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June 30, 2025 · by Richard

JAL Business Class Review: Are The Sky Suites on the 777 Worth It?

Japan Airlines markets its Business Class as “Sky Suites,” a name that promises privacy and luxury. But on a long-haul flight from Tokyo to Helsinki, does this flagship product live up to the hype, or is it falling behind competitors? I put it to the test to find out.

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February 4, 2025 · by Richard

SWISS 777-300ER First Class Review: Zurich to Singapore

Here’s my recent experience on SWISS First Class from Zurich to Singapore. I was excited to try SWISS service on their 777-300ER and compare it to Lufthansa’s First, which I’ve flown a few times in the past.

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November 15, 2024 · by Richard

A Review of Finnair's Premium Economy from Tokyo to Helsinki (A350-900)

Traveling back from Japan recently I had the opportunity to fly Finnair’s Premium Economy from Tokyo Narita to Helsinki. Here’s a review of my experience.

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November 7, 2024 · by Richard

Cathay Pacific Business Class Review: London to Hong Kong

Overall, my experience with Cathay Pacific was good. There are some highlights and some odd downsides. The cabin is comfortable, although not in the greatest of layouts. The food is very good, and the staff is friendly and courteous, although service can sometimes feel a bit rushed. The IFE is really bad on their older 777 models, although it’s been improved on newer planes. They offer plenty of options on board for both food and drinks, all of them of great quality.

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October 14, 2024 · by Richard

The SAS Reusable Bag Tag: Our Experience

SAS launched the conscious traveler program at the beginning of the year, and one of the rewards for completing it was a reusable bag tag. They opened up to order the tag back in June and of course I ordered one as soon as it was available. It took a while for them to be delivered, but they arrived just in time for a recent trip, and while I didn’t need to check in luggage, I took the chance to try out this new system.

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August 5, 2024 · by Richard

Lufthansa A380 First Class Review: Munich to Boston

While Lufthansa recently started the rollout of their Allegris product, it’s far from done, and in fact, the First Class cabin still needs to be updated. That being said, the current Lufthansa First Class is still a great product, and I was lucky enough to fly it from Munich to Boston.

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January 21, 2024 · by Richard

China Railways High Speed Train Business Class From Shanghai to Shenzhen

This review is a bit unusual as we usually review airlines. Still, we figured it would fit the blog since China Rail offers a Business Class product on their high-speed trains, intended to compete with domestic air travel.

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November 17, 2023 · by Richard

United 767-400 Polaris Business Class From Washington To Sao Paulo (2023)

United recently finished their Polaris Business rollout to all planes in their fleet. It’s a new concept for their business class product spanning everything from lounges to cabins to food and drink. I recently tried it out on a flight from Washington to São Paulo.

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February 17, 2023 · by Richard

A review of SAS A321LR in Business Class on their new route from CPH to JFK

With great fanfare, SAS opened a new route from CPH to JFK and I was able to snag a seat in business class on their opening night. This route is part of SAS’ new strategy of flying more point-to-point routes to the US with their smaller A321LR (Long Range). They use this plane on routes from Gothenburg and Aalborg to Newark as well as on several routes from the Nordics to Washington DC and Toronto. The aircraft offers a full 3 class configuration even though it’s a relatively small single aisle aircraft. This has some pros and cons as you will see in this review.

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October 14, 2022 · by Richard

Review of Austrian Business Class Vienna to Montreal

After many cancellations and with the latest crunch on Eurobonus award seats to the US this trip was close to not being possible at all. But as luck would have it Austrian had some availability in business class on one of their shorter long haul routes to Montreal. I had not heard much about this airline’s business class service so my expectations were not very high, but I was happy to find they were greatly surpassed!

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June 16, 2020 · by Richard

Review of SAS Business Class Oslo to Miami

On a trip back in March I was able to upgrade from their premium economy (SAS Plus) for a relatively low cost (About 20 000 Eurobonus points). I’ve flown SAS Business a number of times before and as a result this review will be a mix of my different experiences, however with focus on the latest flight.

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August 27, 2019 · by Richard

Adding Flight Filter and Improving the Journey Builder Even More

We’ve added the possibility to filter for specific flight numbers (Or parts thereof) when searching. For example, let’s say you want to take a trip on the famous Island Hopper flight across Hawaii. If you just search for the route, HNL-GUM you will find both direct flights as well as the Island Hopper.

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June 22, 2019 · by Richard

Lufthansa Short Haul Business Class Review

I was recently offered a surprise operational upgrade on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Lisbon. This gave me a great opportunity to try out Lufthansa’s short haul business class. Since this was a surprise upgrade, and the business class part of the cabin is the same as the economy class, the review will be a bit shorter than usual.

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February 12, 2019 · by Richard

Review of Lufthansa Premium Eco to Hong Kong

I recently had the opportunity to try Lufthansa’s Premium Economy in their A380 between Munich and Hong Kong. This is a brief review of the flight (Both there an back in combination).