This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer miles. Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature .....

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer .....

12 Jul 202012 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

American Airlines will be moving all of its London Heathrow flights into BA’s Terminal 5 from tomorrow, Tuesday. ‘All’ isn’t much at the moment, of course.  American is only .....

American Airlines will be moving all of its London Heathrow flights into BA’s Terminal 5 from tomorrow, .....

6 Jul 20206 July 2020 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

American Airlines has confirmed its plans to add additional routes from London Heathrow. From 5th August, flights to Charlotte, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Raleigh-Durham will resume. Phoenix will .....

American Airlines has confirmed its plans to add additional routes from London Heathrow. From 5th August, .....

8 Jun 20208 June 2020 by Rhys Jones • 18 comments

The Competition & Markets Authority has today published its provisional findings into its 18 month review of the ‘UK to US’ part of the transatlantic joint venture operated by British .....

The Competition & Markets Authority has today published its provisional findings into its 18 month review .....

7 May 20207 May 2020 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that Virgin Atlantic and Norwegian must not receive Government support and be allowed to fail. .....

However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that .....

29 Apr 202029 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

This article explains how to redeem Avios for domestic flights in the United States. With the US being a top tourist destination for Brits, it is worth remembering that Avios can have substantial .....

This article explains how to redeem Avios for domestic flights in the United States. With the US being a top .....

18 Apr 202018 April 2020 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

We have temporarily suspended our fortnightly ‘deals ending soon’ feature.  The majority of the deals were flight and hotel related and there isn’t much of that going on at the .....

We have temporarily suspended our fortnightly ‘deals ending soon’ feature.  The majority of the .....

31 Mar 202031 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

Alaska Airlines announced yesterday that it will be joining the oneworld airline alliance.  This is a welcome boost for the alliance following the resignation of LATAM.  Royal Air Maroc is already .....

Alaska Airlines announced yesterday that it will be joining the oneworld airline alliance.  This is a welcome .....

14 Feb 202014 February 2020 by Rhys Jones • 37 comments

In a surprising move, American Airlines has announced that it is dropping three major hotel partners on 31st March. The hotel chains impacted are: Best Western Rewards Choice Privileges Rewards Hilton .....

In a surprising move, American Airlines has announced that it is dropping three major hotel partners on 31st .....

2 Feb 20202 February 2020 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

31 Jan 202031 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

Back in September, we wrote about an excellent hotel promotion. Hotel booking site Rocketmiles was (and still is) offering ‘first time users’ 5,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles for a .....

Back in September, we wrote about an excellent hotel promotion. Hotel booking site Rocketmiles was (and still .....

12 Nov 201912 November 2019 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Boston currently finds itself in the middle of a war between JetBlue – the low-cost US airline which the legacy carriers are desperate to keep away from transatlantic routes – Delta and .....

Boston currently finds itself in the middle of a war between JetBlue – the low-cost US airline which the .....

3 Oct 20193 October 2019 by Rob Burgess

American Airlines and British Airways are offering decent mid-week fares from Manchester to Las Vegas for a limited time in November / December. You can connect in London or in one of American .....

American Airlines and British Airways are offering decent mid-week fares from Manchester to Las Vegas for a .....

19 Jul 201919 July 2019 by Rhys Jones

American Airlines and World of Hyatt have just launched a partnership between their two loyalty schemes, but you need to be an elite member to benefit. This new partnership will allow elite members to .....

American Airlines and World of Hyatt have just launched a partnership between their two loyalty schemes, but .....

25 May 201925 May 2019 by Rob Burgess