Hotel Review: JW Marriott, Bangkok
JW Marriott hotels are Marriott’s flagship hotels. Their highest luxury offering. I had the opportunity recently to stay at the JW Marriott in Bangkok, Thailand….
‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’
‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’ We are in ‘limbo-land’. Until March, when US…
Lounge Review: United Lounge, Tokyo Narita Airport
United has a massive lounge in Tokyo’s Narita airport. I had been to Tokyo on a couple of occasions before, but I was just passing…
2013 – A (Personal) Travel Year in Review
2013 was an interesting year. Both for me personally from a travel perspective and also for the travel industry. Several firsts and several changes –…
Would you take a Space flight on Virgin Galactic?
Virgin Galactic calls itself the world’s first commercial space line. Their goal is to open the wonder and experience of space to anyone who wishes to…
The Worlds longest flight is dead. Long live the Worlds Longest Flight!
A new king has been crowned! The Longest flight in the world is now Sydney (SYD) – Dallas (DFW) by Qantas – flight QF7. The…
New features from SpiceJet – Yeah or Meh?
SpiceJet is now offering the convenience and flexibility of a choice of comforts. They call them Spice Add-ons. Now services like preferred premium seat selection,…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part II
In Part I of this post I looked at the impact of the two significant event in the OneWorld Alliance, namely: Qatar joining OneWorld US…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part I
There are three alliances in the world of Air Travel: Star Alliance OneWorld and SkyTeam Of these three, Star Alliance has been a very dominant…
Activating the Barclay Arrival card TripIt Pro subscription
When I wrote my earlier blog post about the Barclay Card Arrival card, one questions I got from multiple readers was ‘how do I activate…
