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Back in October 2012, Qatar Airways signed an agreement to work towards membership of the oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways. This would allow British Airways Executive Club members to spend Avios points on Qatar flights, as well as earn Avios and tier points when [...]
Over Easter, I will be answering a number of the reader questions that were submitted via this article. If you didn’t take part this time, don’t worry as I will be re-running this feature in the Summer. Feel free to expand on or critique my [...]
The two major Latin American carriers, TAM and LAN, have confirmed they will join the oneword alliance – which includes British Airways – in early 2014. TAM and LAN merged last year to form LATAM. Whilst LAN has been a long-term member of oneworld, TAM [...]
The US Airways / American Airlines merger – which has been on the cards since American filed for bankruptcy last year, has now been confirmed. The BBC story is here. The merger will take a while – quite a while, probably a year – before [...]
(This is Lesson 7 of the Avios Redemption University series, aimed at answering the eternal question – ‘What is the best Avios points redemption?’. Click here for links to earlier posts on redeeming Avios for hotel rooms, redeeming on Aer Lingus, using Avios to upgrade, [...]
(This is Lesson 6 of the Avios Redemption University series, aimed at answering the eternal question – ‘What is the best Avios redemption?’. Click here for links to earlier posts on redeeming Avios for hotel rooms, redeeming on Aer Lingus, using Avios to upgrade, using ‘Avios [...]
Malaysia Airlines System joins the oneworld alliance today. And this means that you can redeem your Avios for their flights, as well as earning them by flying on Malaysia. Let’s start by looking at redemption options. To give BA credit, Malaysia Airlines flights are already [...]
With very little fanfare (unless BA Gold card holders have been emailed directly about this), two new benefits have been added today. Technically, these new benefits have been given to all top tier cardholders with any oneworld alliance airline. You will benefit if you hold [...]
If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on, with a 25% discount on the number of Avios required. Given that Iberia also has far lower taxes than BA, these deals do look interesting. Full details [...]
Today’s post is about how to redeem your Avios on short haul European flights which are flown by long-haul aircraft (ie a 747, 777, A380, A330, A340 etc). Why would you want to do this? Well, for fun! European business class flights are rarely exciting. [...]
I have written a few pieces about airberlin recently because they offer an excellent way to redeem your Avios without paying extreme taxes. Yes, you need to hub through Germany to travel with them, but you will still make a large saving. I posted here [...]
(This is Lesson 5 of the Avios Redemption University series, aimed at answering the eternal question – ‘What is the best Avios redemption?’. Click here for links to earlier posts on redeeming Avios for hotel rooms, redeeming on Aer Lingus, using Avios to upgrade and Reward [...]
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