New British Airways Heathrow routes for Summer 2018 – bookable now with Avios

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• mark e says:

  1 Nov1 November 05:54

  I love this site and I love working night shifts.

  I have been considering an Avios booking to Malaga gain with the family in July next year but I was too slow with planning things, so all that was left was flights very late at night, Then this pops up and we are now booked on an afternoon flight from Heathrow at the start of the school holidays.

  Thank you Rob 🙂

  • Barry cutters says:

    1 Nov1 November 06:06

    I love this site too. I don’t love that I just lost $2000usd in a belizian casino 🙁

    • Barry cutters says:

      1 Nov1 November 14:08

      Wish there was a ‘delete comment’ button. -for those mornings when you wake up and not only have you done something stupid, but you have also broadcasted it.

      • the_real_a says:

        1 Nov1 November 16:36

        More importantly – did you get airmiles on the $2k?

• TripRep says:

  1 Nov1 November 07:09

  BC – Eeeek. I hope the booze was free…

  Interesting to see Iceland is increasing in popularity, tempted to head back next year, such a stunning place and the Hilton Reykjavik benefits for Gold/Diamond were great.

  • Relaxo says:

    1 Nov1 November 07:16

    Increasing in popularity but not in a good way.

    • TripRep says:

      1 Nov1 November 07:29

      Hmmm, good point, might go off season (pre-Spring) again, ideally would like to go late summer, but bet it’s mobbed then..

      • Liz says:

        1 Nov1 November 08:01

        We booked for late Aug next year with EasyJet from EDI the day the flights were released. Managed to get flights for under £200 for 2 of us. I did book the Hilton then cancelled as I felt it was expensive – managed to find a nice apartment in the town centre and plan to keep my HH pts for a future Hawaii trip.

    • Kipto says:

      1 Nov1 November 09:30

      Can highly recommend the Canopy by Hilton in Reykjavik. Had Diamond status at time of booking ( was gold when arriving at the hotel) and got upgraded to a suite. You automatically get breakfast at the hotel which was excellent.

      • James says:

        1 Nov1 November 21:16

        I used my Hilton free night there several weeks ago. The cheapest rate was 140,000 ISK (over £1,000) for the night I stayed! I wouldn’t be so silly as to think I got £1000 of value from the voucher though… probably worth £100 at best. I did obtain my Icelandic spending money at a pre-Brexit rate of £1 to 200 kronur so things didn’t seem as expensive as they would have been otherwise.

        I had been upgraded to a suite too, but was downgraded again because the hotel was completely full and I suppose they’d rather give the suite to someone who paid the £1000.

        Breakfast was excellent, but this just means my status got no benefits at all. It didn’t even post properly for my stay count and had to chase/complain to get this corrected.

      • Liz says:

        1 Nov1 November 21:21

        That’s why I cancelled my booking. The value was something like £1300 but felt it wasn’t worth that amount of money. Picked up a nice apartment for about £130 per night instead and kept my points for something better.

  • Barry cutters says:

    1 Nov1 November 14:16

    Yea booze was free, but they worked out some very expensive cocktails!!!

    Interesting read in the AA inflight magazine this month . Iceland suffereing because of mass tourism. County of 300k , had 1.5m visitors last year. Not enough hotels , people renting apartments via booking.com & airb&b can’t buy houses etc etc. local shops not got enough ‘real’ customers. Tourism Got them out Of the devastating banking crisis , but it’s also seen by some locals as having gone too far

    • Genghis says:

      1 Nov1 November 14:42

      Reported by BBC a few weeks ago too
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41725713

      • Barry cutters says:

        1 Nov1 November 15:31

        Thanks genghis, Must be confused because I think that was the article I actually read.

  • CV3V says:

    1 Nov1 November 20:55

    Stayed at the Hilton last year, Diamond benefits saved a small fortune and the exec lounge was really good, was packed in the evening when they were serving drinks n canapés.

    Was however a very busy hotel, packed with American tourists. Really liked Iceland, hire a car and head off out of Reykjavik (which is full of tourists).

    • James says:

      1 Nov1 November 21:18

      Shame the lounge closes at 2100 and evening goodies are 1700-1900, a bit early.

• Doreen says:

  1 Nov1 November 08:56

  Great to see the flights to the Canaries continue into Summer. I was on the LHR TFS last Saturday – CE was full – all 12 rows ! CSD told me he was expecting 43 on the way back.

• phatbear says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:25

  Re avios flight booking and more specifically seat selection.

  Ive just booked two business class tickets from lax to lhr using my avios 2 for 1 to upgrade. However it appears I have to pay £98 each for seat selection for the two us.

  Am i missing something as the last time i used avios, which was pre introduction of taxes etc, i thought seat selection was free.

  • Rob says:

    1 Nov1 November 10:13

    Not any longer. Wouldn’t bother paying to be honest.

    • phatbear says:

      1 Nov1 November 11:05

      For that kind of money im not going to.

      Its frustrating that we are using miles to get out to sfo with virgin in upper and seat selection is free with them.

      Just got to hope some seats we want are free 24hrs before check in

    • Stuart says:

      1 Nov1 November 20:23

      I’m considering paying to guarantee a seat on the top deck of a 747 to NYC on a Club class 241 voucher redemption. Again it’s all about the experience of going upstairs like one of your last trips.

  • Lady London says:

    1 Nov1 November 13:03

    And just to annoy you, so far as I am aware British Airways is still giving their corporate customers (those who get their expenses paid 🙂 free seat selection immediately upon booking free of charge.

    • Genghis says:

      1 Nov1 November 13:09

      Yep. It’s the case at my firm.

      • Barry cutters says:

        1 Nov1 November 15:12

        Same- but to be fair corporates are very loyal. It’s big buying power that negotiates that deal. Plus bare in mind they are not booking these seats on points or at sale prices. Corporate return fares to east coast US are often over 2.5g. West coast over 3.5.

  • Mikeact says:

    1 Nov1 November 18:35

    Once again, it raises the whole question of loyalty, just what is loyalty ?

    • James says:

      1 Nov1 November 21:19

      Loyalty is flying QR to get BA status (come say hi if you are in Al Safwa right now)

• Rebecca says:

  1 Nov1 November 09:51

  Slightly OT… We were planning on flying to Tennerife with Monarch in early Jan, luckily we hadn’t got round to actually booking the flights! Alternate flights are now rather expensive in comparison, should have booked BA immediately I know… Now it has doubled in price.
  Do we think there’s any chance of the Monarch slots being picked up by another airline before Jan or should we bite the bullet and pay the hiked prices? Its for a birthday celebration so we have to go.

  • Rob says:

    1 Nov1 November 10:12

    Probably not, because it isn’t even clear at the moment if the slots can be sold by Monarch’s administrators or if they must be given back to Gatwick to distribute.

  • David says:

    1 Nov1 November 11:15

    Keep in mind slots are not generally tied to routes. (Although their time of day can make them inherently unsuited to certain routes).
    So, even if another airline acquired the slots, they would need to elect to use them to Tennerife. Just because monarch used them for that does not mean they would.
    Quite apart from slots, the other big constraint on increasing services tomorrow is aircraft, and crucially crews. Solvable, but not over night.

  • Anna says:

    1 Nov1 November 19:44

    Have you looked at package prices (if your accommodation isn’t sorted already)? If you’re travelling outside the school holidays you can normally get some good deals.

• @mkcol says:

  1 Nov1 November 10:42

  I can confirm the Faro Club seats have gone quickly, very quickly.

• Mike says:

  1 Nov1 November 11:34

  Are the LPA flights BA metal or IB/I2?
  Flew the route on a BA ticket but I2 metal earlier this year. Same free food and drink provision down the back on all three airlines!

  • Rob says:

    1 Nov1 November 12:36

    BA

• Cate says:

  1 Nov1 November 20:24

  Following on from my earlier comment Cobalt (non alliance) has started flights LGW-LCA if you want to try a relatively new airline or just want to get away for the weekend.

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