I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. I thought it .....

I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....

21 Apr 202521 April 2025 by Rob Burgess • 56 comments

Yesterday we looked at why the changes to the British Airways Premium Plus American Express cards may be better than we originally thought. The changes to the British Airways Premium Plus credit card .....

Yesterday we looked at why the changes to the British Airways Premium Plus American Express cards may be .....

3 Jun 20213 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 106 comments

British Airways seems to be dropping Abu Dhabi flights for the summer season next year, which runs from the end of March to the end of October. This could be a little embarrassing because there is an .....

British Airways seems to be dropping Abu Dhabi flights for the summer season next year, which runs from the .....

17 Dec 202417 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth taking a look at how Virgin Atlantic tackles the same problem. Following a rule change in .....

We ran an article yesterday on the British Airways policy for unaccompanied children. I thought it was worth .....

9 Mar 20259 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

For a few years now, due to BA IT limitations, the £35 cancellation fee per person for a short haul Avios booking has been waived if you cancelled online. You were just charged a nominal £1 return / .....

For a few years now, due to BA IT limitations, the £35 cancellation fee per person for a short haul Avios .....

28 Aug 202428 August 2024 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Yesterday we ran an article covering the new benefits that Aer Lingus AerClub elite members will get when flying on British Airways. A lot of readers asked if the deal worked the other way – and .....

Yesterday we ran an article covering the new benefits that Aer Lingus AerClub elite members will get when .....

22 Nov 202422 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 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

This is our review of the British Airways Galleries First lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. There are some unexpected gaps in our airport lounge reviews. We’ve been to every corner of the UK to .....

This is our review of the British Airways Galleries First lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. There are some .....

13 Nov 202313 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 145 comments

After a four year hiatus, British Airways is finally bringing back two popular routes to the Far East – Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. Both operated pre-covid and will return for the 2024 Winter .....

After a four year hiatus, British Airways is finally bringing back two popular routes to the Far East – .....

5 Mar 20245 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 213 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched a new Business Class holiday sale and there’s some good savings across a range of destinations. All packages include a Business Class flight and in some cases, .....

British Airways Holidays has launched a new Business Class holiday sale and there’s some good savings across .....

1 Nov 20231 November 2023 by Sinead Archer • 48 comments

As we reminded you yesterday, from 1st November 2024 you will need to spend £15,000 per year to receive a 2-4-1 companion voucher on either of the British Airways American Express credit cards. On .....

As we reminded you yesterday, from 1st November 2024 you will need to spend £15,000 per year to receive a .....

12 Oct 202412 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

News in brief: Two UK lounges reopen to British Airways passengers On Thursday we published an article looking at which British Airways lounges are open, which are closed and which have been .....

News in brief: Two UK lounges reopen to British Airways passengers On Thursday we published an article looking .....

26 Jun 202126 June 2021 by Rob Burgess

British Airways is launching a new interline agreement with South African airline CemAir, opening up further connections from its Cape Town and Johannesburg flights. An interline agreement is less .....

British Airways is launching a new interline agreement with South African airline CemAir, opening up further .....

29 Feb 202429 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: Get double Virgin Points on selected USA flights Last week we covered a new British Airways promotion offering double Avios on flights to the USA. To summarise how .....

Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: Get double Virgin Points on selected USA flights Last week we covered a new .....

19 Jul 202419 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments