With the introduction of Elizabeth Line, there is now a third option to get from Heathrow Airport (LHR) to the heart of London by a rail driven mass transport. However, most people still regard the Heathrow Express to be the…
German Rail (Deutsche Bahn) Lounge Hamburg – Premium Area
In January 2023, I took a rail trip hitting all 16 German states in one day. Apart from that geographic challenge, I also wanted to explore some of the German Rail lounges. I have been especially keen to the premium…
British Airways Boeing B777 Club Suite Cabin
A paid upgrade in March 2023 finally gave me the opportunity to try out the “new luxury” of British Airways: On board a Boeing 777 from London-Heathrow (LHR) to John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), I flew in the new Club…
American Airlines / British Airways Soho Lounge New York JFK Terminal 8
My March 2023 flights to some Pittsburgh Penguins matches had a nice highlight from an aviation point as well. For the very first time, I flew via the refurbished New York JFK Airport Terminal 8, in which British Airways and…
Five Years of Flyctory.com – My 20 Most Popular Travel Posts (so far…)
Damn, it is already four years… And it is more than 2,750 postings since then. On 25th February 2018, I started regular posts on Flyctory.com. The first ones might be rather poor – and the initial generation of reviews does…
Riding the TransPennine Express Nova 2 / CAF Civity First Class
Traveling by rail is typically a bit of an extra adventure: the reliability is low, compared to other European countries. The network is in a rather poor state and on top of that rail strikes are not too uncommon. Thus,…
Iberia Regional / Air Nostrum ATR 72 Business Class
In the pre-Covid-times, I had quite a lot of good experiences with Air Nostrum, the main regional carrier of Iberia. As I recently did not have too many flights in Spain, I was really looking forward to be back with…
Aegean Lounge Larnaca Airport (LCA)
Before our Lufthansa Business Class flight back from Larnaca Airport (LCA) to Frankfurt (FRA), my wife and I had the opportunity to explore lounges at the key Cypriot Airport. We had the choice between the Aspire and the Aegean Lounge,…