Lufthansa status match for BA & Iberia members
Both British Airways and Iberia are welcoming significant changes to their frequent flyer programs in April, with the former being exceptionally bad and I’ll be really...
26 February 2025
Category: Star Alliance
Aegean Advent Calendar: win unlimited flights for a year!
Advent Calendar used to be very popular with many merchants, and I remember the generous offers by Accor and Shangri-La a couple of years ago. Somehow...
10 December 2024
My review of the Aegean Lounge Athens, non-Schengen
For travelling within Europe I’m mostly doing BA or budget airlines nowadays, and I lost my BA Silver status last year, so it’s been a while...
3 December 2024
Black Friday: Aegean & Eurail pass sale, 50% off UK trains
A few more UK- and Europe-oriented Black Friday sales. [Aegean] The Greek airline Aegean is running a good sale: I see some solid fares, although they...
29 November 2024
South African Airways (Star Alliance) status match promotion
(Page now dead) Back in September, Star Alliance launched an unprecedented promotion to retain customers from its ex-member Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). It looks like South African...
18 November 2024
Matched from Marriott? Don’t forget to claim your Air Canada Select Benefits
Marriott and Air Canada started a partnership recently allowing members from either program receive reciprocal benefits. Specifically, Marriott Ambassador and Titanium members receive an instant upgrade...
15 November 2024
My review of Star Alliance lounges at Heathrow T2
When flying from Heathrow I’m usually with BA (T5 & T3) and occasionally Virgin (T3), so it’s been years since I visited Terminal 2. Finally I’m...
13 November 2024
Take advantage of airlines’ same day change policy in Europe
From what I understand, “same-day standby” is a very common practice in North America, where airlines allow passengers to move to a different flight on the...
1 November 2024
Complimentary Star Alliance Silver from new Marriott & Air Canada partnership
Marriott Bonvoy has recruited another airline, Air Canada, into their reciprocal programs. You can view more details here. From what I understand it’s not a one-time...
9 October 2024
Air Canada 15% and Etihad 40% transfer bonus
As we’ve previewed a few days back, United’s conversion bonus offer is live. What we didn’t know is the bonus is tiered, and you need to...
1 October 2024
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