I wrote about my outbound flight from Gatwick to Mauritius last week. As the return was a daylight flight on a leisure route which are notorious for running out of food and drink, I thought it was worth a separate review. You can read my review of our Mauritius hotel,…
If you are flying economy from T5 and want to buy lounge access there was previously only 1 option, the often crowded Aspire lounge which I reviewed here. A short time ago Plaza Premium opened their newest lounge and I popped in to see how it was doing once it…
In November I ticked one item off my flying bucket list with a miles redemption for the Etihad First Class Apartment and Business Class studio. I decided to get some sunshine in Abu Dhabi whilst I was there and booked to stay at the 5* Shangri-La for 4 nights. Location The…
I recently spent a week on the beautiful island of Mauritius at the Ravenala Attitude hotel. I flew to Mauritius on British Airways from Gatwick in Club World. Previously I had always felt that the Gatwick long-haul experience wasn’t quite on par with Heathrow, so how was this experience? Check-in and lounge…
Yesterday I looked at our top flights for 2017 and today I will look at the best hotels we have stayed in over the year. In no particular order they are: Conrad Algarve I visited this hotel for the first time in February and enjoyed it so much I went…
On Thursday I reviewed the new Club World service outbound from Heathrow to New York JFK. I also came back from JFK to Heathrow a few days later overnight on a refurbished B747. This was the first time I had seen the new service on a night flight so I thought…
I tried the new Club World food and service shortly after it launched in September this year. As the new bedding had been delayed I didn’t get a chance to experience the full product on my last flight. I have now tried the full service with the amenity kits and bedding both…
Mauritius had been on my list of place to go for quite a long time and this year I finally got round to going. Mauritius always appealed to me due to the beautiful scenery, local culture and tropical beaches. We flew out to Mauritius on British Airways in Club World from Gatwick…
You may have read my articles about using Kaligo to book hotels and their current double Avios promotions. The current promotion is bookable until 31 December for stays until 30 April 2018 and offers double Avios. I decided it was high time to try Kaligo since the offer worked out…
A lot of people don’t think about using an arrivals lounge on their return journey to Heathrow unless they are heading straight to work. Although I am normally heading straight home, I often pop into an arrivals lounge if one is available. Firstly, if you arrive at rush hour, I…
