News in brief: The BA Angels fund closes On 2nd January, I dropped a couple of lines into our year-end review to promote this fundraising page.  It was set up in support of the three British Airways .....

News in brief: The BA Angels fund closes On 2nd January, I dropped a couple of lines into our year-end review .....

2 Mar 20202 March 2020 by Rob Burgess

Having status is good, but maximising the amount of time you will have that status is even better. This article is based on a HfP comment last week.  At first I thought it was a statement of the .....

Having status is good, but maximising the amount of time you will have that status is even better. This .....

1 Mar 20201 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 198 comments

Last week we published a list of all British Airways CityFlyer routes from the UK regions – ie Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh, plus Stansted. This article has a list of all of .....

Last week we published a list of all British Airways CityFlyer routes from the UK regions – ie .....

1 Mar 20201 March 2020 by Rhys Jones • 24 comments

British Airways has launched a new flight sale and is offering some good savings on both premium flights and holiday packages which include a First or Business Class flight. This looks to be a decent .....

British Airways has launched a new flight sale and is offering some good savings on both premium flights and .....

29 Feb 202029 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Although British Airways has pulled out of non-domestic flights from regional airports in the UK, you can still find a select number of holiday routes operated by British Airways subsidiary CityFlyer. .....

Although British Airways has pulled out of non-domestic flights from regional airports in the UK, you can .....

28 Feb 202028 February 2020 by Rhys Jones • 52 comments

IAG has announced the new CEO of IAG Loyalty, which is what Avios Group is now called. As we covered before Christmas, Andrew Crawley resigned unexpectedly to become Chief Commercial Officer of .....

IAG has announced the new CEO of IAG Loyalty, which is what Avios Group is now called. As we covered before .....

28 Feb 202028 February 2020 by Rob Burgess

British Airways made a major announcement yesterday on the removal of single use plastics from its aircraft. The airline has committed to trying to remove 700 tonnes annually of single-use plastics .....

British Airways made a major announcement yesterday on the removal of single use plastics from its aircraft. .....

27 Feb 202027 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 95 comments

British Airways has made some surprising changes to its coronavirus policies. Perhaps unfairly, I can’t help thinking that the airline is trying to avoid paying out refunds where it can help it. .....

British Airways has made some surprising changes to its coronavirus policies. Perhaps unfairly, I can’t .....

25 Feb 202025 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

When you redeem Avios on a British Airways partner airline, the points cost of your flight is based off a separate pricing chart. This is it, as from June 2019 (click to enlarge): It is marginally, .....

When you redeem Avios on a British Airways partner airline, the points cost of your flight is based off a .....

25 Feb 202025 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 203 comments

British Airways has confirmed that it is offering thousands more seats for Avios redemption across its network for the next few months. We wrote last week that we had been seeing increased Avios seat .....

British Airways has confirmed that it is offering thousands more seats for Avios redemption across its network .....

24 Feb 202024 February 2020 by Rhys Jones • 105 comments

As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft.  It is the larger but shorter-range version of the Boeing 787-9 and Boeing 787-8 which are already in the BA .....

As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft.  It is the larger .....

24 Feb 202024 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 134 comments

I thought it was worth an update on the current changes to the British Airways flight schedules due to the coronavirus outbreak. The good news is that there are now plans to put Beijing and Shanghai .....

I thought it was worth an update on the current changes to the British Airways flight schedules due to the .....

24 Feb 202024 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

British Airways has launched some additional long-haul flights for April and May. This should provide additional Avios availability if you jump in quickly.  Miami for Easter may now be possible if .....

British Airways has launched some additional long-haul flights for April and May. This should provide .....

20 Feb 202020 February 2020 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

If you are heading to Twickenham for the Six Nations games over the next few weeks, there are Avios collecting opportunities available. As part of the British Airways sponsorship deal with the .....

If you are heading to Twickenham for the Six Nations games over the next few weeks, there are Avios collecting .....

20 Feb 202020 February 2020 by Rob Burgess