News in brief: Win 10,000 Avios with BA’s The Club magazine The Club, the British Airways online magazine for Executive Club members, is giving away 10 x 10,000 Avios in a competition to .....

News in brief: Win 10,000 Avios with BA’s The Club magazine The Club, the British Airways online .....

17 Dec 202117 December 2021 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has been tweaking its A380 North America schedule for 2022. This has led to my Easter flight to San Francisco being swapped to a Boeing 777, but on the upside it is showing as Club .....

British Airways has been tweaking its A380 North America schedule for 2022. This has led to my Easter flight .....

16 Dec 202116 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

British Airways has just announced the routes that it will be flying from London Gatwick for Summer 2022. Tickets to 35 destinations have just been released at ba.com. If you want Avios seats for peak .....

British Airways has just announced the routes that it will be flying from London Gatwick for Summer 2022. .....

14 Dec 202114 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

British Airways has announced that it is launching flights to Portland, Oregon in 2022. This is the second time BA has announced the route. It first announced it would fly to Portland in December .....

British Airways has announced that it is launching flights to Portland, Oregon in 2022. This is the second .....

14 Dec 202114 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 32 comments

Citibank runs an Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank has a standard Avios-earning offer for UK residents who sign up with Citigold Wealth Management, which .....

Citibank runs an Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank has a .....

14 Dec 202114 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

On Friday, we published details of IAG Loyalty’s generous Avios giveaway. 3,000 NHS employees will be chosen to receive 60,000 Avios each. This is worth at least £480, which is the value if .....

On Friday, we published details of IAG Loyalty’s generous Avios giveaway. 3,000 NHS employees will be .....

12 Dec 202112 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

In May 2020, Avios asked members to donate points towards an appeal for NHS staff. The plan was to reward NHS workers for their efforts during the pandemic. As we reported here, 305 million Avios were .....

In May 2020, Avios asked members to donate points towards an appeal for NHS staff. The plan was to reward NHS .....

10 Dec 202110 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 189 comments

You may not know that Avios has an insurance partner – Alan Boswell Group. It is a fairly low key partnership, but the company has worked with Avios (both via the Avios Travel Rewards Programme .....

You may not know that Avios has an insurance partner – Alan Boswell Group. It is a fairly low key .....

9 Dec 20219 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

British Airways has launched some enticing £1,000 Club Suite fares to Dubai. The bad news is that you will need to start your trip in Madrid, Barcelona or Valencia before connecting in London. The .....

British Airways has launched some enticing £1,000 Club Suite fares to Dubai. The bad news is that you will .....

8 Dec 20218 December 2021 by Rob Burgess

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? Two years .....

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

6 Dec 20216 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 80 comments

As there are four separate Avios loyalty schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer Lingus AerClub and Vueling Club – which each have their own partners, you would expect .....

As there are four separate Avios loyalty schemes – British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, Aer .....

5 Dec 20215 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios points. The answer is yes, you can, but there are two snags: it is a bit fiddly, and more .....

I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios .....

4 Dec 20214 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

If you are returning to the UK from one of the 10 Southern African countries on the UK Government ‘Red List’, you are facing 10 days of hotel quarantine before you are allowed to return .....

If you are returning to the UK from one of the 10 Southern African countries on the UK Government ‘Red .....

3 Dec 20213 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 263 comments

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘.   British Airways claims that, if you find the identical flight cheaper on a competing website to .....

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘.   British .....

2 Dec 20212 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments