Tomorrow sees the end of British Airways Executive Club, and with it the beginning of the end of British Airways elite status for many people. British Airways Club launches on Tuesday. If you want to .....

Tomorrow sees the end of British Airways Executive Club, and with it the beginning of the end of British .....

30 Mar 202530 March 2025 by Rob Burgess

One of the quirks of the British Airways network is that it has a franchise business in South Africa, called Comair. As we covered last weekend, Comair had its operating licence suspended by .....

One of the quirks of the British Airways network is that it has a franchise business in South Africa, .....

19 Mar 202219 March 2022 by Rob Burgess

News in brief from Manchester: Get 25% off Avios flights to Madrid Iberia Express is offering 25% off Avios redemptions from Manchester to Madrid.   This means that Economy tickets are .....

News in brief from Manchester: Get 25% off Avios flights to Madrid Iberia Express is offering 25% off .....

13 Oct 202213 October 2022 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Airlines in America, once the laughing stock of the world, are racing ahead. Go back a couple decades and global airlines were broadly grouped into three tiers. At the top of the pile were the Asian .....

Airlines in America, once the laughing stock of the world, are racing ahead. Go back a couple decades and .....

28 Jul 202528 July 2025 by Rhys Jones • 86 comments

Two quick pieces, with British Airways ideosyncracies in common! Cathay Pacific ‘P’ class business fares do not earn Avios or tier points Back in 2020, during the pandemic, Cathay Pacific .....

Two quick pieces, with British Airways ideosyncracies in common! Cathay Pacific ‘P’ class business .....

1 Oct 20221 October 2022 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Comair, the British Airways franchise operator in South Africa, suspended its operations last week. The airline has now been placed into liquidation and it appears very unlikely that it will resume .....

Comair, the British Airways franchise operator in South Africa, suspended its operations last week. The .....

9 Jun 20229 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

We’ve now had a bit of time to digest the changes to long haul Avios pricing launched last Wednesday. As more examples come to light, it is clear that this is a major devaluation. It has been .....

We’ve now had a bit of time to digest the changes to long haul Avios pricing launched last Wednesday. As .....

12 Dec 202212 December 2022 by Rob Burgess • 194 comments

The US Department of Transport has tentatively approved the Aer Lingus application to join the British Airways and American Airlines transatlantic joint venture. Iberia and Finnair are also part of .....

The US Department of Transport has tentatively approved the Aer Lingus application to join the British Airways .....

18 Nov 202018 November 2020 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

Since British Airways announced its new tier point structure, which will make it impossible for many of our readers to retain status, we have had many emails and comments asking us where flights .....

Since British Airways announced its new tier point structure, which will make it impossible for many of our .....

23 Jan 202523 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

Before the launch of The British Airways Club, the majority of HfP readers would have credited their business class flights with BA or other oneworld airlines to a British Airways Executive Club .....

Before the launch of The British Airways Club, the majority of HfP readers would have credited their business .....

1 Sep 20251 September 2025 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

It was back in April that British Airways made its latest and final set of pandemic changes to the tier point requirements for earning or retaining British Airways Executive Club status. Over the last .....

It was back in April that British Airways made its latest and final set of pandemic changes to the tier point .....

15 Aug 202215 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 156 comments

News in brief: British Airways drops Manchester to Gatwick British Airways has brought forward its plans to drop the Manchester to London Gatwick service. Flights were due to end on 29th October, at .....

News in brief: British Airways drops Manchester to Gatwick British Airways has brought forward its plans to .....

16 Jul 202216 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

This is our review of the Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is part of my recent visit to Malaysia with Malaysia Airlines, following the reopening of .....

This is our review of the Shangri-La Rasa Ria resort in Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is part of .....

17 May 202217 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

British Airways has just relaunched its Winter ski flights for later this year and early 2023. These are the first ski flights from Gatwick since early 2020, and the first for new BA shorthaul Gatwick .....

British Airways has just relaunched its Winter ski flights for later this year and early 2023. These are the .....

9 Aug 20229 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 40 comments