500 – 1,000 bonus Avios with all short-haul British Airways flights this Autumn

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• Wyvern says:

  3 Jul3 July 07:25

  Seems to exclude under 18 HHA members – which is a bit unfair, in many cases a short haul ticket costs the same as an adult one.

• William of Wales says:

  3 Jul3 July 07:30

  The Avios devaluation has definitely caused me to shift a bit of my business over to Ryanair…

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3147840/Ryanheir-Prince-William-causes-stir-cattle-class-flying-budget-airline-Scotland-air-ambulance-training.html

• Andrew says:

  3 Jul3 July 08:01

  My partner and I have been intensely loyal to BA over the last five years or so. We’ve hardly flown any other airline, both for business and leisure. The changes to BAEC have utterly changed our relationship and feelings about BA – the great loyalty we had has now vanished and it shows in the fact our next two leisure trips are not with BA as we’re defecting to easyJet – certainly my first flights with them for a good 7 or so years.

  I also run a small business and have always booked the lowest BA fares. Last year I was making at least two flights a month with BA from LHR and LCY. With the poor Avios earning rate, I’m now seriously considering shifting my business elsewhere. At the moment the convenience of LCY and LHR are the only things keeping me there, and that’s fairly paper thin.

  • Polly says:

    3 Jul3 July 10:19

    I agree with you. I use the RFS to fly to dub Y ow so I can enjoy galleries, then always fly back Ryan air to LGW. It’s a nice way to burn some avios too. And to get my kids back and forth on last min trips to family, works v well for us. So Avios have their uses, but like James we earn from amex use, referring each other and tesco. We are not biz work travellers, OH flies Y for work, so the deval has affected us. As I say above, looking at alternative ways to travel, but still using BA F on a 241 annually.

• jhk says:

  3 Jul3 July 08:20

  and again not for the dutch customers. last time also i get personal a point deal and than . not for me. i do not know what kind of people are working at ba but it is a drama again. may be partime people working their.

• Steve says:

  3 Jul3 July 08:21

  BA should just rename themselves Home Counties Airways

• oyster says:

  3 Jul3 July 08:48

  But hoops to jump through; pre-register and limited booking window. They forgot to include a rule requiring Twitter approval from both centenarian parents.

  I can see the internal conversation:
  Marketing:
  “We need to hold on to some of our previous leisure flyers as the devaluation may send them to rivals”

  Finance:
  “Economy customers? What are they?”
  “Run an offer that appears to appease them, but set it up so that hardly any of those peasants get extra Avios and those that do get only a tiny bit extra.”

• Daniel @ Propeller Travel says:

  3 Jul3 July 09:17

  As times goes by, I keep feeling that BA simply is not the right proposition if you actually live in the UK. When I used to live in the US or Israel BA was wonderful.. (and it is evident for me still with the 115000 avios promo’s for most of the world but UK, etc) BA fares (even with private net fares) almost twice as some other OW carriers, etc.

  This is of course my personal opinion as a GGL, not my “propeller travel” opinion, but I keep feeling that my CCR card is rarely used since it’s simply economically not worth to book so many times.

• TrollBasher says:

  3 Jul3 July 09:19

  MAN based, I tried the revamped CE short haul product last month after a determined effort to stay away from the LHR connection. Returned direct to MAN on Vueling in “Excellence.” Mileage accrued via Iberia Plus. Frankly, for the money, convenience and Mileage opportunity via Iberia, the only downside to choosing Vueling is the inability to accrue BA status.
  This offer does nothing to lure me back.
  A further trip to BCN this month sees me using Vueling both ways, in Excellence. For £280 return, they provide dedicated check-in, fast track, lounge access, priority boarding, row 1 seating with empty seat adjacent, dedicated overhead storage, pre-departure drinks (see, it can be done BA), unlimited free bar and free unlimited choice of food from their buy-on-board menu, 23kg baggage allowance, changes permitted.
  BAEC has turned its back on the regions, though it is high time Vueling was brought in line with the rest of the IAG family and FF programmes were all integrated.

  • Erico1875 says:

    3 Jul3 July 22:31

    It must be a deliberate strategy by IAG . Iberia and Vuelling expanding into the Regions + by buying Aer Lingus, , if travelling West, they dont want us cluttering up T5.

    • John says:

      4 Jul4 July 02:18

      That’s it.

      Walsh has given up on LHR expansion any decade soon.

      Madrid and Dublin will become runways 3 and 4 at Heathrow for IAG.

      Don’t knock it. Better business classes and – crucially – EI last month introduced Tayto ration packs to universal acclaim (even at €4 a time!).

      http://www.thejournal.ie/tayto-crisp-sandwich-aer-lingus-2159454-Jun2015/

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