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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Get Radisson VIP status if you have Avanti Platinum
A valuable perk from Avanti, which makes their already-very-decent Club Avanti scheme even better. Now you can get Radisson VIP status.
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How do you earn BA tier points from your Amex card?
Back in 2024 BA promised that you could earn tier points via their Amex card. Their self-imposed deadline has passed, and the scheme is no closer to launching.
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Finnair launches Avios subscriptions
Buying Avios got slightly easier. Finnair has launched their Avios Subscription service, very similar to the BA one, with a few differences.
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Review: The Pearl Lounge at Bahrain Airport
The Pearl is the best non-airline lounge that we've visited. Read on to find out why, and how to access it at Bahrain airport.
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Review: BA Business Class (Heathrow to Seattle)
What's it like to fly BA Business Class on a really long-haul? I took a ten hour flight from London to Seattle to test out the Club Suite and experience.
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Interview: Capital On Tap’s Product Director Nik Haukohl
With some big changes taking place at Capital On Tap we sat down with Nik Haukohl to chat about their customers, and their future.
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Review: British Airways lounge at Heathrow T5B
British Airways lounge at Heathrow T5 is spacious, well designed and has enough food and drink options to keep you happy. Read on to see more of this lounge.
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What’s it like to walk underneath Heathrow airport?
Far below Heathrow T5 is a walkway that takes you from T5A to T5B and then T5C. If you want to avoid people for ten minutes, this could be right up your street.
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Earning Avios from wine: the ultimate guide
Buying wine online or in-store? You could be earning thousands of Avios. I breakdown all the different ways to pickup Avios on wine, no matter how you buy it.
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Which US cities have daytime flights to Europe?
Daytime flights from the US should help reduce jetlag. Here's my list of every daytime US to Europe flight, with airlines, flight numbers and times.
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Hotel Review: Mondrian, Doha: Stunning, Comfortable
Can beautiful hotels be practical? The Mondrian in Doha is both beautiful, practical AND well-priced. So, what's the catch?
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Revolut to launch points earning credit card
A new points earning credit card is coming soon, via Revolut and their recently launched RevPoints. Will it make Amex worried?
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The Ultimate Guide To Earning Avios For Small Businesses
How can you maximise your points collection as an SME? Here's my top tips based on five years of leveraging my small business to earn more Avios.
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