This is our review of the new Clubrooms lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3. The No1 Lounges group has opened a brand new Clubrooms lounge at Heathrow T3, hot on the heels of the recent No1 Lounge opened in .....

This is our review of the new Clubrooms lounge at Heathrow Terminal 3. The No1 Lounges group has opened a .....

22 Apr 202522 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 56 comments

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get around to reviewing hotels on our doorstep. And let’s face it: in London, we are .....

Despite running a travel website where we usually cover ways to get away from the UK, we do occasionally get .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold cardholders extra benefits when renting a car. We cover the car hire element of The .....

American Express and Hertz have a long standing partnership that gets American Express Preferred Rewards Gold .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts (one due to a flight cancellation and the other after being invited to an Airbus factory tour .....

This is our review of the Courtyard Hamburg City hotel, part of Marriott Bonvoy. After two failed attempts .....

20 Apr 202520 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 14 comments

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which we covered last week, and then there is Riyadh Air. As its name suggests, Riyadh Air is .....

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 93 comments

In 2023, London Gatwick airport announced its 50th long haul destination as Ethiopian Airlines returned with direct flights to Addis Ababa. Two years on, that figure hasn’t moved although the .....

In 2023, London Gatwick airport announced its 50th long haul destination as Ethiopian Airlines returned with .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

This is our review of Japan Airlines’ Sakura business class lounge in Okinawa Airport. My recent trip to Japan to review JAL also took me to the small southern island of Okinawa, where I stayed .....

This is our review of Japan Airlines’ Sakura business class lounge in Okinawa Airport. My recent trip to .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments

This is our review of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in Los Angeles. Less than six months after my last visit to LA, I found myself there again for the opening of Virgin Atlantic’s new Clubhouse .....

This is our review of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in Los Angeles. Less than six months after my last visit to .....

18 Apr 202518 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class Suite on the Airbus A350-1000. It is almost six years since Virgin Atlantic introduced its new Upper Class seat on the A350. It went .....

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class Suite on the Airbus A350-1000. It is almost six .....

17 Apr 202517 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 76 comments

News in brief: No1 and Clubrooms lounges open at Heathrow Terminal 3 Late last year, we covered a major shake-up coming to the independent lounge scene at Heathrow’s Terminal 3. If you’re .....

News in brief: No1 and Clubrooms lounges open at Heathrow Terminal 3 Late last year, we covered a major .....

17 Apr 202517 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

Truth can be stranger than fiction …. and nowhere in aviation has that been more true than for Global Airlines, an airline start-up founded by travel influencer James Asquith. Global Airlines .....

Truth can be stranger than fiction …. and nowhere in aviation has that been more true than for Global .....

16 Apr 202516 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 98 comments

This is our review of Air India’s new A350-900 from London to Delhi in business class. An airline in the middle of a five-year transformation is not one you expect to deliver a world-class .....

This is our review of Air India’s new A350-900 from London to Delhi in business class. An airline in the .....

15 Apr 202515 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 156 comments

Two weeks ago, I was one of the first international journalists to be invited to Delhi to see how Air India’s transformation program is going. Called ‘Vihaan.AI’ or ‘new .....

Two weeks ago, I was one of the first international journalists to be invited to Delhi to see how Air .....

14 Apr 202514 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

Since joining HfP six years ago, I’ve managed to try a number of different premium economy products on a variety of airlines – most recently flying JAL premium economy to Tokyo. First .....

Since joining HfP six years ago, I’ve managed to try a number of different premium economy products on a .....

14 Apr 202514 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 124 comments