At the start of the year, I flew down to Santiago, Chile, to visit a family member who is living and working there. I got lucky and my upgrade cleared both ways, leading to pleasant but uneventful (and no need for reviews) trips in Polaris on a 767. However, I […]
The CLUB at LAS Terminal 1 is a contract lounge within Las Vegas McCarran international airport, accessible via Priority Pass, paying $39, or several other options. I found myself hanging there for a half hour before my flight home from Vegas. Having tried the United Club in the past and […]
Coming in from Heathrow, we had a couple-hour layover in Brussels prior to flying home. We were destined for The Suite by Brussels Airlines, the inferior cousin of The Loft, which is in the Schengen part of the airport. I feel like I (and many other travelers!) have been in […]
Mrs. PTI and I traveled to London over Thanksgiving to meet up with family who was living abroad in the United Kingdom. Our itinerary included going to Bath, England (site of my previous review of the Royal Crescent and British Airways) for a day before spending the rest of the […]
In London’s Heathrow Airport, next to the Concorde Room is the British Airways Galleries First lounge. Since British Airways customers have access to the Concorde Room, the British Airways Galleries First lounge is generally for Oneworld Emerald flyers, although I read that the buffet options at the lounge were quite […]
If I have a weird obsession, it’s luxury travel lounges – typically airports, but also in hotels. I’m not sure why, but hanging out, drinking good drinks and eating good food while getting some work done and departing from a destination is decidedly enjoyable. Oh wait, I know why – […]
I recently had the pleasure of a special family trip which involved my first-ever trip on British Airways first class. This included access to the Concorde Room at Washington Dulles, which is British Airways’ fine dining option. Although I knew going in the British Airways Gallery was a fairly straightforward […]
With our Portugal and Spain trip at an end, it was time to depart Barcelona for Washington Dulles. After a rather irritating airport experience – I found that the Barcelona airport had very poor signage for check-in counters and very long queues at nearly every step of the process – […]
Our Portugal to Spain trip continued with an early morning (6:45 AM) flight to Barcelona from Lisbon on TAP Portugal. Despite the early hour, I wanted to pop my head in and do a quick review of the relatively new flagship TAP Portugal lounge in Terminal 1. The lounge opened […]
Continuing reviews related to my trip to Melilla – including a Polaris ride and the Diamond Lounge – today is a Brussels Airport the Loft review. Does this lounge live up to the hype? Unfortunately I did not have access to the VIP area, but was able to access the […]