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A reader dropped me an email yesterday about a block that had been placed on transfers from his BA Club account. He wanted to book a redemption via the Qatar Airways website. Since Qatar Airways does .....
A reader dropped me an email yesterday about a block that had been placed on transfers from his BA Club .....
13 Apr 202513 April 2025 • 65 comments
Arguably the last place you would expect to see a cashback offer for British Airways and BA Holidays is on non-Avios Visa or Mastercard credit cards, but one has turned up! It isn’t crazily .....
Arguably the last place you would expect to see a cashback offer for British Airways and BA Holidays is on .....
17 Nov 202417 November 2024 • 34 comments
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches a new American Express cashback deal Back in April we saw what I think was the first ever Virgin Atlantic American Express cashback deal – at least, it .....
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic launches a new American Express cashback deal Back in April we saw what I think .....
19 Jul 202419 July 2024 • 45 comments
This is potentially the most intriguing deal I’ve seen all year. If you have British Airways elite status, you can match it to BOTH SkyTeam and Star Alliance status. Even better, a British .....
This is potentially the most intriguing deal I’ve seen all year. If you have British Airways elite .....
6 Jul 20246 July 2024 • 222 comments
News in brief: BA celebrates 25 years at London City with a sale Over the next few days we will be running two articles to promote the 25th anniversary of the first British Airways flight from London .....
News in brief: BA celebrates 25 years at London City with a sale Over the next few days we will be running two .....
7 Nov 20247 November 2024 • 19 comments
The launch of the Barclaycard upgrade vouchers, available via Barclays Premier with Barclays Avios Rewards and the two Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards, was a substantial boost for the solo .....
The launch of the Barclaycard upgrade vouchers, available via Barclays Premier with Barclays Avios Rewards and .....
15 Oct 202415 October 2024 • 60 comments
Seven weeks ago, but not openly announced, British Airways made a change to the terms and conditions of the British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher. These changes allow for the annual .....
Seven weeks ago, but not openly announced, British Airways made a change to the terms and conditions of the .....
23 Sep 202423 September 2024 • 60 comments
British Airways and British Airways Holidays launched a new sale last week – we looked at the British Airways Holidays deals in an article on Friday. Whilst the flight-only deals from London are .....
British Airways and British Airways Holidays launched a new sale last week – we looked at the British .....
29 Apr 202429 April 2024 • 102 comments
On Tuesday, we attended one of the regular Aviation Club UK lunches to hear Tom Stoddart speak. (The Aviation Club UK always gets top speakers for its lunches. Recent guests include Qatar Airways CEO .....
On Tuesday, we attended one of the regular Aviation Club UK lunches to hear Tom Stoddart speak. (The Aviation .....
14 Sep 202314 September 2023 • 105 comments
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This definitely covers routes to North America – I’m not totally sure about the impact .....
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This .....
26 Mar 202426 March 2024 • 227 comments
Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – see here. This involves an extra eight seats being added to each aircraft with seat pitch .....
Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – .....
16 Jan 202416 January 2024 • 69 comments
As we have been predicting for some time, British Airways has announced the move to revenue-based tier status. The net effect is that earning Gold status will now be very, very difficult, bordering on .....
As we have been predicting for some time, British Airways has announced the move to revenue-based tier status. .....
30 Dec 202430 December 2024 • 3829 comments
News in brief: Virgin Red splits with Greggs! In a move destined to send shock waves through the loyalty industry, Virgin Red appears to have split with Greggs. All of the Greggs redemption offers .....
News in brief: Virgin Red splits with Greggs! In a move destined to send shock waves through the loyalty .....
12 Dec 202412 December 2024 • 48 comments
One fascinating change to Avios in recent years was the opening up of Aer Lingus and Iberia for American Express 2-4-1 Companion Voucher redemptions. The Aer Lingus option is especially interesting .....
One fascinating change to Avios in recent years was the opening up of Aer Lingus and Iberia for American .....
1 Dec 20241 December 2024 • 37 comments
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