BA Exec Club Members can save 10 per cent on their duty-free shopping at select Duty Free Americas in several Stateside airports. Spend $100 at New York JFK, Miami, Atlanta or Washington Dulles airports, or $75 at Baltimore, Phoenix or San Diego airports. Link – print off and take coupon with you Terms and Conditions This…
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Grabbing a few extra Tier Points with BA’s Flash Sale
Reports abounded yesterday about BA offering a flash sale to a number of destinations for the next couple of days. There doesn’t seem to be many ways to get extra Tier Points or value through BA.com. I tried Americanairlines.co.uk and found this offering: This adds an extra 80 Tier Points to the 240 earned for…
BA offering reduced price upgrades from LCY for first time
For a long time BA has offered advance buy-ups to Club Europe, and on some international routes to World Traveller Plus, for nominal amounts. The Club Europe cost is usually around £69, but until now has only been offered on flights from Heathrow. The price quoted includes the increased taxes due for flying in a…
Using Avios to save cash off flights at ba.com
BA are now allowing holders of Avios to use them for cash discounts at the time of booking. The Avios need to be in your BA account (rather than your Iberia or AirMiles/Avious accounts), and you can select the number you want to use to save up to £30 on your ticket. (£10 is 1,500…
Earn an extra 1,000 Avios in EMEA for weekend stays (per night) with Hilton
BA are running an offer with Hilton to earn 1,000 extra Avios per weekend night stayed at the hotel chain, if you pre-register. The web site is here – register before you stay. Terms are: Bonus Mileage (Fixed Miles Members only): Earn 500 Avios per stay during the Promotional Period. In addition, earn 1,000 bonus Avios…
BA launches ‘hand baggage only’ fares from Heathrow and London City
BA has loaded ‘Hand Baggage only’ fares for select destination from Heathrow and London City. The routes involved are Amsterdam, Barcelona, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paris, Rome, Rotterdam and Stockholm. They offer up to £10 off the standard price. However, if a bag is subsequently checked this can incur a charge of £20-£40. At the same time…
Last week: Service Issues (BA/UA). This week: What happened next.
I wrote last week about three service issues, and wanted to update those that were following them about the outcomes. 1. BA downgrades me on AA Summary: I booked ATH-LHR-JFK-MIA-SFO in Business and First. An AA schedule change resulted in the JFK-MIA-SFO becoming JFK-SFO on a three class 767-200. At the gate BA instructed AA…
BA replies to my downgrade on AA
Last week I wrote about a poor experience with AA, whereby BA got involved and downgraded me. That post is here. BA have sent a quick, but lengthy reply, which is summary is ‘hard luck you lost nothing but we really like you as a Gold’. Not really Customer Service in my book. Here is…
Downgraded on AA, by BA!
Yesterday I flew from JFK to San Francisco having connected from London City on BA. Background A few weeks ago American changed their flight times so that I could not make my original booking which was JFK-MIA-SFO. AA in the UK kindly agreed to book me on their three class service AA177 in First Class.…
BA cancels flights to Nairobi / Update from Kenya Airways on fire
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