Everything seems to be moving pretty fast with the merger of bmi in to BA. So fast that some of the information was released by other Star Alliance airlines before bmi told us. A minute ago bmi posted some Q&A’s on their Facebook page and it’s pretty shocking stuff: ** bmi plans to withdraw from…
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Double BA Avios points for Air Berlin flights 20 Mar – 15 May 2012
As part of welcoming airberlin to OneWorld, BA are offering double Avios miles for airberlin flights taken from 20 March to 15 May 2012. More Information With airberlin joining, oneworld® now offers you flights to more than 70 destinations in 45 countries, we thought this was cause for celebration. So for every flight you take…
Another Weekend BA Club Europe Sale – Historic Capitals – 25% off
Fly Club Europe (business class) to selected historic capitals or cultural cities, with flights from London Gatwick to Tirana, Pristina or Tunis. From London Heathrow the offer is valid on flights to Warsaw, Prague, Sofia, Budapest, Bucharest, Kiev, Athens, Istanbul, Larnaca, Berlin and Paris. You can also fly from London City airport to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Palma de…
BA explains ‘Evicted by Emin’ – her deal guarantees special treatment!
As some of you may know my seat was moved between check-in and boarding to allow Tracey Emin to have two seats on a busy flight from London to New York. My initial report is here. After a few email exchanges with BA, when they stuck to the position that ‘we can move your seat…
Back to a Freezing Blighty
After a few hours on BA4 from JFK to London City: As we came over Wales there was snow on the hills: And we flew in to City Airport very close to my house – top left of image:
Updates – BA London City Service and GroundLink
BA London City to JFK Service I took the LCY-JFK service again this past Thursday, but this time flew on BA3 (the 4pm) departure; I had always taken the BA1 before. Differences I noticed to my last trip (29 Dec) BA3 seems much fuller – City people travelling back to NY seemed to dominate the…
BA Ski Sale – 10% off Economy/25% off Club Europe – select destinations until 31 March – Book by 9 Jan 2012
BA are offering discounts to Exec Club holders to select destinations in Europe, for Ski trips it appears. Details: As an Executive Club member you are invited to benefit from an exclusive discount on selected ski destinations. 10% off economy class. 25% off business class. Using your voucher This offer is valid for bookings made…
Evicted by Emin – Reply from BA
I sent BA a short note pointing out that I didn’t think they had handled my Eviction by Tracey Emin very well (click for the original post). Their reply today doesn’t even contain a real apology, but is a simple form e-mail, presumably sent when any passenger has their seat moved by the airline. Dear…
Trip Report – BA1 – LCY-JFK – 29 Dec 2011
As part of the deeply discounted BA sale tickets offered at the start of December, I booked a trip to San Francisco over New Year. This featured my favourite flight (London City Airport to JFK, Via Shannon), and then some American Airlines segments within the US. These would help me requalify for BA Gold, one…
BBC Reporting BA has binding agreement to buy bmi
BBC Radio has just reported that BA (or rather its parent company) has reached a binding agreement with Lufthansa to acquire bmi. This scuttles Virgin’s plans to buy bmi. More soon! BBC Report – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16298167 But not good news if you work for bmi I fear: British Airways owner IAG has agreed a binding deal…
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