Last May half term, I stayed at the Meliá Cala Galdana hotel in Menorca. It was a great hotel in a fabulous location with top notch service in The Level. Now, as a standard member, points are earned at the rate of 10 per € spent. There is a multiplier as you go up the… Read More MeliáRewards – what are they and how can they help get you cheaper Avios?!
Having arrived into the airport and finding out that we had been upgraded, we made our way to the lounge via the Duty Free, past the giant teddy bear lamp. Big mistake! THE LOUNGE HAS ITS OWN DUTY FREE SHOP! Having entered the lounge, this is the view with my back to the restaurant area.… Read More Review: Qatar’s RIDICULOUS Al Safwa First Class Lounge
This was the final leg of our trip; a single redemption from Doha to London in Club for 60,000 Avios each. There was no First availability – there was no Club availability when we first looked, but I set up an ExpertFlyer alert and was delighted when some opened up and I booked right away.… Read More Review: Doha to London in First on British Airways
We had booked a stop over in Doha to break up the journey home, and I chose the Hilton because they offered day rooms. The flight from Perth landed at about 0530, so I wanted to be sure that we could get into the room, take a shower and relax as soon as we arrived.… Read More Review: Hilton Doha – a shocking start and a suite end
I am not going to lie – this flight was the one that I was most looking forward to. Qatar First class is one of the best out there, and it serves Krug champagne which retails at £250 a bottle, so that gives a marker of how much money is put into the product. There… Read More Review: Perth to Doha on Qatar First Class
This is a fairly short review, as it was a fairly unremarkable flight. We started off in the lounge, which was pretty much like all the other Qantas lounges. It has great runway views. Everyone seems to be doing ‘retro jets’ at the moment! Boarding was called and we were amongst the first on. The… Read More Review: Melbourne to Perth with Qantas in Business Class
How to get there? You’re probably going to be flying in to the city, so get on the SkyBus from outside the terminal. You can buy tickets at the kiosk or from the attendant, but buy online for a small discount. A return is about £15 and is valid for 3 months. You get a… Read More MisterAirmiles’ guide to 24 hours in Melbourne
To continue on my theme for this trip of using redemptions for hotel stays, I chose the InterContinental in Melbourne for our one night stay. I originally booked this using a free night voucher from the Barclaycard credit card, but cancelled and used 55,000 points for this instead because the InterContinental Hong Kong was charging… Read More Review: InterContinental Melbourne
The next leg of the trip, from Canberra to Melbourne, was the only leg of the trip we had not booked in a premium cabin. We were able to get two economy seats for 9000 Avios and £38 taxes. It didn’t seem worth it to spend double at the time of booking for a Business… Read More Review: Canberra to Melbourne on Qantas Economy Class
…was the usual response from anyone who asked where we were going in Australia. I always think that this is a bit of a shame as I really like it. I like the fact that it is a planned town – interesting from a Geographer’s point of view – and I love the fact that… Read More “Canberra? Why on earth would you want to go to Canberra?!”
