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It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a Qatar Airways Airbus A330-300 landing at its home base of Hamad International... Read More
Heathrow Airport has re-opened Terminal 4 – once again to handle arrivals from Red LIst Counties. Terminal 4 will act as a separate arrivals facility, keeping direct... Read More
As travel restrictions ease and lockdowns look set to remain a thing of the past (in the UK, at least), perhaps now is the time to boost your AVIOS balance. The American... Read More
It’s that time of the week again – it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Bit of an announcement for the end of week wrap post. If you’re one of... Read More
Back to Stuttgart Airport and checking out the passenger experience. To Stuttgart and Schwabisch Hall In this trip report: An Invite to Germany Testing and Paperwork... Read More
I’ve bounced back and forth between the US and UK this year more than a handful of times, and spent more than 28 days in isolation... The post An Easy Guide To... Read More
Breaking this evening (as I was editing 5 other things), the UK is to adjust the entry criteria to the country From Tuesday 7th December you will require, evidence of a... Read More
As recently announced by the UK Government, arrivals from Tuesday at 4am will require to be able to show a negative PCR or Lateral Flow test before arrival, taken no... Read More
In the past few minutes the BBC is reporting that the new regulations for arriving in the UK will require passengers to obtain a negative COVID test before leaving for... Read More
Stuttgart and Pigeons. ****ing Pigeons. To Stuttgart and Schwabisch Hall In this trip report: An Invite to Germany Testing and Paperwork Off to Heathrow, Terminal 5,... Read More
US travel bans are now over. Well, mostly. Millions of visitors from around the world can once again enter the USA for tourism, business and joy.... The post How Easy Is... Read More
Flash sales are exciting just about any way you cut it. There’s the thrill of getting in on a bargain, but when a flash sale involves... The post The One Thing Delta... Read More
We all know that communication can be hard. It can be harder for those who have disabilities. British Airways has today become the first UK airline to trial a new video... Read More
As has been rumored for a few days, the United States government has today announced a number of measures that it says are aimed at protecting Americans from the Delta... Read More
We've seen a lot of complaints, anger, and outrage (faux and otherwise) coming from various quarters following the recent decision taken by a significant number of... Read More
The travel industry feared for the worst, amid news of the Biden Administration potentially rejiggering travel requirements for international arrivals. Now, with the... Read More
If you haven’t had to cancel a trip, or at the very least change a flight, what’s your secret? Travel is as wonderful as ever and... The post The Trick To Credit... Read More
Today has seen the launch of the new Chase Aeroplan World Elite Mastercard Credit Card and after a lot of rumors and speculation, we now have confirmation of exactly... Read More
Not too unlike Thailand, Bali’s road to reopening has been marked with potholes. There have been plans, then other plans, then cancellations and then u-turns after...... Read More
Italian carrier ITA Airways has firmed up an order for aircraft from Airbus, with 28 aircraft on the list. All ITA AIrways Blue aircraft – coming soon. Rendering –... Read More
Please go off an read the article yourself – it makes depressing reading if, like me, you hope to visit the US before Christmas. The link is here. Simply put, there is... Read More
As a New Yorker, I’m always surprised when people tell me how excited they are to stay in New York City. Waking up near Central Park... The post The Pendry NYC Review:... Read More
With quite a few things going on around the world these days, it would be entirely understandable if news that the Virgin Group had launched a... The post Exclusive:... Read More
While many parts of the world buried their heads once again amid variant concerns, the United States took to roads, trains and planes to connect with... The post A... Read More
Upon reports of a “new variant of concern”, authorities in the UK and Europe immediately launched a raft of new travel restrictions against Southern Africa.... Read More
Well, here we are again. Another change in travel rules has gone live for those of you who want to visit the United Kingdom. Let’s go over time one more time –... Read More
I’ve encountered Los Angeles, affectionately known as LA, in many forms. I’ve been a resident, I’ve been a business traveler popping through, and my family has...... Read More
China Airlines received the delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft on 29th November. Let’s see what has been delivered to improve the passenger experience. What... Read More
Virgin Atlantic ran an excellent status match promotion in the first two months of this year but, unfortunately for most readers, it was a match that was aimed solely at... Read More
Following the UK Government’s announcement that arrivals must take a PCR test in their first two days after arrival, the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments want... Read More
Flying Blue is running another mileage sale and the program appears to be keeping with its recent policy of offering a bonus of up to 100%. Before this year, the better... Read More
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