News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other routes, British Airways has announced that Iberia will operate two of the BA Madrid .....

News in brief: Iberia taking over some British Airways Madrid services In order to free up aircraft for other .....

16 Jun 201616 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: 10% Diamond Club discount for British Airways flights ends If you have one of the old bmi Diamond Club credit cards, you probably remember receiving a letter in March 2015 telling you .....

News in brief: 10% Diamond Club discount for British Airways flights ends If you have one of the old bmi .....

14 Jun 201614 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Here are a couple of interesting flight deals if you are spending your weekend wondering what to do over the Summer. More Qatar Airways bargains from Pisa Qatar Airways is pushing its Pisa route again .....

Here are a couple of interesting flight deals if you are spending your weekend wondering what to do over the .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various promotions now and then – you may have received an interesting email from Iberia this .....

If you have an Iberia Plus Avios account – which hopefully you do, as they come in handy for various .....

12 Jun 201612 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

Back in mid May, a HfP reader sent me some gossip which I found a little hard to believe and which I couldn’t verify.  oneworld alliance airlines would no longer be required to check baggage .....

Back in mid May, a HfP reader sent me some gossip which I found a little hard to believe and which I .....

11 Jun 201611 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 192 comments

I received a private message via Flyertalk yesterday from a British Airways employee who said, to paraphrase, that he was fed up with the anti-BA bias that he felt runs through the site. In my .....

I received a private message via Flyertalk yesterday from a British Airways employee who said, to paraphrase, .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 176 comments

News in brief: British Airways removes hot food from Band 4 flights In order not to appear to be unduly criticising British Airways again (see my main article today), I will assume that this is a .....

News in brief: British Airways removes hot food from Band 4 flights In order not to appear to be unduly .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 90 comments

We have seen some interesting promotions over the last couple of years to drum up business for the British Airways Leeds Bradford to Heathrow route. We have had ‘kids fly free’ (up to 3 .....

We have seen some interesting promotions over the last couple of years to drum up business for the British .....

9 Jun 20169 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

An image appeared on Flyertalk yesterday which appears to show the new British Airways Club World seats for the forthcoming A350 aircraft. I have not reproduced the image because it has been stolen .....

An image appeared on Flyertalk yesterday which appears to show the new British Airways Club World seats for .....

6 Jun 20166 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline miles when you book any property through their website. As with Kaligo.com and .....

Rocketmiles is a similar business to Kaligo.com and PointsHound.  It offers you a generous pile of airline .....

4 Jun 20164 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British Airways version here and the Iberia version here.  Each version offers double Avios .....

Hilton has two ‘quadruple Avios’ promotions running at the moment. I wrote about the British .....

4 Jun 20164 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: BA Holidays unveils impressive new booking system British Airways has given its BA Holidays booking site an overhaul.  And, to be honest, it seems impressive. The company has realised .....

News in brief: BA Holidays unveils impressive new booking system British Airways has given its BA Holidays .....

3 Jun 20163 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

News in brief: MyFlights app forced to close The popular MyFlights app, which I have written about on HfP numerous times, has been forced to close.  Amadeus, the main global flight booking database, .....

News in brief: MyFlights app forced to close The popular MyFlights app, which I have written about on HfP .....

1 Jun 20161 June 2016 by Rob Burgess • 70 comments

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on ba.com. This is a bit bizarre, I admit.  I’m not entirely sure why this fact .....

It turns out that Iberia offers better Business Class reward availability via iberia.com than it offers on .....

31 May 201631 May 2016 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments