British Airways launched its new lounge in Rome Fiumicino yesterday. To quote: “Spread over 460 square metres, the space can comfortably host nearly 140 customers. It also features a number of .....

British Airways launched its new lounge in Rome Fiumicino yesterday. To quote: “Spread over 460 square .....

17 Apr 201817 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and hotel credit card sign-up deals. Finally, after a few relatively dull months, we have had .....

It is time for our regular round up of what is coming and what is going in the world of UK airline and .....

16 Apr 201816 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World and Club Europe flash sale.  There are some decent prices here but you need to book by Monday 16th April.  The headline prices may seem a .....

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World and Club Europe flash sale.  There are some decent .....

14 Apr 201814 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

Tesco Bank has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  As usual I need to tell you that the representative APR is 56.5% .....

Tesco Bank has launched its biggest ever sign-up bonus for the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out .....

13 Apr 201813 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday to confirm rumours that it intends to open negotiations with Norwegian Air Shuttle to buy .....

IAG, the parent of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, made a statement to the Stock Exchange on Thursday .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 99 comments

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only loading one fish plate for a cabin of nine people and only loading one bottle of a particular .....

A friend of mine recently flew British Airways First Class.  After a litany of issues, including BA only .....

12 Apr 201812 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 159 comments

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. According to Airlineroute, Oakland is showing again in the GDS booking systems from 1st .....

We recently covered the suspension of flights by British Airways to Oakland in California from 20th October. .....

11 Apr 201811 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Starting on Monday, avios.com (as opposed to British Airways Executive Club) is emailing members that the avios.com platform running the Avios Travel Rewards Programme is to be wound down. You will no .....

Starting on Monday, avios.com (as opposed to British Airways Executive Club) is emailing members that the .....

9 Apr 20189 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 385 comments

We may get an announcement this week about the long-delayed restructuring of the avios.com platform. There are a lot of moving parts, but what is rumoured is that avios.com will close as a standalone .....

We may get an announcement this week about the long-delayed restructuring of the avios.com platform. There are .....

9 Apr 20189 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 142 comments

British Airways Chairman and CEO, Alex Cruz, is speaking at a breakfast organised by one of our readers for the trade group UK Israel Business. It takes place at 8am on Wednesday 25th April in the .....

British Airways Chairman and CEO, Alex Cruz, is speaking at a breakfast organised by one of our readers for .....

6 Apr 20186 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 50 comments

You can’t move these days without seeing a generous mileage offer for subscribing to The Economist. As you can see at this link, you can earn 13,200 Avios if you take out a 1-year digital .....

You can’t move these days without seeing a generous mileage offer for subscribing to The Economist. As .....

5 Apr 20185 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

Four days after British Airways removed all Avios availability in First Class to the Americas, Asia and Africa, the seats have returned. It isn’t clear what is going on.  However, my article on .....

Four days after British Airways removed all Avios availability in First Class to the Americas, Asia and .....

3 Apr 20183 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 74 comments

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel booking site Rocketmiles. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow .....

Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel .....

3 Apr 20183 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

The new British Airways service from Gatwick to Oakland on the US West Coast, which has reportedly been running with loads as low as 50 passengers, is to be cancelled for Winter 2018/9.  The last .....

The new British Airways service from Gatwick to Oakland on the US West Coast, which has reportedly been .....

3 Apr 20183 April 2018 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments