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Great lounge and service: a review of Swiss Air Lines’ business class on the 777
During the COVID-19 crisis, our team has temporarily ceased taking review trips and we are not publishing new flight or hotel reviews. While bringing our readers unbiased, detailed reviews of travel experiences is one of our core missions, now is not the time. We all love to travel and know you do too. So, to help keep you entertained — and maybe inspire you — we are republishing a selection of our most popular reviews from 2019 and 2020, including the one below. Hopefully, this will help you once we’re all ready to start booking trips again. TPG Rating 84...
A service roller coaster: Review of SriLankan Airlines business class on the A330-300
TPG Rating 75 100 Pros Very good seat; great food; cheap price in miles. Cons Inconsistent service; expensive and very slow Wi-Fi. 15/20 Ground Experience 25/30 Cabin + Seat 10/15 Amenities + IFE 17/20 Food + Beverage 8/15 Service SriLankan Airlines is a small carrier with just 26 aircraft in its fleet, so it sometimes gets overlooked. But it’s a member of the Oneworld alliance with British Airways, American Airlines and 10 other major carriers, so it was high time we gave Sri Lanka’s flag carrier a whirl. Its direct flight between London Heathrow (LHR) and Colombo (CMB) is a...
A nice improvement: A review of SAS business class on the new Airbus A350
TPG Rating 84 100 Pros Amazing food, unique drink selection, exceptional service, brand-new cabin and seats. Cons Limited IFE selection, seat storage and privacy; inoperable Wi-Fi. 15/20 Ground Experience 25/30 Cabin + Seat 10/15 Amenities + IFE 19/20 Food + Beverage 15/15 Service The Airbus A350 is one of the newest wide-body aircraft to grace the skies. Since its introduction in 2013, flyers around the world have enjoyed many of the plane’s passenger-friendly features. From oversized windows to quiet engines and increased cabin pressure, there’s a lot to love about this jet. The A350 has proven to be a popular...
Everything cruisers need to know about the new Sky Princess ship
It’s been a long time coming, but there’s finally — finally! — a new ship for North American fans of Princess Cruises: the just-unveiled, 3,660-passenger Sky Princess. Yeah, sure, the “Love Boat line” rolled out a fancy new vessel, Majestic Princess, just two-and-a-half years ago. But, initially at least, that ship was aimed exclusively at the China market. It’s been more than five years since travelers based in North America had an all-new Princess ship to call their own. So, if you’re a loyal Princess cruiser, that means you’re probably pretty excited about Sky Princess, which departed from Athens on...
La catastrophe: My La Compagnie flight to the South of France that never happened
The United States and France have had a special relationship since the former’s birth. No surprise that the two should be linked by a large, and growing, number of flights. The smallest of the airlines linking the two nations is Paris-based La Compagnie, which began flying in 2014 and operates to less than a handful of destinations in each country on less than a handful of planes with only one choice of cabin, business class. Despite the lack of scale — it focuses only on Newark in the U.S. and Paris and Nice in France with what’s currently a three-jet...