You have just nine days left to book a flight on British Airways if you want to earn Avios based on your ticket class and flight distance rather than what you spend. We knew this was coming – .....

You have just nine days left to book a flight on British Airways if you want to earn Avios based on your .....

9 Oct 20239 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 67 comments

This is Part 2 of my review of the Grand Hyatt La Manga Club. If you haven’t already, I suggest you take a look at Part 1 which looks at the rooms and suites at Grand Hyatt La Manga hotel as .....

This is Part 2 of my review of the Grand Hyatt La Manga Club. If you haven’t already, I suggest you take .....

2 Jul 20232 July 2023 by Rhys Jones • 12 comments

British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason this is interesting is that these seats were only made available for booking in the last .....

British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason .....

19 Sep 202319 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint venture (together with Finnair and Iberia) was up for renewal with competition regulators. .....

2020 was to be an important year for British Airways and American Airlines as their transatlantic joint .....

5 Apr 20225 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Some route news worth sharing: British Airways seems to have dropped eight short haul routes It seems that British Airways will be dropping eight short haul routes for the summer 2024 season. The .....

Some route news worth sharing: British Airways seems to have dropped eight short haul routes It seems that .....

31 Oct 202331 October 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

For the first time in a while, there are some exceptionally good business class fares on oneworld alliance airlines to Hawaii out there. One reason for mentioning these is that they are exceptionally .....

For the first time in a while, there are some exceptionally good business class fares on oneworld alliance .....

8 Aug 20238 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 98 comments

Two titbits of British Airways news emerged yesterday, tucked away in a press release about ice cream. (Ice cream is being introduced on all long haul flights departing London before 5pm. This is for .....

Two titbits of British Airways news emerged yesterday, tucked away in a press release about ice cream. (Ice .....

7 Jul 20237 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

This is our review of the Hyatt Regency Palais de la Méditerranée hotel in Nice. This hotel was once of the first places I visited with my (now) wife when we first met, and is a hotel I had seen .....

This is our review of the Hyatt Regency Palais de la Méditerranée hotel in Nice. This hotel was once of the .....

5 May 20235 May 2023 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Route news in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Kingston before launch One of the nails in Norwegian’s coffin was that it chose to fly long haul routes from London Gatwick with strong seasonality on a .....

Route news in brief: Norse Atlantic drops Kingston before launch One of the nails in Norwegian’s coffin .....

23 Aug 202323 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Hyatt has announced that it is taking over the hotel at the famous La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain. It will open as Grand Hyatt La Manga Club & Resort in mid-2023 following ‘significant .....

Hyatt has announced that it is taking over the hotel at the famous La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain. It will .....

13 Jan 202313 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

BA Holidays is offering additional sale discounts if you book your 2023 break by 10th January. The savings are: What is great is that this deal stacks with various other offers: Double tier .....

BA Holidays is offering additional sale discounts if you book your 2023 break by 10th January. The savings .....

6 Jan 20236 January 2023 by Rob Burgess

Yesterday we told you that British Airways has opened what we called a ‘Concorde Room Lite’ – but is technically the ‘First Dining Room’ – at Heathrow Terminal 3. .....

Yesterday we told you that British Airways has opened what we called a ‘Concorde Room Lite’ .....

13 Jun 202313 June 2023 by Rob Burgess • 66 comments

Yesterday we covered four new short haul routes that British Airways has just launched from London Heathrow for the winter season, starting in late October. There is a bit more going on which I want .....

Yesterday we covered four new short haul routes that British Airways has just launched from London Heathrow .....

4 Aug 20234 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

As flagged by Liam in our forum, British Airways has opened up a lot of Club Suite business class availability between London and Sydney for later in the year. In the hour since I posted this, a lot .....

As flagged by Liam in our forum, British Airways has opened up a lot of Club Suite business class availability .....

6 Jul 20236 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments