You should be very thankful that these foreign airlines opened their wallets to pump capital in to save the day, otherwise your equity which is still worth something would probably have been wiped out completely. In a choice between being gobbled up for something or losing everything for nothing,...

Hi Chris, love your work! Is there any chance you can ask VA HQ about the status of anytime access for VA plats and golds, and whether it is still a benefit (unpublished)? I know that it was removed officially a few years ago but there's been a quite heated debate raging on another frequent flyer...

By the look of that last graphic, planes will be using the  taxiways for take off at Heathrow too

I would say my six month old son is "very, very young". I would not say the 13 and 14 year old B747s delivered in 2002 and 2003 are "very, very young".

In light of your observation about only a handful of Customs staff on duty, wouldn't the better suggestion be for the government to provide adequate resourcing for passenger processing in peak periods?