What’s the deal with Turkish Airlines? Turkish Airlines has an unofficial status match programme and will match Star Alliance Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus and oneworld Emerald members. We’ve written about this before, when Torsten became a Miles&Smiles elite this way earlier this year. It’s a simple process that usually only takes a few days to complete. How […]
MUST READS FOR THIS WEEK – DON'T MISS THESE DEALS! We told you about an amazing fare between Toronto and Rio for just $386 return, but if it hasn't already expired, it will do soon, so get your skates on with this one. We posted about how to get Turkish Airlines elite status (Star Alliance […]
Aegean currently offers really cheap flights (courtesy of much Ryanair competition) for under $40 from Thessaloniki to Athens. These flights are just 200 miles long but give you one of the 4 flight credits you will need in 2015 to requalify as Star Alliance Gold. We outlined the changes to stay with the easiest Star […]
We recently wrote about the proposed changes to Aegean's loyalty program Miles+Bonus, focusing on Gold status being downgraded. Well, the changes have now been officially released and you may not like what you're about to read…
Dan has posted about changes to Aegean's Gold status once it combines with Olympic Airlines, with the elite program reported as being severely downgraded in the coming months.
Did you know that you can access 700+ lounges worldwide with prioritypass.com? The lounge comes in the typical Avianca colors of red and grey. There are actually two similar-looking lounges – one just for Avianca's Business Class ticket holders and one for partners (incl. United and Copa) and Star Alliance Gold holders. English is not […]
Book your flight on COPA here. After my rather glowing review of my last flight via Panama City with Copa, I expected a great flight from Bogota to Mexico City as well. But as other reviewers have noted, Copa has a dark side as well. And this came out today. The Bogota El Dorado Airport […]
Did you know that you can access 700+ lounges worldwide with prioritypass.com? Domodedovo Airport is an odd place. It is crowded, really hot and always seems almost finished, but not just done yet. The main check-in hall is rather new but feels incredibly congested – even if there aren't too many people. This certainly doesn't […]
I'm a Star Alliance Gold thanks to Aegean Airlines generous program which allowed me to credit just 19,000 miles flown and received Star Alliance Gold for life as long as I credit some flights to them every year. Generally the easiest and cheapest way to credit miles is to fly US Airways trans-continental flights. They […]
Last week I spent a couple more hours at this lounge. In fact I planned my connections to spend as much time as possible there 🙂 The food The catering served in the lounge is fantastic. There are several buffets for your delight: – Bakery items (Pastries in the morning, Turkish pizza for lunch and […]