It looks like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A318 won’t be the last fleet casualties at British Airways. According to Simple Flying, BA CityFlyer has decided to get rid of its six Embraer E170 .....

It looks like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A318 won’t be the last fleet casualties at British Airways. .....

11 Mar 202111 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

We were, to put it mildly, a little surprised when British Airways announced that it was opening 11 routes from Southampton Airport this Summer. Southampton was, as the picture below shows, a major .....

We were, to put it mildly, a little surprised when British Airways announced that it was opening 11 routes .....

10 Mar 202110 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full year. British Airways last extended elite status in June 2020. With travel not resuming .....

British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 132 comments

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. It has been 18 months since we last mentioned Midpoint on HfP and, as feedback about .....

This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....

9 Mar 20219 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 farewell event before Christmas, the airline was hoping to be back .....

The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and electricity supply over to their 2 year Fix & Reward tariff. You will collect 10,000 bonus Nectar .....

Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and .....

8 Mar 20218 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 22 comments

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at SITA, an IT provider to the airline industry. If you didn’t get it, it said: .....

Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past couple of years, many people still seen unaware of the .....

Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner.  Whilst you have been .....

7 Mar 20217 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have received an email this week asking for details of your mental health. As I understand it, .....

If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have .....

6 Mar 20216 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most of which are PCR testing providers. It has now announced a new partnership with Qured .....

British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most .....

5 Mar 20215 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 116 comments

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week to the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier Banking. Our overview of .....

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week .....

4 Mar 20214 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The limit has shot up from 40,000 Nectar points (£200 of value) to 100,000 Nectar points (£500 .....

Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The .....

4 Mar 20214 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

On Monday we ran an article explaining how you could earn 25,000 Avios with Barclays Avios Rewards and Barclays Premier Banking – along with an annual upgrade voucher! You can find out more on .....

On Monday we ran an article explaining how you could earn 25,000 Avios with Barclays Avios Rewards and .....

3 Mar 20213 March 2021 by Rhys Jones • 161 comments

I am generally very pro Which? magazine, although in my mind I tend to think of it as peaking in importance in the 1980s and becoming less relevant and less ‘part of the conversation’ as .....

I am generally very pro Which? magazine, although in my mind I tend to think of it as peaking in importance in .....

2 Mar 20212 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 123 comments