Rhys Jones

1 week ago | headforpoints.com | Rhys Jones

This is our review of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in Los Angeles. Less than six months after my last visit to LA, I found myself there again for the opening of Virgin Atlantic’s new Clubhouse lounge at LAX airport – you can read my review here. This time, I decided to pick a hotel in West Hollywood. After a quick search on Google, Kimpton La Peer seemed like a good choice. IHG arranged my stay for review purposes. The hotel website is here.

1 week ago | headforpoints.com | Rhys Jones

This is our review of Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class Suite on the Airbus A350-1000. It is almost six years since Virgin Atlantic introduced its new Upper Class seat on the A350. It went head-to-head with the launch of BA’s Club Suite business class which debuted on its own A350. In the meantime, Virgin Atlantic has taken delivery of ten A350s as well as seven of 19 A330neos which feature an even-newer Upper Class seat.

1 week ago | headforpoints.com | Rhys Jones

News in brief:Late last year, we covered a major shake-up coming to the independent lounge scene at Heathrow’s Terminal 3. If you’re a regular HfP reader then you’ll know Terminal 3 has the best selection of airline lounges of any airport terminal in the UK. Perhaps less known is its network of independent lounges, which includes the American Express Centurion lounge, Club Aspire and No1.

1 week ago | headforpoints.com | Rhys Jones

Truth can be stranger than fiction …. and nowhere in aviation has that been more true than for Global Airlines, an airline start-up founded by travel influencer James Asquith. Global Airlines launched in 2023 when it announced it wanted to operate a fleet of A380s from London Gatwick to North America …. ….

1 week ago | headforpoints.com | Rhys Jones

This is our review of Air India’s new A350-900 from London to Delhi in business class. An airline in the middle of a five-year transformation is not one you expect to deliver a world-class experience. And yet, that’s exactly what Air India did on my flights to and from Delhi. Granted, this was on board the airline’s new flagship A350-900, now operating one of the two daily London-Delhi services – most routes are stuck with Air India’s older (and as yet unrefurbished) aircraft.