I recently rediscovered the seasonal direct BA flight to Palma in Mallorca, one of Spain’s stunning Balearic Islands. This destination has always been on our travel list, especially with the new Virgin Limited Edition hotel, Son Bunyola, opening in June 2023.

Flying from the UK to Tokyo Haneda we’re initially flying business class on a Boeing 777-300ER (three class) to Dubai; the onward flight from Dubai is a Boeing 777-200ER (two class only - business and economy). I upgraded both our return flights from Osaka to the UK to first, so will write a business class blog on the way there and a first class one on the way back. Both journeys are on different aircraft so will compare the services on both.

In the latter part of our Ecuador/Peru trip, we were heading back to Lima for a few days from the Sacred Valley before heading back to the UK.

Having decided to go to Ecuador and Peru, on checking flights (always OneWorld preferred) it seemed that flying with Iberia from Madrid gave the best options, with connections from the UK with either British Airways or Iberia.

All in all a good flight, cabin crew were ok and the aircraft new, spacious and comfortable. The flight routing was mainly 11.9km up at 39,000 feet - we arrived at the terminal 5C arrival stand on time.

Since Qatar Airways announced the introduction of Qsuites I had always wanted to fly on an aircraft with that service.  Despite flying with Qatar many times it seemed like it was never going to happen - either the route we flew didn’t have Qsuites, or the route did from Doha but the flight times from the UK just didn’t marry up.