Iberia, the sister airline of British Airways, issued a statement yesterday saying that it had asked the ‘labour authorities’ for permission to make the majority of employees temporarily .....

Iberia, the sister airline of British Airways, issued a statement yesterday saying that it had asked the .....

20 Mar 202020 March 2020 by Rob Burgess

British Airways has announced that it is suspending all flights from London City Airport from Monday 23rd March. The suspension is initially set to run until Saturday 4th April although you would .....

British Airways has announced that it is suspending all flights from London City Airport from Monday 23rd .....

20 Mar 202020 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

Our main article today is about BA’s unwillingness to let you claim an online cash refund for an Avios flight. We have now found a way of triggering a cash refund – as opposed to a voucher .....

Our main article today is about BA’s unwillingness to let you claim an online cash refund for an Avios .....

19 Mar 202019 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 1117 comments

Why is British Airways deliberately blocking online cash refunds for Avios BA flight bookings? One topic has dominated my inbox and the HFP comments over the last couple of days – the withdrawal .....

Why is British Airways deliberately blocking online cash refunds for Avios BA flight bookings? One topic has .....

19 Mar 202019 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 254 comments

Does EC261 compensation apply at the moment, with coronavirus wrecking flight schedules? The European Commission published a document yesterday with the catchy title of ‘Interpretative .....

Does EC261 compensation apply at the moment, with coronavirus wrecking flight schedules? The European .....

19 Mar 202019 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 147 comments

This is our review of the new Courtyard by Marriott Inverness Airport hotel. In our article yesterday, we looked at why Inverness Airport has become an attractive starting point for people looking to .....

This is our review of the new Courtyard by Marriott Inverness Airport hotel. In our article yesterday, we .....

19 Mar 202019 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

American Express has doubled the sign up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. (Rob’s note: Whilst it is unlikely that you are travelling anywhere in the next few weeks, .....

American Express has doubled the sign up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold credit card. .....

18 Mar 202018 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 184 comments

Inverness Airport is not much to look at, although I’ve seen far worse.  The entire airport seems about the size of the Business Class Lounge at the Qatar Airways base in Doha. It has, however, .....

Inverness Airport is not much to look at, although I’ve seen far worse.  The entire airport seems about .....

18 Mar 202018 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

The Foreign Office has just issued a statement advising against all non-essential foreign travel for at least the next 30 days. The full statement is below. On the upside, it is possible that such .....

The Foreign Office has just issued a statement advising against all non-essential foreign travel for at least .....

17 Mar 202017 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 163 comments

Is there a risk of losing your Avios points and Virgin Flying Club points if the airlines go bankrupt?  And is it even a realistic possibility? To be honest, this isn’t an article I wanted to .....

Is there a risk of losing your Avios points and Virgin Flying Club points if the airlines go bankrupt?  And .....

17 Mar 202017 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 336 comments

I just wanted to drop this in quickly for anyone who is flying on Tuesday. According to a post on Flyertalk on Monday evening from someone who is known to be a British Airways employee, the Terminal 5 .....

I just wanted to drop this in quickly for anyone who is flying on Tuesday. According to a post on Flyertalk on .....

16 Mar 202016 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

Following our updates this morning regarding Virgin Atlantic cutting 75% of flights and IAG’s suspension of 75% of services across the group, Norwegian has just announced that it will be cancelling .....

Following our updates this morning regarding Virgin Atlantic cutting 75% of flights and IAG’s suspension of .....

16 Mar 202016 March 2020 by Sinead Archer • 16 comments

Following the announcement by IAG this morning that BA, Iberia and Aer Lingus will – between them – be grounding 75% of their capacity on 1st April, Virgin Atlantic has now announced what .....

Following the announcement by IAG this morning that BA, Iberia and Aer Lingus will – between them .....

16 Mar 202016 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

As we ran a number of articles last week on countries blocking entry for UK citizens, I thought I would do another update. This may become academic given that British Airways will be grounding most of .....

As we ran a number of articles last week on countries blocking entry for UK citizens, I thought I would do .....

16 Mar 202016 March 2020 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments