Whilst British Airways continues to claim it doesn’t want Government money – even though its sister airlines Iberia and Vueling have been bailed out by the Spanish Government – the .....

Whilst British Airways continues to claim it doesn’t want Government money – even though its .....

3 May 20203 May 2020 by Rhys Jones • 160 comments

British Airways has just added a new Avios option on flights between Heathrow and New York JFK.  It is reducing the minimum cash component of an economy (and only economy) redemption to £100. The .....

British Airways has just added a new Avios option on flights between Heathrow and New York JFK.  It is .....

30 Apr 202030 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 105 comments

British Airways has just announced a restructuring and redundancy program that could put 12,000 staff out of work. If you thought that everything was going to return to normal once travel restrictions .....

British Airways has just announced a restructuring and redundancy program that could put 12,000 staff out of .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 157 comments

British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the window for cancelling existing bookings. Up until now, only travellers booked on services .....

British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the .....

28 Apr 202028 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 157 comments

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic .....

Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered the fall of Virgin Australia into administration in this article last week.  The end was .....

Virgin Australia is the largest airline so far to go into administration due to the coronavirus. We covered .....

27 Apr 202027 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 19 comments

Whilst Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou continues to threaten easyJet’s non-executive directors with the sack, the board is quietly pursuing alternate arrangements to secure the company’s future. .....

Whilst Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou continues to threaten easyJet’s non-executive directors with the sack, .....

20 Apr 202020 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments

If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been discussing how ‘Section 75’ can help get them refunds from airlines or hotel groups .....

If you’ve been reading the Head for Points comments section, you will know that many readers have been .....

17 Apr 202017 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 170 comments

Lufthansa Group, which includes Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Germanwings, has decided that a permanent restructuring is necessary in order to meet the suppressed demand .....

Lufthansa Group, which includes Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings and Germanwings, has .....

9 Apr 20209 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 161 comments

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it was only operating New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong flights this month. This .....

Virgin Atlantic has been running a skeleton service for the last few weeks.   It had previously announced it .....

8 Apr 20208 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 62 comments

What are the peak and off-peak calendar dates for redeeming Avios points in 2021?  British Airways still hasn’t officially released the peak and off peak dates for reward flights in 2021 – .....

What are the peak and off-peak calendar dates for redeeming Avios points in 2021?  British Airways still .....

6 Apr 20206 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 21 comments

In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any help to people struggling to hit their sign-up bonus spend threshold. This is often £3,000 .....

In the last few weeks we have had a constant stream of emails asking us if American Express is offering any .....

4 Apr 20204 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 28 comments

Due to rapidly changing policies over coronavirus cancellations and travel waivers, we have decided to compile all the information we have in one up-to-date reference post. Hopefully this gives you an .....

Due to rapidly changing policies over coronavirus cancellations and travel waivers, we have decided to compile .....

2 Apr 20202 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 371 comments

The Advertising Standards Authority has decided that British Airways and American Express have been misleading in their promotion of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 voucher. I can see the .....

The Advertising Standards Authority has decided that British Airways and American Express have been misleading .....

2 Apr 20202 April 2020 by Rhys Jones • 48 comments