News in brief: Congratulations to BA’s IT department The British Airways IT department generally has very little to celebrate, but it has managed to hit a remarkable milestone this week. The new .....

News in brief: Congratulations to BA’s IT department The British Airways IT department generally has .....

10 Oct 201910 October 2019 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has announced a new holiday route for Summer 2020 – Antalya in Turkey. The route will operate from London Gatwick.  There will be up to six flights per week – frequency .....

British Airways has announced a new holiday route for Summer 2020 – Antalya in Turkey. The route will .....

10 Oct 201910 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 226 comments

Avios dropped me a note to say that there will be a 24-hour outage of the avios.com platform between 9pm tonight and 9pm on Thursday. During this 24 hour period, AerClub and Vueling Club members will .....

Avios dropped me a note to say that there will be a 24-hour outage of the avios.com platform between 9pm .....

9 Oct 20199 October 2019 by Rob Burgess

Although Club Suite has now been flying long haul for British Airways for over a month, today marks the first day that it appears on a Boeing 777. If you are not familiar with Club Suite it is the new .....

Although Club Suite has now been flying long haul for British Airways for over a month, today marks the first .....

9 Oct 20199 October 2019 by Rob Burgess

If you were impacted by the British Airways data breach last year, things are starting to get interesting. Between June (not from 21st August, as BA originally reported) and 5th September 2018, the .....

If you were impacted by the British Airways data breach last year, things are starting to get interesting. .....

7 Oct 20197 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 114 comments

There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Aegean Miles+Bonus, Royal Brunei Royal Skies and Lufthansa Miles & More members. Heathrow Rewards .....

There is good news for Avios, Virgin Flying Club, Emirates Skywards, Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer, Aegean .....

5 Oct 20195 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments

British Airways has announced a new codeshare deal with its oneworld partner, Malaysia Airlines. It does NOT include the Malaysia Airlines flights between London and Kuala Lumpur.  It does, however, .....

British Airways has announced a new codeshare deal with its oneworld partner, Malaysia Airlines. It does NOT .....

4 Oct 20194 October 2019 by Rob Burgess

Yesterday we reviewed the new BA Amex Business card, officially known as the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business credit card. You can read our review of the Accelerating Business .....

Yesterday we reviewed the new BA Amex Business card, officially known as the British Airways American Express .....

2 Oct 20192 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

IAG’s Spanish low cost carrier Vueling (pronounced bwelin) has been part of Avios for almost two years now, although not everyone is aware of it.  It is worth knowing about because of .....

IAG’s Spanish low cost carrier Vueling (pronounced bwelin) has been part of Avios for almost two years .....

2 Oct 20192 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

American Express has launched a new British Airways credit card for SME’s – the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (BA Amex Business).  This is our review. .....

American Express has launched a new British Airways credit card for SME’s – the British Airways .....

1 Oct 20191 October 2019 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

Here is something to strike up a debate for your Monday morning.  Which British Airways routes have the most and least Avios availability in Club World business class and First Class? A couple of .....

Here is something to strike up a debate for your Monday morning.  Which British Airways routes have the most .....

30 Sep 201930 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 175 comments

As we covered on Friday, LATAM – the South American airline – is resigning from the oneworld alliance following a major investment from SkyTeam member Delta. This means, once LATAM leaves .....

As we covered on Friday, LATAM – the South American airline – is resigning from the oneworld .....

29 Sep 201929 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. It is almost two years since Midpoint launched as an Avios partner.  We haven’t given .....

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. It .....

28 Sep 201928 September 2019 by Anika Burnett • 17 comments

Avios has extended the current 30% bonus when you buy points until 1st October.  However, a new Groupon Spain deal offers better value if you can take the risk that the admin process will run .....

Avios has extended the current 30% bonus when you buy points until 1st October.  However, a new Groupon Spain .....

27 Sep 201927 September 2019 by Rob Burgess • 167 comments