After the Freddie Awards, I was headed home through Abu Dhabi and Doha to fly on the world’s longest flight to Auckland. I was supposed to be flying out of Washington but due to the weather, I made the last minute decision to fly out of JFK instead. Luckily there was availability and American were happy […]
Good evening/morning (wherever you are) from Abu Dhabi. I’m currently writing this in the Etihad First Class lounge. As many of you may know, this has long been my favourite lounge and I’ve spent many, many enjoyable hours in here. You may also know that cost-cutting in the Middle Eastern airline sector is very strong and […]
I was supposed to be flying to Abu Dhabi from Washington but due to the bad weather there, I made the last minute decision to leave out of JFK instead. Even though Washington gets the 787 which features a much newer onboard product, I’ve already reviewed it twice and I was interested to see what […]
This doesn’t come as much of a surprise but Etihad are now allowing passengers in all cabin to pay to enter their First Class Lounge In Abu Dhabi. Last month the airline announced that passengers could pay to enter their premium lounges but at the time excluded the First Class lounge. The carrier isn’t the first airline to […]
It’s not too often I can write a post like this but when it happens it’s definitely worth talking about. Flying over peak seasons in premium cabins with points can be extremely tough but there are ways around it which usually multiple connections, strange flights etc. But when you can fly direct in an award […]
Buying airline miles is a fastly growing tactic from airlines to bring in more revenue. Airlines like Alaska, Amercian, United and Avianca make massive profits every year from people buying miles. Heck even Qantas and Virgin Australia sell miles but at quite poor value and those are quite limited amounts. Well now the next airline to […]
Just yesterday Etihad said they will no longer send the A380 to Melbourne and now we know where the A380 will be going. Effective October 29th (yes, the same day Melbourne get’s theirs taken away) Etihad will commence the second daily A380 aircraft into Sydney from Abu Dhabi. Etihad’s second A380 will be operating the EY450/451 service […]
This is very sad news, especially for Etihad fans like myself. The airline has made quite a number of operational changes involving swapping around aircraft on quite a few routes, one of them being Melbourne. Sadly, from October 29th the airline will be replacing the A380 service with a smaller 787-9 aircraft. Here’s the full […]
No doubt the U.S/ME travel ban has been one of the biggest travel stories to talk about in the past few weeks. 10 Middle Eastern cities are on the list where travellers are not allowed to take items bigger than their mobile phone onboard with them when departing from the airlines’ port, Emirates won’t even […]
Etihad Airways are currently running a hotel points transfer promotion. If you transfer points from one of the 8 eligible hotel programs to Etihad Guest between now and April 30th 2017, you’ll receive 20% bonus miles. Etihad Airways A340-600 Here are the eligible programs, to transfer miles and for more information click here. Accor Hotels 2 Le Club […]
Hmmm, it seems Etihad is now playing follow the leader. Last year Emirates announced Per Per Entry into their First & Business Lounges and now Etihad is following along. The move doesn’t see First lounge access being able to be bought (which is a good move), but I would say the lounges will really start to reach […]
Recently, Etihad has made quite a major change regarding check-in. The airline announced that all Premium passengers, (Residence, First Class, Business Class, Platinum, Gold and Partner Elites) will all now use the T3 check-in area instead of in Terminal 1, even if that’s where your flights are departing from. Per Etihad, I myself haven’t actually […]