British Airways announced a new route to Inverness yesterday.  From 3rd May, BA will operate one flight a day from Heathrow to Inverness. It will depart Heathrow at 9.55am, arriving at 11.30.  The .....

British Airways announced a new route to Inverness yesterday.  From 3rd May, BA will operate one flight a day .....

5 Nov 20155 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 78 comments

Back in February, I wrote about one of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ – that it is possible to earn British Airways Avios points and tier points when .....

Back in February, I wrote about one of those ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ .....

5 Nov 20155 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

British Airways, in conjunction with American Airlines and Iberia, has launched a new promotion offering bonus Avios points on flights to 21 destinations. You must register for this promotion.  As it .....

British Airways, in conjunction with American Airlines and Iberia, has launched a new promotion offering bonus .....

4 Nov 20154 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Ever since the Avios devaluation in April, crediting long haul economy flights on British Airways to British Airways Executive Club has been a slightly crazy thing to do. You were only earning 0.25 .....

Ever since the Avios devaluation in April, crediting long haul economy flights on British Airways to British .....

4 Nov 20154 November 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

British Airways Executive Club has announced the first “open to all” transfer bonus from Tesco Clubcard to Avios since, I think, July 2012. From 1st November – so DO NOT CONVERT .....

British Airways Executive Club has announced the first “open to all” transfer bonus from Tesco .....

31 Oct 201531 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 219 comments

Avios.com (not British Airways Executive Club) is, technically, a travel agency.  You may not be aware that you can use them to book a package holiday and earn yourself bonus Avios points in the .....

Avios.com (not British Airways Executive Club) is, technically, a travel agency.  You may not be aware that .....

31 Oct 201531 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

British Airways launched its Autumn premium cabin sale yesterday. Flights are bookable until 12th November. What is interesting about the sale is that you can book until September 2016 on many routes .....

British Airways launched its Autumn premium cabin sale yesterday. Flights are bookable until 12th November. .....

30 Oct 201530 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

News in brief: Large bonuses at the ba.com Gate 365 shopping channel Whilst there haven’t been any emails about this, British Airways is currently offering some very large bonuses via its Gate .....

News in brief: Large bonuses at the ba.com Gate 365 shopping channel Whilst there haven’t been any .....

30 Oct 201530 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November IHG announced yesterday that its Winter sale will be returning on 5th November.  Full details are here. This has, historically, .....

News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November IHG announced yesterday that its Winter sale .....

29 Oct 201529 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights in the US. You can read the full announcement on ba.com .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American .....

29 Oct 201529 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he had just booked a very competitive £1,015 Premium Economy fare to Sydney.  This was on .....

News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he .....

28 Oct 201528 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet.  Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus. Whilst British Airways has essentially abandoned .....

Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet.  Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of .....

27 Oct 201527 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair could be the next airline on the IAG shopping list.  Lo and behold, this article appeared on .....

News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair .....

26 Oct 201526 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 79 comments

Tesco Direct has released a number of new Clubcard offers in recent days.  None of these are outstandingly generous (ie make it worthwhile to buy a product you don’t need purely for the .....

Tesco Direct has released a number of new Clubcard offers in recent days.  None of these are outstandingly .....

25 Oct 201525 October 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments