Bits: BA cuts Club World baggage allowance, Hilton flash sale, Luxury Travel Diary auctions

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News in brief:

British Airways to cut Club World baggage allowance

British Airways is to reduce the luggage allowance for Club World passengers. All tickets issued after 10th May will only allow you to check in two suitcases, each weighing up to 32kg.

The current limit is three pieces of luggage.

Any tickets issued before 10th May, irrespective of the travel date, will operate under the old rules.

Gold Executive Club Members will still be entitled to an additional free bag. A third piece of luggage will now cost £120 if pre-booked online or £140 when purchased at the airport.

Hilton flash sales for the USA and Asia

If you are heading eastwards this Spring, Hilton is running a flash sale for the US, Caribbean, Canada, and Latin America.

Bookings must be made by 4am on Thursday (ie midnight Wednesday Central Standard Time). Pricing details can be found here at hilton.com.

The maximum discount is 25% which is not huge but certainly better than nothing! If you have existing Hilton reservations in North America for the next two months you may want to recheck them. You will need to sign up for Hilton HHonors (free) if you are not already a member.

There is also an Asia-Pacific flash sale which I will cover tomorrow as it runs for a few days. The discount here runs to 40% – full details are here if you want to take a look now.

More Luxury Travel Diary auctions closing

The Luxury Travel Diary site dropped me a line about another wave of its luxury auctions closing this week. These are often worth a look as there are often deals to be had.

Some of the cooler lots, although these are not closing this week, include a seven night holiday for six in Costa Rica and some interesting safari deals.

As usual, it is worth having a look to see if anything takes your fancy.

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British Airways and Avios, Hilton Honors

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N says:

30 Mar30 March 06:17

Are the auctions for charity? I feel like they were at some point and now there seems to be minimal mention of charity anywhere on the site.
C Y S Yuen says:

30 Mar30 March 06:23

You know that I am actually feeling slight angry about the reduced luggage allowance…
- C Y S Yuen says:
  
  30 Mar30 March 06:24
  
  *slightly
  - Sandgrounder says:
    
    30 Mar30 March 07:44
    
    The race to the bottom continues. Comparison sites have a lot to answer for.
- John says:
  
  30 Mar30 March 08:26
  
  BA is still the most generous in the world. Technically you can still bring two 23kg bags on board in addition to the 32kg checked bags…
  
  I’ve done it. Brought some very heavy gold bars from London to HK.
Andrew says:

30 Mar30 March 07:10

Sorry- when is the Hilton USA sale ending, UK time wise ?? I can’t find it on the Hilton page and not so sure from what you have said above (midnight Tues / early Wed… Both of which have passed ?)
- Ian says:
  
  30 Mar30 March 07:42
  
  Midnight Tuesday CET
Neil Holland says:

30 Mar30 March 07:37

Heading east to the US? For our Tahitian readers? :^)
- John says:
  
  30 Mar30 March 08:27
  
  You can do it on CX or JL 😉
  
  For the TPs of course
Dale says:

30 Mar30 March 07:55

Yeh surely the Hilton sale is ongoing – it only appeared last night, and still showing on hilton.com I can’t see anywhere the timeframe specified
Talay says:

30 Mar30 March 08:00

We finally booked a Club World 2 for 1 Amex Avios ticket to Asia for July and were quite surprised that the allowance was 3 x 32kg, meaning my wife and daughter could travel with 192kg plus 4 hand luggage between them !

We have been used to Etihad and a (usually) flexible 2 x 32kg plus seemingly unlimited carry on luggage and of course been “stuck” with hand or 1 x 28/32kg on European routes.

I am glad this will not affect us this year as I believe my wife has already been working out just what she can take to fill all of the 192kg and likewise on the way back !

No wonder they are cutting back but we did pay them £1024 in spurious “taxes” and “fees” and “fuel surcharges” or whatever they like to call them thee days.
Leo says:

30 Mar30 March 08:07

Confused about the Hilton sale. So it was only valid until 4am this morning?
- Rob says:
  
  30 Mar30 March 09:02
  
  No, mistake, lost track of what day it is as on holiday!
  - Nick says:
    
    30 Mar30 March 13:08
    
    Nothing wrong with losing track of what day it is, especially when on holiday. Ummmmm, is it Friday again yet!
Eliot says:

30 Mar30 March 08:07

So just to confirm, a biz class ticket from London to NY is going down from 3 X 32kg to 2 X 23kg?