Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to pick up your hire car?  (Er, yes.  Obviously.  It’s not exactly the end of the .....

Is there anything more painful than arriving off a flight and then having to take a long shuttle bus ride to .....

25 Jun 201325 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

The British Airways website has a lot of good things about it, let’s be clear about that. However, when it comes to quickly checking award availability, I have begun to find it a pain. I have .....

The British Airways website has a lot of good things about it, let’s be clear about that. However, when .....

23 Jun 201323 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

British Airways is bringing back ‘Silent Picturehouse’ to Vinopolis (by London Bridge, on the South Bank) this Summer. Never heard of it? This what BA has to say: BA Silent Picturehouse is .....

British Airways is bringing back ‘Silent Picturehouse’ to Vinopolis (by London Bridge, on the .....

23 Jun 201323 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus when you convert hotel loyalty points into Avios points. Yesterday, I received an email from .....

Roughly once every nine months or so, British Airways Executive Club runs a promotion offering a 25% bonus .....

22 Jun 201322 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday afternoon.  It wasn’t the sunniest afternoon ever in Regents Park, but at least the rain .....

Here are a few random photographs from Taste of London 2013, sponsored by British Airways, yesterday .....

21 Jun 201321 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. These are operated using Heathrow slots which British Airways was forced .....

Virgin Atlantic launched its new Little Red domestic flights at the end of March, serving Manchester, .....

20 Jun 201320 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to BaxterStorey. The new contract – combined with what appears to be a massive budget .....

I was in the British Airways Terminal 5 lounges last week for the first time since the change of caterers to .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Just a quick heads up, if you use an iPhone, that the new version of the British Airways app – released a couple of week ago – now supports Passbook. Your boarding pass will now be stored .....

Just a quick heads up, if you use an iPhone, that the new version of the British Airways app – released .....

19 Jun 201319 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I have got hold of a pair of tickets for the British Airways-sponsored ‘Taste of London’ food festival in Regents Park, which I am giving away in a Head for Points competition! These would .....

I have got hold of a pair of tickets for the British Airways-sponsored ‘Taste of London’ food .....

17 Jun 201317 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

I try to mention new British Airways long-haul route launches on Head for Points, but Colombo in Sri Lanka got missed. From 14th April, BA now flies three times a week to Colombo from Gatwick. This is .....

I try to mention new British Airways long-haul route launches on Head for Points, but Colombo in Sri Lanka got .....

16 Jun 201316 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I occasionally get asked for a full list of Avios airlines, or whether there is somewhere online that has a full list of Avios partner airlines. The bottom line is that there isn’t one, because .....

I occasionally get asked for a full list of Avios airlines, or whether there is somewhere online that has a .....

14 Jun 201314 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

British Airways has announced a codeshare arrangement with Bangkok Airways.  This will allow you to earn Avios points on selected flights with the Asian carrier. The following (brightly coloured, see .....

British Airways has announced a codeshare arrangement with Bangkok Airways.  This will allow you to earn .....

12 Jun 201312 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

I reported last week how Iberia had pulled Reward Flight Saver flights with absolutely no notice, replacing them with a new structure which charges full airport taxes plus a reduced fuel surcharge. At .....

I reported last week how Iberia had pulled Reward Flight Saver flights with absolutely no notice, replacing .....

11 Jun 201311 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

British Airways has released further details about the delivery dates for its first A380 and B787 aircraft as well as news of the crew training flights that will be operated: The countdown is well .....

British Airways has released further details about the delivery dates for its first A380 and B787 .....

11 Jun 201311 June 2013 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments