An interesting article appeared in the Mail on Sunday yesterday entitled “British Airways’ blueprint to go upmarket again”. I am not going to go into the article in detail, since .....

An interesting article appeared in the Mail on Sunday yesterday entitled “British Airways’ .....

17 May 202117 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

‘Sleep pods’ will launch today in the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Terminal 5. Seven pods will take the space that was previously occupied by the business centre, .....

‘Sleep pods’ will launch today in the British Airways Galleries First lounge at Heathrow Terminal .....

17 May 202117 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Yesterday we ran an article looking at whether it was worth using your Avios for ‘Experiences’ redemptions. My view was that it wasn’t, because you get around 0.5p per Avios compared .....

Yesterday we ran an article looking at whether it was worth using your Avios for ‘Experiences’ .....

16 May 202116 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments

You may not know this, but British Airways Executive Club has a range of ‘Experiences’ redemptions.  Available in most major cities in the world, you can redeem your Avios points for .....

You may not know this, but British Airways Executive Club has a range of ‘Experiences’ .....

15 May 202115 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

In an aggressive move, following the Maldives being placed on the UK Government ‘Red List’ of travel restrictions, British Airways appears to have cancelled all flights to Male until 13th .....

In an aggressive move, following the Maldives being placed on the UK Government ‘Red List’ of .....

14 May 202114 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 30 comments

News in brief: Buy the British Airways colouring book! I was looking at some old HfP articles yesterday when I came across one about the launch of a British Airways colouring book. Colouring books are .....

News in brief: Buy the British Airways colouring book! I was looking at some old HfP articles yesterday when I .....

14 May 202114 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I want to spend some time over the next fortnight looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, .....

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I want to spend some time over the next .....

14 May 202114 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

If you are looking for flights to Porto for the Champions League final, British Airways is here to help. This includes a direct Manchester to Porto service for the first time. All flights are two .....

If you are looking for flights to Porto for the Champions League final, British Airways is here to help. This .....

13 May 202113 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 60 comments

British Airways has launched a new ‘virtual check-in queue’ option for selected flights at Heathrow using a technology platform from Qmatic. You will, if you choose, no longer need to join .....

British Airways has launched a new ‘virtual check-in queue’ option for selected flights at .....

13 May 202113 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic boosts its Tel Aviv services sharply Virgin Atlantic has seen the Green List-ing of Israel as an opportunity to finally get some passengers back on its aircraft, even .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic boosts its Tel Aviv services sharply Virgin Atlantic has seen the Green .....

13 May 202113 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments

Esso has just launched a new fuel, Synergy Supreme+ 99 Unleaded. This is the highest octane fuel that Esso has offered in the UK. To celebrate, it is running a competition to win two VIP .....

Esso has just launched a new fuel, Synergy Supreme+ 99 Unleaded. This is the highest octane fuel that .....

12 May 202112 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

British Airways has launched its first flights to Guernsey. As well as the new British Airways mainline flights announced this morning, BA CityFlyer has also announced some changes. BA CityFlyer is .....

British Airways has launched its first flights to Guernsey. As well as the new British Airways mainline .....

11 May 202111 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

British Airways has just announced a raft of new flights from Heathrow for June, July and August. Given the destinations involved (ie not Portugal), the airline is clearly taking a gamble on more .....

British Airways has just announced a raft of new flights from Heathrow for June, July and August. Given the .....

11 May 202111 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

I want to spend some time today looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so you can see if it is worth signing up. When we first covered this in March, it was .....

I want to spend some time today looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards .....

11 May 202111 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 82 comments