First two BA strike dates announced – and what you can do to prepare

Unite has announced the first two strike dates for British Airways mixed fleet cabin crew – Sunday 25 December and Monday 26 December 2016.

The current plan is to operate all long haul services.  Services from Gatwick and London City will not be impacted at all.

The following short haul routes are at risk of cancellation on 25th and 26th:

• Aberdeen
• Bergen
• Belfast City
• Bilbao
• Bologna
• Basel
• Budapest
• Dusseldorf
• Gibraltar
• Gothenburg
• Hannover
• Hamburg
• Helsinki
• Kiev
• Krakow
• St Petersburg
• Lisbon
• Luxembourg
• Manchester
• Paris Orly
• Oslo
• Prague
• Pisa
• Stuttgart
• Stavanger
• Venice
• Vienna
• Warsaw
• Zagreb

Passengers booked on these routes currently have the option of:

requesting a refund for their flight, or

transferring to another BA flight on a different day or

flying to another city within 300 miles not on the list above

BA will not move you to a different airline at this stage.  That would only be an option when your flight is definitely cancelled.

The official guidance on rebooking can be found here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (June 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

We also recommend Capital On Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card:

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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