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1/50th towards a night at a random DoubleTree. ‘Premium Room’ views a dumpster. ’Standard Room’ is the dumpster.

What's even worse is flying in premium economy on those old A330s. You get a standard economy seat in a tight 3-3-3 layout, with a few inches of extra legroom. Just like economy plus on other carriers, except they still charge you a premium economy fare. And if you're unlucky like me, you'l...

Ha! I am headed to Manila now, transiting through Narita on JAL, which was so seamless, I did not even know I had done so! On my return to the US I begin my trip on PAL, and based on your review, I will absolutely skip the Mabuhay lounge. In contrast, I am in the JAL Sakura lounge, which is ...

"Laughably bad" according to who, of any significance? No US airport (in particular the 4 US gateways with facilities for sterile international passenger transit) has petitioned the government for exemption to use them, in more than 20 years. And if you have evidence of some US airline expressing ...

So you're suggesting MNL will be pulling a CAI on Ben.

This put a smile on my face this morning. Thank you Mr Name.

It is likely big since it was likely a regular Club lounge before. But they are trying to get around the rules and charge extra for the lounge. This is not a resort. Ambassador's should not get in either - as this appears they are getting around Marriott standard access rules. A hotel I will...

100%, although it’s deeply unfair to compare Delta with the pathetic fiasco that Ben describes in this report. If PR wants to play in the big league with the likes of JL, NH, SQ, and CX, they have a vast amount of work to do. Likewise MNL is not in the race of competing with BKK or KUL right now, ...

Describing the FML as "subpar" is wild. I didn't have the pleasure of visiting the Cathay lounge in MNL, but I'd rank the FML lounge ahead of any outstation or contract lounge I've been to.

flying business for a 4-hour flight is a total waste of money you are simply too used to luxury and PAL is not Emirates or Air France

Firstly I would think the wall between 1G and 1K could at least me made with a 'non see through' perspex. The wall is dead ugly. Secondly, as as single passenger, I would have opted for 1K. Sitting in the middle seats with the wall, would, I think, give me a 'closed in' feeling. This 'coffin' d...

hmm... seems @ Darryl Macklem is the Tim Dunn of PAL!

In 2015 I switched from Delta to American as my primary airline and alliance in part because American had business class lounges and Delta didn't. Now Flagship lounges fall well short of the standard set by D1 amd Polaris. But that is because those lounges are essentially first class lounges not b...

I’m fairly certain PAL has CCTV footage proving you were enjoying yourself in that lounge. Kindly cease this libel before the tapes are released.

Apart from the queues, it seems like a pretty standard bad airport experience? I mean, it's bad but not exceptionally bad. Lounge signage is generally problematic in my experience, at many airports. I imagine it's low priority for airports due to it being irrelevant to the vast majority of passe...

I fail to see the link. But pray tell, how I do that.....

Same with the SQ Silver Kris lounge and TK contracted with the PAGGS Lounge instead of at least the First Meridian 😒

Cebu airport is a dream. Airside transit. Modern. Kind staff. Very quick immigration. Aerotel and waterfront hotels. Many shops and places to eat. A hair salon

Posting more accurate ETD’s will not solve American’s operational issues, in fact the new policy will actually cause more and longer delays. Soon American will be adding more gates at DFW, it’s only going to get worse.

US standards are hardly aspirational 🙂 There's a reason why many of us go great lengths to avoid connecting there.