Airline Reviews

This is a very different type of flight review for my flight back to Heathrow from Johannesburg with British Airways in economy on the A380. Partly because it’s less of a traditional, neatly structured assessment and more of an opinion piece, but bear with me. Having spent 8 days with zero signal, and zero worries on safari (me and my noble steed Polo below), I was looking forward to heading home. It isn’t often you step off a flight and feel a genuine sense of disbelief that

There’s a particular mood to a late-night long-haul departure if you're leaving from Heathrow. It’s a strange mix of exhaustion, anticipation, and quiet hope that the stars aligns just enough to allow for a few solid hours of sleep somewhere over Africa. On paper, British Airways’ overnight service to Johannesburg in World Traveller Plus (premium economy) should do exactly that. In reality, this flight delivered a combination of a good level of comfort, strong service, but a

Qatar Airways markets a First Class product on some of its regional routes, including this route that I'm reviewing from Doha to Riyadh. When I had the chance to upgrade from economy for 16,000 Avios, I took it - partly for the flight itself, but mainly for access to the Al Safwa First Class lounge during a four-hour layover. But here's the uncomfortable truth that frequent flyers already know: Qatar's regional "First Class" is really just their Business Class seat with a dif

As part of our journey to New Zealand earlier in the year, we cashed in our Avios, all 360,000 of them, for a once in a lifetime trip to the other side of the world. I'll ruin the end of this piece, it was worth every single one of them. This review is from Doha to Auckland onboard Qatar Airways' Airbus A350-1000, featuring 46 of their flagship Q-Suite product in Business Class, and 281 Economy seats. For the first leg from Heathrow to Doha onboard Qatar Airways' A380, you ca