Category Archives for British Airways.
There has long been evidence that passengers who regularly buy upgrades at the airport are denied further upgrades after BA decides that they have had enough. The common theory is that BA thinks these passengers should be buying tickets in the cabin that they want, rather than buying a cheap upgrade at the airport. I have to…
The changes to BA Executive Club impact the use and earning of Avios but today I am going to look at changes to the earning of Tier Points. Tier Points, for the uninitiated are how BA works out which elite status should be given to you. Tier Points can be earned when flying with BA…
A good deal has been written about the BA Executive Club changes in the past week but things are worse than we expected. Two things stand out, not least because BA has not been advertising them as widely as the headline changes. In both cases they are bad, and bad for people redeeming Avios rather…
It appears that Qatar Airways has built up a 10% stake in their OneWorld partner IAG. IAG operates British Airways and Iberia. This is a pretty interesting move at a time when IAG is trying to acquire Aer Lingus, the Irish Flagcarrier. Watch this space but the Chief Executive of IAG, Willy Walsh is describing…
BA has announced a number of changes to BA Executive Club from 28 April. Noticeable, and most disappointing, they are slashing the Tier Points earned on their service from London City. Long popular with Tier Point runners as they awarded 210 Tier Points (the First Class amount) rather than 140. This changes to the 140…
The significant pending snow storm destined for the East Coast of the US is leading BA to proactively cancel flights today. You can rebook as follows: If you have a ticket for Monday 26 January or Tuesday 27 January and are travelling to or from Boston, New York JFK, Newark, Baltimore, Washington or Philadelphia and…
There are now two newspaper reports that the third bid by the combined BA/Iberia group to acquire Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus seems likely to succeed. The two previous offers have been rejected by the Aer Lingus Board of Directors. The bid of EUR2.50 per share is the third in a month. Ownership of the…
British Airways operates several lounges at Terminal 5 in London Heathrow. There is one at the north of the A gates which is a standard Galleries Lounge catering to Silver Card Holders, Club Europe and Club World passengers. Gold Card holders and First Class passengers can use this lounge if it is easier for their…
Taking advantage of BA’s pre-Christmas seat sale I managed to snag a decent number of Tier Points last weekend with a short trip to San Francisco. Booking on the American Airlines UK web site allowed me to both (a) create a more complex routing than normal and (b) secure one of the domestic sectors in…
I wrote yesterday about my worst experiences in 2014, and so now I would like to balance those with the best. Let me start with a bit of a cheat. Whilst the news of Hyatt’s ‘Free for all internet’ came in 2014 it won’t start until 2015. However, it’s such good news and probably a…
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