According to reports on Flyertalk, from someone with impeccable credentials, British Airways has decided not to reopen its lounge in Manchester Airport Terminal 3. The Manchester lounge is, .....

According to reports on Flyertalk, from someone with impeccable credentials, British Airways has decided not .....

13 Mar 202113 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 89 comments

British Airways has decided to close Flight Pass, its ‘bulk buy’ discount scheme for regular travellers. We have covered Flight Pass a few times, most recently here. Flight Pass allowed .....

British Airways has decided to close Flight Pass, its ‘bulk buy’ discount scheme for regular .....

13 Mar 202113 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

I mentioned yesterday that a number of readers had been in touch about various BA pricing irregularities in recent weeks. Yesterday I showed how Avios redemptions in Economy were cheaper for inactive .....

I mentioned yesterday that a number of readers had been in touch about various BA pricing irregularities in .....

12 Mar 202112 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

If you took part in the Avios / Nectar launch promotion, take a look at your British Airways Executive Club account. Avios was offering a bonus of 500 points if you transferred 1,600 Nectar points .....

If you took part in the Avios / Nectar launch promotion, take a look at your British Airways Executive Club .....

12 Mar 202112 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

A few readers have been in touch in recent weeks to highlight weird pricing behaviour by British Airways. What was confusing is that I assumed there would be a common theme, but there isn’t. .....

A few readers have been in touch in recent weeks to highlight weird pricing behaviour by British Airways. What .....

11 Mar 202111 March 2021 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

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