Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
AAdvantage is the frequent flyer program of British Airways partner American Airlines.
Don’t forget that you can both earn and spend Avios on American Airlines through your British Airways, Iberia Plus or Aer Lingus AerClub account.
It works in the other direction too. This article looks at how you can upgrade your British Airways flights with AAdvantage miles.
Our guide on how you can earn American Airlines AAdvantage miles from UK credit cards is here.
There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....
There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....
6 Aug 20226 August 2022 • 34 comments
In a small improvement to the Executive Club programme, British Airways has announced that Gold Upgrade for Two and Gold Upgrade for One vouchers can now be used on American Airlines. Before we go .....
In a small improvement to the Executive Club programme, British Airways has announced that Gold Upgrade for .....
22 May 202222 May 2022 • 35 comments
Two readers have been in touch this week to point out something strange with the American Airlines earning table when you credit your flights to British Airways Executive Club. Here is an example .....
Two readers have been in touch this week to point out something strange with the American Airlines earning .....
14 May 202214 May 2022 • 33 comments
For two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Points reward .....
For two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways .....
11 May 202211 May 2022 • 22 comments
In a surprise move, the US federal mask mandate on public transport – including planes and trains – has been scrapped following a ruling by US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in .....
In a surprise move, the US federal mask mandate on public transport – including planes and trains .....
19 Apr 202219 April 2022 • 67 comments
For two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Points reward .....
For two years now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways .....
11 Apr 202211 April 2022 • 34 comments
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint venture (together with Finnair and Iberia) was up for renewal with competition regulators. .....
2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint .....
5 Apr 20225 April 2022 • 37 comments
ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back the elite status match that it first ran last October. This allows you, for free, to get elite status across the .....
ITA Airways, the ‘replacement’ carrier for Alitalia, has brought back the elite status match that .....
19 Mar 202219 March 2022 • 86 comments
American Airlines has announced another round of musical chairs at Terminal 5, with a number of services moving to join British Airways at Terminal 5. This will benefit anyone connecting to or from a .....
American Airlines has announced another round of musical chairs at Terminal 5, with a number of services .....
12 Mar 202212 March 2022 • 54 comments
The American Airlines arrivals lounge at Heathrow reopened on Tuesday. This is good news for anyone flying in from the US on an AA service. British Airways and Cathay Pacific passengers will also be .....
The American Airlines arrivals lounge at Heathrow reopened on Tuesday. This is good news for anyone flying in .....
2 Feb 20222 February 2022 • 31 comments
Three years ago, British Airways announced it would be leaving its dedicated Terminal 7 facilities at New York JFK airport and re-locating to Terminal 8 with joint venture partner American Airlines. .....
Three years ago, British Airways announced it would be leaving its dedicated Terminal 7 facilities at New York .....
28 Jan 202228 January 2022 • 50 comments
I was on a lounge safari at Heathrow Terminal 3 last week to check out the newly-reopened Cathay Pacific lounges and update our reviews of the other oneworld lounges at Heathrow. Cathay Pacific is the .....
I was on a lounge safari at Heathrow Terminal 3 last week to check out the newly-reopened Cathay Pacific .....
27 Jan 202227 January 2022 • 66 comments
There is a joke in the US, which contains more than a grain of truth, that the three legacy US airlines are effectively credit card reward programmes with a few cash flights tacked on. There have even .....
There is a joke in the US, which contains more than a grain of truth, that the three legacy US airlines are .....
15 Nov 202115 November 2021 • 39 comments
Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways Executive Club status. This is due to the launch of ITA Airways, the replacement airline .....
Last week we covered how you can get status in the SkyTeam airline alliance by matching your British Airways .....
9 Nov 20219 November 2021 • 46 comments
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