While Virgin Atlantic offered excellent service onboard my 787-9 “Upper Class” (business class) flight from London to Los Angeles, everything else about the product left me disappointed. It had been four years since I had last flown Virgin Atlantic...
Review: British Airways A380 Economy Class Los Angeles To London
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My first flight in British Airways longhaul economy class was not as bad as I expected. In fact, BA even impressed me in one sense. Here’s what you can expect. I missed my earlier United flight due to a...
Review: American Airlines A321T Business Class New York To Los Angeles
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My evening flight from New York to Los Angeles on American Airlines was a nice change of pace from my usual United flight. I generally don’t stray from United Airlines domestically, but United was sold out in business class...
Review: Hong Kong Airlines NEW A350 Business Class – Hong Kong To Los Angeles
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While I enjoyed my fight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong very much, I was pleased to experience Hong Kong’s newest aircraft for the flight home to LA, featuring the carrier’s latest business class seat. After a long layover...
Review: Hong Kong Airlines A330 Business Class Bangkok To Hong Kong
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Here’s a brief review of my quick early morning flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong on Hong Kong Airlines aboard the A330 in business class. With no line for business class passengers, check-in took mere moments. After a longer...
Review: Hong Kong Airlines A330 Business Class Hong Kong To Bangkok
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The short flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok was just enough time to appreciate the Hong Kong Airlines A330 business class product. After three days of excellent meetings in Hong Kong, it was time to go home. But instead...
Review: Hong Kong Airlines A350 Business Class Los Angeles To Hong Kong
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My first flight on Hong Kong Airlines was a great one. Hong Kong Airlines offered excellent service and comfort onboard its A350-900 in business class. Hong Kong Airlines does offer online check-in on some flights, but I was unable...
Review: Asiana A380 First Class Seoul To Los Angeles
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My flight abroad the Asiana A380 in first class was one of the best of my life. After spending several hours in the first class lounge, I boarded my 10.5-hour flight to Los Angeles. A FA welcomed me onboard...
Review: Thai Airways 777-200 Business Class Bangkok To Seoul
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Thai Airways simply does not offer a competitive business class product on its 777-200. There is no other way to say it. I appreciate the warm service on Thai and thought the meals were decent on this flight, but...
Review: Thai Airways A380 First Class Osaka To Bangkok
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While it is always fun to try a new A380 first class product, I did not expect such a great flight on Thai Airways…my best overall flight ever with them. After spending about 40 minutes in the Thai Airways...
Manila To Osaka Via Koror And Guam, All On A United Airlines 737!
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When you think about which airline to fly from Manila to Osaka, your first thought is probably not on United. It wasn’t mine either. But I could not resist. United has a hub in Guam. This was once a...
Review: Lufthansa A380 First Class Munich To Los Angeles
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My Lufthansa First Class flight from Munich to Los Angeles provided the ultimate gift: uninterrupted rest. I’ve reviewed Lufthansa First Class three times during the last year in the eastbound direction, but this will be my first westbound review in...
Review: Air Dolomiti ERJ-195 Business Class Nice To Munich
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While I did not expect to see Air Dolomiti, a regional Lufthansa subsidiary serving routes in Northern Italy, on a flight between France and Germany, I welcomed the experience. For reasons you’ll read below, I rate Air Dolomiti a...
Review: United 777-200 Polaris Business Class Chicago To Frankfurt
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I’ve written this review in a more casual way than my usual trip reports. Hopefully it will be helpful to some of you. Flying United is like driving my car…I do it so often it just become second nature....
Review: Norwegian Air 787-9 Premium Class London Gatwick To Los Angeles
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Norwegian offers a compelling premium product for the price point. My flight from London Gatwick to Los Angeles in Premium Class represented a good first experience with Norwegian Air. After taking the Gatwick Express from London Victoria Station to...
Review: KLM ERJ-190 Business Class Frankfurt To Amsterdam
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KLM offers a competitive product in shorthaul business class. Ordinarily I would not upgrade an intra-Europe flight (unless flying into London or as part of a longhaul premium cabin journey). The value proposition often is not there since I...
Review: United Airlines 767-300 Polaris Business Class Amsterdam To Newark
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United’s retrofitted 767-300 Polaris Business Class cabin provided great comfort during a recent morning flight from Amsterdam to Newark. I checked in online and totally bypassed the check-in counters at AMS. After spending a bit of time in the...
Review: Qatar Airways A380 First Class Doha to Paris
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After literally a day in the Al Safwa lounge, I ventured back into the terminal and proceeded to the gate for my connecting flight to Paris. This would be my first time aboard a Qatar Airways A380. Boarding had...
Review: Qatar Airways A320 Business Class Kuwait To Doha
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I was going to call this an Al Maha Airways trip report, based on the livery of the aircraft, but it was a Qatar Airways flight in every other way. An excellent one at that. After arriving from Amman, I...
Review: Royal Jordanian ERJ-195 Business Class Amman To Kuwait
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A two hour flight in the middle of the night on a regional jet. My expectations were high… I’m being facetious, of course, but my RJ flight from Amman to Kuwait absolutely shocked me…in a good way. Royal Jordanian...