With unfortunate timing, given the announcement yesterday about the end of arrivals testing for the fully vaccinated, the British Airways and BA Holidays sale is ending. You need to book today, .....

With unfortunate timing, given the announcement yesterday about the end of arrivals testing for the fully .....

25 Jan 202225 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has launched its new loyalty programme today. The old ‘Golden Circle’ scheme has been retired, to .....

The Shangri-La hotel group, which also includes the Traders, Hotel Jen and Kerry chains, has launched its new .....

28 Apr 202228 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

My email inbox is a decent guide to what is currently causing issues in the travel loyalty industry, and it’s also a way of teasing out problems which we hadn’t previously considered. Over .....

My email inbox is a decent guide to what is currently causing issues in the travel loyalty industry, and .....

18 Apr 202218 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some extra savings if you are now ready to jump in and book. These offers are valid on bookings .....

In response to the relaxation in pre-departure and arrivals testing rules, BA Holidays has rolled out some .....

8 Jan 20228 January 2022 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer miles. Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature .....

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer .....

16 Mar 202416 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

BA CityFlyer is launching three new routes which will operate at weekends over Summer 2022. These use aircraft which cannot operate at London City due to the weekend closure of the airport. The three .....

BA CityFlyer is launching three new routes which will operate at weekends over Summer 2022. These use aircraft .....

11 Mar 202211 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

There are currently two interesting opportunities to use your airline or HOTEL status to get top-tier or mid-tier airline status! You can do this with oneworld via Royal Jordanian (which would give .....

There are currently two interesting opportunities to use your airline or HOTEL status to get top-tier or .....

15 Jul 202515 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

In a surprising move, given the close relationship between British Airways and American Airlines, BA and US carrier JetBlue have applied for permission to launch codeshare flights. We are likely to .....

In a surprising move, given the close relationship between British Airways and American Airlines, BA and US .....

25 May 202425 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

In an interesting move, and one which is beneficial to most of our readers, British Airways has restricted the ability of some frequent flyer programmes to book redemption seats. Put very simply, it .....

In an interesting move, and one which is beneficial to most of our readers, British Airways has restricted the .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational switching from another alliance to BA they will do it for top staff, but apart from that .....

British Airways never, ever, does status matches from other airlines. (Well, if you are a multinational .....

31 Mar 202231 March 2022 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

Etihad has had a rough time of it in the past few years. A major restructuring took place before covid and the airline decided to shift focus from trying to compete with Emirates in scale to becoming .....

Etihad has had a rough time of it in the past few years. A major restructuring took place before covid and the .....

19 Nov 202119 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

The oneworld airline alliance has been on a run recently. It announced that oneworld connect partner Fiji Airways will become a full member next year and Oman Air is hurtling towards full integration, .....

The oneworld airline alliance has been on a run recently. It announced that oneworld connect partner Fiji .....

19 Jun 202419 June 2024 by Rhys Jones • 44 comments

I don’t know when this happened, given that no-one has been booking Iberia redemption flights for much of the past two years, but there has been a big improvement. Historically, taxes and .....

I don’t know when this happened, given that no-one has been booking Iberia redemption flights for much .....

16 Jun 202216 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

There is some exciting news today for anyone who has a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher. BA and American Express have unveiled two important changes to how the companion .....

There is some exciting news today for anyone who has a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion .....

13 Jun 202213 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments