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Lufthansa Allegris: the new routes for winter 2026/27
Eleven more destinations get Lufthansa's new long-haul cabin when the winter timetable starts on 25 October 2026. Whether your own flight has it depends on the aircraft, and the fare does not say.
SWISS Senses from Zurich: four long-haul routes this winter
SWISS Senses is the airline's new first and business class. From 25 October 2026 it flies four long-haul routes out of Zurich, the day the new Bengaluru service also starts, and the fare does not tell you which cabin you booked.
EU passenger rights 2026: compensation stays at three hours
Parliament approved the reform on 7 July 2026 by 646 votes to 12. You keep 250 to 600 euros from three hours late, the current rules run for another year, and the practice of cancelling your return flight because you skipped the outbound is banned.
Aegean Miles+Bonus: Gold needs 12 flights from 5 November 2026
Aegean has sold the cheapest route into Star Alliance Gold in Europe. From 5 November 2026 the same card asks twelve Aegean or Olympic flights instead of four, so a qualification you have already started now has a deadline.
Miles & More Senator: five first class legs at 400 points each
Senator is the Lufthansa group's Star Alliance Gold card. Since 1 January 2026 an intercontinental first class leg pays 400 points instead of 300, which takes the qualification from seven legs down to five, where business class still needs ten.
Turkish Airlines' new Crystal business class, from November 2026
Crystal is a suite with a door in a 1-2-1 layout, arriving on newly delivered A350s from November 2026. The 777s are not expected to follow before 2027 or 2028, so the same route at a similar fare can be either cabin.
Emirates and Qatar Airways: the business class retrofit in 2026
Emirates has rebuilt 95 aircraft of 219 and is taking older 777s from seven seats a row to four, while Qatar's next Qsuite reaches selected London and New York routes through 2026. On one route at one fare, the seat map decides what you get.