I recently wrote about the forthcoming Boeing 787-9 aircraft that British Airways is about to start receiving.  There were a few hints about what the ‘evolutionary not revolutionary’ .....

I recently wrote about the forthcoming Boeing 787-9 aircraft that British Airways is about to start receiving. .....

9 Sep 20159 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

News in brief: Good business class fares to Sao Paulo from Amsterdam British Airways and SWISS are matching a KLM sale fare out of Amsterdam of roughly £1,300 (€1,800) to Sao Paulo in Business. On .....

News in brief: Good business class fares to Sao Paulo from Amsterdam British Airways and SWISS are matching a .....

8 Sep 20158 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Given that it is two months since I first mentioned this, it is worth a reminder.  Alitalia is currently offering a status match to British Airways Executive Club Gold members as well as other .....

Given that it is two months since I first mentioned this, it is worth a reminder.  Alitalia is currently .....

4 Sep 20154 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Tesco Bank accounced yesterday that it is halving the earning rate on the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard from December. Spending outside Tesco will only earn 1 Clubcard point (2.4 Avios points) for every .....

Tesco Bank accounced yesterday that it is halving the earning rate on the Tesco Clubcard Mastercard from .....

3 Sep 20153 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

British Airways Executive Club launched a new partnership yesterday with taxi hailing app Hailo. If you register your BAEC number in the Hailo app, you will earn Avios for every ride you take in .....

British Airways Executive Club launched a new partnership yesterday with taxi hailing app Hailo. If you .....

2 Sep 20152 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them.  Click here to see the other articles. Is it worth using .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

1 Sep 20151 September 2015 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

These fares have been around for four days now.  I originally thought that it was a fare error by British Airways and that it would be closed down within a few hours.  It wasn’t. I therefore .....

These fares have been around for four days now.  I originally thought that it was a fare error by British .....

31 Aug 201531 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

British Airways opened its refurbished airport lounge in Singapore recently.  As well as giving it a makeover with the ‘Galleries’ concept, the space was increased by over 40%.  This was .....

British Airways opened its refurbished airport lounge in Singapore recently.  As well as giving it a makeover .....

30 Aug 201530 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them.  Click here to see the other articles. One way of .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

30 Aug 201530 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

I have done quite a bit of coverage of the Qatar business class fares out of Europe, the Finnair business class fares out of the UK and the British Airways business class fares out of Ireland in the .....

I have done quite a bit of coverage of the Qatar business class fares out of Europe, the Finnair business .....

29 Aug 201529 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

British Airways is about to take delivery of the first of a huge order for 22 Boeing 787-9 aircraft.  Because this is simply a slightly longer version of the original 787-8 Dreamliner it is a fairly .....

British Airways is about to take delivery of the first of a huge order for 22 Boeing 787-9 aircraft.  Because .....

28 Aug 201528 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

Avios.com has launched a 50% discount offer on redemptions on Monarch.  Specifically, you will save 50% on the following routes: Birmingham, Luton or Manchester to Malaga Birmingham, Leeds Bradford .....

Avios.com has launched a 50% discount offer on redemptions on Monarch.  Specifically, you will save 50% on .....

28 Aug 201528 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

British Airways announced yesterday that it will start services to San Jose in California from 4th May 2016. This will utilise one of the brand new Boeing 787-9 aircraft – so new that British .....

British Airways announced yesterday that it will start services to San Jose in California from 4th May 2016. .....

27 Aug 201527 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them.  Click here to see the other articles. ‘Avios and .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

24 Aug 201524 August 2015 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments