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

Details of the Barclays Premier Banking and British Airways partnership are finally here. It is the only way to earn Avios from a UK current account. If you are an existing Barclays Premier or .....

Details of the Barclays Premier Banking and British Airways partnership are finally here. It is the only way .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 341 comments

Very few people lose their Avios via expiry. The rules are very lenient – you only need to earn or spend one Avios every 36 months, from any source, to keep your balance alive. People may use .....

Very few people lose their Avios via expiry. The rules are very lenient – you only need to earn or spend .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for anyone planning a trip to Japan and I like to re-run it every 18 months or so for the benefit .....

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for .....

1 Mar 20211 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

In an attempt to overcome business concerns over bookings flights, and potentially as a first step to withdrawing Book With Confidence and Future Travel Vouchers, British Airways has announced two new .....

In an attempt to overcome business concerns over bookings flights, and potentially as a first step to .....

28 Feb 202128 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

IAG, the Spanish parent company of Iberia, Aer Lingus and British Airways, published its 2020 financial results this morning. The key takeaway is that the group is not short of cash and, with .....

IAG, the Spanish parent company of Iberia, Aer Lingus and British Airways, published its 2020 financial .....

26 Feb 202126 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

BA Holidays is taking Boris Johnson at his word (whatever happened to ‘data not dates’?!) and has launched a special deal for ‘flight and hotel’ bookings from 17th May. This .....

BA Holidays is taking Boris Johnson at his word (whatever happened to ‘data not dates’?!) and has .....

26 Feb 202126 February 2021 by Rob Burgess

If you’ve wanted to fly to the Maldives on Avios, today is your lucky day. British Airways seems to have relaunched the Maldives as a year-round service, albeit in a limited way. A new service .....

If you’ve wanted to fly to the Maldives on Avios, today is your lucky day. British Airways seems to have .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

This is, I should stress, from the BA rumour mill, albeit from a well placed source. The story is that British Airways has signed off on a full refurbishment of the 12 x A380 aircraft. First Suite and .....

This is, I should stress, from the BA rumour mill, albeit from a well placed source. The story is that British .....

25 Feb 202125 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

This is a complete directory of our British Airways reference articles. As the largest airline in the UK British Airways gets a lot of our attention. Whilst we periodically update and re-publish many .....

This is a complete directory of our British Airways reference articles. As the largest airline in the UK .....

24 Feb 202124 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 13 comments

In advance of IAG’s full-year results, due later this week, British Airways made two announcements yesterday about its plans to generate liquidity. A pension scheme with a little airline .....

In advance of IAG’s full-year results, due later this week, British Airways made two announcements .....

23 Feb 202123 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

This is your comprehensive guide to the new British Airways First Suite first class seat. We have written this as a ‘reference’ article for the site, but we thought it was worth running in .....

This is your comprehensive guide to the new British Airways First Suite first class seat. We have written this .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

HfP reader Matt Jones dropped me a note to highlight three YouTube videos he has published on how to put together a British Airways tier point run. This is, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, .....

HfP reader Matt Jones dropped me a note to highlight three YouTube videos he has published on how to put .....

22 Feb 202122 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to soften the blow of devaluation was the expansion of ‘Upgrade Using Avios’ to .....

When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to .....

20 Feb 202120 February 2021 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments