Aeroplan, Air Canada’s frequent flyer programme, is one of my favourites when it comes to Star Alliance award redemptions. Aeroplan is incredibly generous when it comes to routing rules – you can have two stopovers in addition to a destination on round-trip award tickets, and with generous maximum permitted mileage, you can even create a mini-RTW with a simple round-trip booking. Furthermore, Aeroplan is an… Read More
LOT Polish Airlines operates a number of charter flights from Warsaw to various holiday destinations such as Bali, Bangkok, Cuba, Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, etc. with their Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring Business Class, Premium Economy Class, and Economy Class. Most passengers are booked through Polish travel agencies in Economy Class and therefore often the Premium cabins are empty. YouHaveBeenUpgraded notes there is currently a great fare… Read More
Here we go again… honestly, Aeroplan knows they will be gone soon so why are they becoming worse and worse as they die? I don’t get it. Aeroplan used to be one of my favourite frequent flyer programmes, but now, I wouldn’t consider them in the top rankings. Ever since the announcement of the Air Canada and Aeroplan breakup, Aeroplan has been trying to tell… Read More
Poland’s flag carrier and fully integrated Miles & More partner airline, LOT Polish Airlines, announced today via Facebook that it will begin flying to Singapore starting in May 2018. The Warsaw – Singapore – Warsaw route will be operated by one of LOT’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft featuring Business Class, Premium Economy Class, and Economy Class. #flyLOTtoSingapore The Lion City is waiting for you Starting… Read More
My favourite frequent flyer programme is Miles & More. While the programme does impose fuel surcharges, those can often be lowered if you’re strategic about which routes you book. Furthermore, Miles & More allows anyone to book Lufthansa First Class whenever you want before departure (otherwise it is only released 14 days before departure to partner airlines). Currently, you can redeem 25k Miles & More… Read More
Two Days in Warsaw – Introduction LOT Polish Airlines 3905 Warsaw (WAW) – Kraków (KRK) Embraer E195 12 July 2015 The flight back to Kraków was supposed to be operated by one of LOT’s ancient B737-400, however last minute they changed the equipment to a (newer) E195. My original seat on the 737 was 3F, however due to the equipment change, I was assigned seat 1D… Read More
Two Days in Warsaw – Introduction Inside of the LOT Business Lounge Polonez, is a ‘secret’ Elite Club Lounge which is available to Star Gold members. A few people actually know that Star Gold can access the lounge since there is a giant “HON Circle” carpet in front of the entrance, which leads people thinking only HON Circle members can access it. Miles & More… Read More
Two Days in Warsaw – Introduction The airport in Warsaw has been recently expanding and actually looks quite nice now compared to what it looked like a couple of years ago. I took an Uber from my hotel to the airport and it cost ~$6 USD, which was super cheap and generally taxis don’t cost a lot of money in Poland and therefore the ~25… Read More
Two Days in Warsaw – Introduction LOT Polish Airlines 3920 Kraków (KRK) – Warsaw (WAW) Embraer E175 10 July 2015 Boarding was announced in the Business Lounge and by the time I made it to the gate, it was almost over and I was among the last people to board. There were just a few people for the flight to Warsaw and therefore the E175… Read More
As much as I don’t like my national carrier, LOT, I do have to admit they did a (somewhat) good job with their DreamLiner 787 and so far have had success flying those planes on all of their intercontinental routes (they completely got rid of their old B767’s… thank God). I don’t like LOT for a couple of reasons and one of the main ones… Read More
