If you are crediting your Miles for Hilton stays to Avios via British Airways, you are missing out on some Avios. Here’s why: Earnings with BA are 500 or 100 depending on chain: Whereas with Iberia you earn 750, 150 or 100, so you are only worse off is you get a targetted promo for…
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Some good deals from UK …. for a few more days
BA are currently doing the summer Business and First Class seat sale from London. Hidden amongst the prices are some gems, in my view. By ‘gems’ I mean reasonably priced flights that earn a decent number of BA Tier Points and Avios for their price. These include: £1504 to JFK and Newark in Club World…
Some cheap Premium fares for Easter / Summer – BA and United so far – from UK
BA are having another premium cabin fare sale until 17 March. Fares apply for the Easter period and for the Summer 2013. (Fares apply on AA flights operated as BA codeshares.) Example: United has matched: Interestingly you can pick up First Class for…
BA Heathrow Terminal 5, First Class ground services
My trip continued with a reward ticket in First on BA to Miami. Whilst the onboard part of the trip created some challenges (see yesterdays post), I was very happy to arrive early at T5, as I was able to use the Concorde Room for the first time. I had prebooked a cabana (the private…
BA Avios members lose Tier Bonus on Qantas from 31 March
Buried in the latest BA newsletter is an announcement that Elite members of their Avios scheme will lose their Tier Bonuses (50% for Gold and 25% for Silver) on 31 March. New earning rates at BA web site.
BA Seat Sale for Easter – Premium cabins – book by Monday
BA is having another (short) sale of premium cabins over he Easter and Bank Holiday period from the UK. Highlights include JFK on the London City Service, for the same price as LHR, but with the added advantage of additional Tier Points: There are some bargains to be had to Europe as well – Under…
Update on BA Seat Shifting on Upper Deck 747’s
BA has confirmed that it has changed the seats available for pre-paid confirmation as follows:
BA announces Avios earning fares with Malaysian
As MH joins OneWorld today, BA has announced which fare classes will earn Avios. Let the Tier Point runs begin….
New AA Reservations layout…and a note for BA Tier Point runners
Hard on the heals of changes to the way BA operates it’s redemption site, AA has redesigned its booking engine for revenue tickets. There has always been an odd quirk with AA’s UP fares – where you essentially get a free upgrade. These fares have always been popular with people looking for a few more…
When the final 2 metres takes as long as the flight!
I flew London City (LCY) to Amsterdam on Friday. The trip was pretty uneventful, although we landed on the most distant runway from the airport terminal (a 15 minute drive, from landing to terminal), and the fun started. We approached the terminal, the pilot stopped the engine, ‘Ping’ went the seatbelt sign and rush went…
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