How dangerous is the risk to an aircraft from a mobile phone trapped in a seat mechanism? The Air Acccident Investigation Branch has published an interesting report into a small fire which occured on .....

How dangerous is the risk to an aircraft from a mobile phone trapped in a seat mechanism? The Air Acccident .....

25 Apr 202125 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

In 2019, American Express launched a new British Airways credit card for SME’s – the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (“BA Amex Business” for short).  .....

In 2019, American Express launched a new British Airways credit card for SME’s – the British Airways .....

25 Apr 202125 April 2021 by Rob Burgess

IAG’s Spanish low cost carrier Vueling (pronounced bwelin) has been part of Avios for four years now, although not everyone is aware of it.  It is worth knowing about because of .....

IAG’s Spanish low cost carrier Vueling (pronounced bwelin) has been part of Avios for four years now, .....

24 Apr 202124 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

British Airways may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet but, as we reported last year, a few aircraft will live on. One of these is the ‘Landor’ Boeing 747, so-called because it features the .....

British Airways may have retired its Boeing 747 fleet but, as we reported last year, a few aircraft will live .....

21 Apr 202121 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

British Airways has launched a new sale, covering travel for later in 2021 and early 2022. If you are prepared to book ahead, it offers good savings on both flights and holiday packages. Club Europe .....

British Airways has launched a new sale, covering travel for later in 2021 and early 2022. If you are prepared .....

21 Apr 202121 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

I’m delighted to launch an exclusive Head for Points sign-up bonus on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa Credit Card. This is the biggest exclusive credit card deal we have ever offered. .....

I’m delighted to launch an exclusive Head for Points sign-up bonus on the Capital on Tap Business .....

20 Apr 202120 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

News in brief: Get bonus Avios on your free BA Amex Last month, American Express launched an Avios bonus offer on the British Airways Premium Plus card. It has now rolled out a similar offer to .....

News in brief: Get bonus Avios on your free BA Amex Last month, American Express launched an Avios bonus offer .....

20 Apr 202120 April 2021 by Rhys Jones • 20 comments

British Airways is a ‘2 out of 10’ airline, said a senior airline executive in a Sunday Times interview yesterday. The amusing thing is that the company behind the man behind the comment .....

British Airways is a ‘2 out of 10’ airline, said a senior airline executive in a Sunday Times .....

19 Apr 202119 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

By coincidence, two offers launched this week which let you earn either 2,000 Avios or 2,000 Virgin Points by ordering a case of wine. The two offers are from different companies (Laithwaites and .....

By coincidence, two offers launched this week which let you earn either 2,000 Avios or 2,000 Virgin Points by .....

18 Apr 202118 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

If your Nectar account is linked to your eBay account, and you are logged in, you should see an offer for 6x bonus points (for a total of 7x points) on purchases made by midday on Sunday 18th. You .....

If your Nectar account is linked to your eBay account, and you are logged in, you should see an offer for 6x .....

17 Apr 202117 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

As we covered on Wednesday, Lloyds Bank has announced that the Lloyds Avios Rewards Mastercard credit card will close at the end of May. This card was OK for a non-American Express product. It earned .....

As we covered on Wednesday, Lloyds Bank has announced that the Lloyds Avios Rewards Mastercard credit card .....

16 Apr 202116 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 44 comments

We covered the new British Airways and BA Holidays sale last week. You can check out the best offers here. In this article I want to look at Club Europe routes which are offering 160 tier points at .....

We covered the new British Airways and BA Holidays sale last week. You can check out the best offers here. In .....

14 Apr 202114 April 2021 by Rhys Jones • 71 comments

Lloyds Bank has announced that the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards are finally closing for good. Anyone who still has one of these cards will be switched to a cashback credit card on 1st June. In .....

Lloyds Bank has announced that the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards are finally closing for good. Anyone who .....

14 Apr 202114 April 2021 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

We covered the current British Airways and BA Holidays sale last week. In this article we are looking at the additional discounts on offer from BA Holidays. BA Holidays is now offering even further .....

We covered the current British Airways and BA Holidays sale last week. In this article we are looking at the .....

13 Apr 202113 April 2021 by Rhys Jones • 23 comments