air France business class, flying a Boeing 777-300ER from Paris to Dubai. Last month I .....

28 Nov 202228 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

A few months ago we wrote about a special collaboration between British Airways and meal-kit delivery company Feast Box. Whilst this was a special one-off collaboration, Feast Box has now joined .....

A few months ago we wrote about a special collaboration between British Airways and meal-kit delivery company .....

27 Jun 202127 June 2021 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent weeks.  There were a number of reasons for this: the very fact that BA is running any long haul .....

We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent .....

10 Jun 202010 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 182 comments

This is our review of the Tampa EDITION hotel in Florida. I was put up by the hotel as part of my Virgin Atlantic press trip on the inaugural A330neo flight to Tampa. I have preivously stayed at the .....

This is our review of the Tampa EDITION hotel in Florida. I was put up by the hotel as part of my Virgin .....

9 Nov 20229 November 2022 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments