40 Before 30 began life in January 2010 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Kuala Lumpur. (No judgement please, I just really fancied a burger!). It was an idea uttered allowed about wanting to visit 40 countries before my 30th birthday, after scribbling names on a napkin of all the places in the world I … Read more
Thanks to some points pooling between my partner and I, and his savvy use of an Amex companion voucher, we got to fly first class with British Airways when emigrating to Australia in 2014. I anticipated the journey for weeks, dreaming of the elegance and luxury that lay ahead. But, to be entirely honest, my … Read more
Although I am boarding through the economy door I am not heading to the back of the plane as I usually would. My location for the second leg of my journey from Taiwan, a 12-hour flight from Hong Kong to London, is a section part-way between economy and business – I’m heading to premium economy, … Read more
There were steaks on the plane! Actual steaks, on the business class menu, for my British Airways flight to Bermuda. During 3 years of constant travelling and countless flights to over 30 countries, I have never once been upgraded. OK, there was this one time when I won flights to India with Jet Airways and … Read more