Well, that didn’t last long. Revenue-basedHANSA has recently introduced a new promotion whereby passengers can earn 50% extra award miles with Miles & More on Lufthansa flights booked by 31 May 2018 on LH.com, which must be flown by 30 August 2018. This new “promotion” comes just days after Miles & More has switched to a revenue-based earning model whereby award miles are credited based on… Read More
Alaska Airlines’ First Class isn’t industry leading. Yes, there are power ports and WiFi, but the food is often the same for months. Chicken anyone? The one improvement Alaska has made over the years is to remove one row of First Class (reducing four to three rows) in order to enhance legroom for First Class passengers. While all major airlines are installing flat-bed seats on select aircraft… Read More
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is a frequent flyer programme I use a lot for travelling from Europe to the Middle East. Business Class costs only 25k miles one-way, First Class used to cost just 35k miles – but that was changed recently due to the programme’s devaluation. Nevertheless, being able to fly from Europe to the Middle East for just 25k miles in Business Class on… Read More
Over the years, I’ve been very fortunate to fly Economy Class the least during all of my travels. This is mainly thanks to miles & points, but also due to how cheap Business (and Economy) Class has become over the past few years. You can generally now fly from North America to Europe round-trip for $300 in Economy Class… something that was unthinkable a few… Read More
SWISS and Austrian are the two Lufthansa Group airlines that I love to fly in Business Class. Lufthansa’s Business Class isn’t that great and therefore I avoid it most of the time – unless there is a good deal, of course. Austrian has by far the best catering in Business Class, while I will argue that SWISS has the best service. I recently flew SWISS… Read More
I recently redeemed 100k American Airlines AAdvantage miles for travel from Tel Aviv to Brisbane in First Class via Amman, Abu Dhabi, and Sydney. The longest segment was Etihad Airways A380 First Class from Abu Dhabi to Sydney. The taxes on this ticket were just under $100 USD, which I consider an incredible redemption. The first flight from Tel Aviv to Amman was short at… Read More
United Airlines, a founding member of the Star Alliance, is the worst full-service and “traditional” airline in America. From rude flight attendants, to incompetent and idiotic phone agents, to passengers being dragged off of the aircraft, to $hit service in First Class, the list goes on and on… United Polaris, the new Business Class service, isn’t any better and never will be, like promised. I… Read More
I love SWISS. I love Zurich. And I love Switzerland. I’ve been finding myself flying with SWISS International Air Lines more and more during the past year and that’s because I’ve been flying more in Business Class and SWISS’ Business Class is 100x better than Lufthansa’s. In fact, the last time I flew long-haul with Lufthansa was in August of last year.. shocking! I’ve flown… 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
Today is the day. Today, Lufthansa German Airlines has destroyed Miles & More, “Europe’s Leading Frequent Flyer Programme”. Effective today, tickets purchased from Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings now earn miles based on the ticket price and not the distance flown/booking class. Miles & More members without status will earn 4 miles per Euro spent on the base fare + carrier-imposed surcharges, while Frequent… Read More
