At 9.29am yesterday morning, we received a press release from easyJet entitled “easyJet announces brand new route to Georgia with UK’s only direct flights to Tbilisi“. It didn’t .....

At 9.29am yesterday morning, we received a press release from easyJet entitled “easyJet announces brand .....

19 Sep 202419 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 63 comments

British Airways appears to have cancelled all flights from Southampton Airport for Summer 2025. Passengers received emails last night saying that their flights had been cancelled, and services seem to .....

British Airways appears to have cancelled all flights from Southampton Airport for Summer 2025. Passengers .....

21 Sep 202421 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 62 comments

British Airways has announced an extra Dubai service this morning. It starts on 8th December and appears to run until 9th January. Because this service has just been added to the booking system, Avios .....

British Airways has announced an extra Dubai service this morning. It starts on 8th December and appears to .....

6 Oct 20216 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the tier point run. With BA flights earning 1 tier point per £1 of net spending, a Silver card .....

The new British Airways system for earning status, outlined in detail here, seemed to signal the end of the .....

20 Jan 202520 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 81 comments

If rosé wine is your tipple of choice during the warmer months, Virgin Red has launched a special redemption offer in partnership with Virgin Wines. There are two options: A 12-bottle case for 15,000 .....

If rosé wine is your tipple of choice during the warmer months, Virgin Red has launched a special redemption .....

4 Jul 20234 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

News in brief: BA CityFlyer resumes flights to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin In a LinkedIn post BA CityFlyer has announced it is returning to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin from next week, presumably to .....

News in brief: BA CityFlyer resumes flights to Amsterdam, Zurich and Dublin In a LinkedIn post BA CityFlyer .....

4 Sep 20214 September 2021 by Rob Burgess

In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more unexpectedly, the new owner is IAG Loyalty. The BA Holidays team will now report into Adam .....

In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more .....

28 Mar 202428 March 2024 by Rob Burgess

This is my review of the British Airways Galleries lounge in Terminal 5B of London Heathrow airport. It is part of our collection of UK airport lounge reviews.  You can see our full list of UK .....

This is my review of the British Airways Galleries lounge in Terminal 5B of London Heathrow airport. It is .....

1 Aug 20231 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 128 comments

Vueling, IAG’s Barcelona-based low cost carrier, appears to be doing a bit of slot sitting for British Airways this summer. The airline is launching two routes which it already serves from .....

Vueling, IAG’s Barcelona-based low cost carrier, appears to be doing a bit of slot sitting for British .....

31 Jan 202531 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Avis Budget Group is the exclusive car rental partner of British Airways which means you can earn Avios when you rent from them. We looked at how to earn Avios from Budget car rentals in this article. .....

Avis Budget Group is the exclusive car rental partner of British Airways which means you can earn Avios when .....

12 Nov 202412 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and is now close to where it was pre-pandemic. Short haul operations restarted in 2022 following the launch of BA subsidiary BA Euroflyer. .....

British Airways continues to rebuild its Gatwick schedules and is now close to where it was pre-pandemic. .....

21 Mar 202521 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 53 comments

Last week we published a long article about why it can make sense to book your next holiday via BA Holidays. Even if you only want a flight, there are price, cashflow and Avios reasons for adding on a .....

Last week we published a long article about why it can make sense to book your next holiday via BA Holidays. .....

31 Mar 202131 March 2021 by Rob Burgess

Over the summer, British Airways has been running a very interesting promotion for anyone who is chasing British Airways Executive Club status. Very simply, if you booked a BA Holidays package, your .....

Over the summer, British Airways has been running a very interesting promotion for anyone who is chasing .....

28 Aug 202128 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 169 comments

British Airways is refurbishing its Heathrow Terminal 5B Galleries Club lounge over the summer. Quite why it chose the summer – the busiest period of the year – to do this is a mystery .....

British Airways is refurbishing its Heathrow Terminal 5B Galleries Club lounge over the summer. Quite why it .....

10 Jun 202310 June 2023 by Rhys Jones