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The connecting flight between Malta – Frankfurt – Venice would have us briefing passing through the Frankfurt International Airport between one terminal to another. Although Lufthansa is a terrific airline, the Frankfurt International Airport is probably the worst part of the experience travelling with them thanks to crowding, a wholly functional airport design and a lack of engaging facilities at this connections hub. We’d eventually enjoy a short hop over to Venice… Read More

Our flight departing Malta would be on Lufthansa Airlines regional service to Frankfurt, connecting onwards to Venice. The straightforward no nonsense service with Lufthansa would continue to offer inclusions such as a complimentary sandwich and alcoholic drinks. We’d experience a comfortable service from Malta to Mainland Europe on our way to Venice, Italy. Review: Lufthansa Airlines A321-2, Malta International Airport – Frankurt International Airport Checkin Into Lufthansa: After several full days, in… Read More

After landing at Munich International Airport, our trip would continue onwards on a separate ticket. We’d continue onwards from Munich on a separate ticket on Lufthansa taking us down to the Mediterranean country of Malta. The Lufthansa service was proficient, comfortable and ran on time. Read on for our flight experience from Mainland Europe to the island of Malta. Review: Lufthansa Airlines A320, Munich International Airport – Malta International Airport Booking the… Read More

Of the choice of South African Airways or British Airways Comair flying between South Africa and Mauritius, after a careful examination, we ended up with South African Airways based on a reasonable price and the ability to earn miles in a Star Alliance frequent flyer reward program. Our flight was marked with some adventure, dis-organization and a side of mild chaos as we transitioned through departure and the flight itself, following with… Read More

The Star Alliance Business Class Lounge in Los Angeles International Airport Tom Bradley International Terminal has undergone a massive renovation and improvement. The lounge forms part of the renovated Tom Bradley international departure terminal and now features one of the nicest terraces and wine displays in any international business lounge worldwide. Review: Star Alliance Business Lounge, Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States of America. After our Delta… Read More

Turkish Airlines has grown its service to Canada by offering flights from Istanbul to Toronto and Montreal, with future expansion planned for Vancouver. Today’s flight was to it’s newest Canadian destination at the time, Montreal. Thanks to great award availability, we were able to travel across the Atlantic Ocean in well fed style, courtesy of great DO & CO catering and a terrific meal service. Review: Turkish Airlines Business Class A330-3, Istanbul… Read More

Turkish Airlines offers a consistent business class product and has an exceptionally large destination list, along with reasonably good partner reward availability, making it great for those frequent flier redemptions for members belonging to programs in the Star Alliance network. Please read on for our experience on how we would use them to get from India to North America in relative style. Review: Turkish Airlines Business Class A330-3, New Delhi Indira Gandhi… Read More

Our fifth flight with Air India would be a short haul domestic hop returning from Jaipur back to New Delhi. Instead of the packed land trains, Air India would provide a no frills, but efficient method, of connecting between the two cities. Review: Air India A319-1, Jaipur International Airport – New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport “Air India provided a no frills and straight forward short haul jet aircraft service between these… Read More

Our fourth flight with Air India would be a short haul hop between New Delhi and Jaipur. Our every day flight would be a quicker alternative to taking the train. The flight featured straight forward catering, a quick and relatively easy experience. Review: Air India A319-1, New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport – Jaipur International Airport “Air India provided a straight forward short haul jet aircraft experience in between two commonly traveled… Read More

Continuing on what was already a very long travel day, we were looking forward to our third flight with Air India today. It would be the first on a two class aircraft with and actual business class cabin. While we did end up with the larger business class seat, the service was pretty much the same as in economy. We did end up with a pre-departure drink and a nicer meal, but… Read More

We were originally scheduled to fly from Male, Maldives to New Delhi, India on an Air India Airbus 320 in regional business class via Bangalore. At about fourteen days before the flight, we were hit with a schedule change cancellation. Our ticket was booked as an Aeroplan Business Class Award, and they only offered existing available reward space to chose from. If we wanted to keep the same date of travel, we… Read More

We were originally scheduled to fly from Male, Maldives to New Delhi, India on an Air India Airbus 320 in regional business class via Bangalore. At about fourteen days before the flight, we were hit with a schedule change cancellation. Our ticket was booked as an Aeroplan Business Class Award, and they only offered existing available reward space to chose from. If we wanted to keep the same date of travel, we… Read More