About Al Editor
An avid Avios and points collector who has travelled across the World using miles. Notable experiences include BA First on the 747 (one of his favourites), Etihad's The Residence, one of the first flights on BA's A350 with the new club suite and BA First to Singapore.
He's a huge fan of airport lounges and works his trips so he can visit some of the worlds best. His favourites include the Qatar First Class lounge, BA's Concorde Room and more recently Aether at Manchester Airport.
To take up the time between flights and lounge visits Al also loves exploring beautiful hotels across the world. In the last few years his most enjoyable trips have been to the Capella in Singapore, W in Abu Dhabi and the Mondrian in Doha.
He's a huge fan of airport lounges and works his trips so he can visit some of the worlds best. His favourites include the Qatar First Class lounge, BA's Concorde Room and more recently Aether at Manchester Airport.
To take up the time between flights and lounge visits Al also loves exploring beautiful hotels across the world. In the last few years his most enjoyable trips have been to the Capella in Singapore, W in Abu Dhabi and the Mondrian in Doha.
Latest articles from Al
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Review: Qatar Lounge, Bangkok (Business & First)
Trying out Qatar's small, but beautiful, lounge at Bangkok Airport. With six flights a day heading to and from Doha, there's a lot of premium traffic to cater to.
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Review: Lufthansa Business Class, MAN to Frankfurt (A320)
What's it like flying intra-Europe business class with Lufthansa, on their A320? I flew Manchester to Frankfurt and here's what I found...
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How to calculate the value of your Avios reward flights
There's a new (and easy) way to keep a record of the monetary value you've had from every points/reward flight that you've booked.
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Qatar reverses their negative Avios booking rules
After just three months, Qatar has almost completely reversed a deeply unpopular rule change that impacted reward flight bookings
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Review: Executive By Escape, Manchester T2. Is it really worth it?
Is the most expensive lounge at Manchester Airport really worth the price? We paid over £60 each to experience The Executive.
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Aether at Manchester Airport launches new pricing options
Manchester Airport's private terminal launches an annual membership program, but with the lowest option costing £3.5k a year, is it worth it?
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What do you do if you were part of the MAG cybersecurity incident?
If you were one of the 8.7 million people impacted by the MAG data breach what does it really mean for you, and what do you do next?
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Is it worth SPENDING your Avios on a hotel room?
Not only can you earn Avios when you book a hotel room, you can also use your points to reduce the cost of the hotel to zero.News
Three bonus Avios offers for the BA Amex Premium card
As part of it's anniversary celebrations, Amex has some bonus Avios offers for their BA Premium Plus Cardholders.
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Buying Avios: the best ways, and the cheapest ways
If you need Avios quickly then how do you buy Avios and where is the best place to buy them? More importantly, is there an alternative way to get Avios fast?
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Act Fast: Get 20,000 Avios from Amex for free
With the upcoming devaluation of their Premium BA card, Amex are offering some cardholders a pretty decent bonus. You have to ask for it though.
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Qatar’s Starlink rollout continues at an impressive pace
After completing Starlink installation on the A350, 777s and 787-8's, the airline becomes the first to add it to a 787-9. So far they've installed itNews
Big (and positive) changes at the Avios Shop
Big changes are coming to the Avios Shop, meaning that you can reduce the price of their products further using points.
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