News in brief: New British Airways strike announced Another wave of mixed fleet cabin crew strikes have been announced for next week. Certain cabin crew will walk out from Friday 3rd March to Thursday .....

News in brief: New British Airways strike announced Another wave of mixed fleet cabin crew strikes have been .....

28 Feb 201728 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 83 comments

News in brief: A new way to spend expiring Emirates Skywards miles I get a lot of emails from HfP readers concerned about some Emirates Skywards miles which are approaching expiry. Your options are .....

News in brief: A new way to spend expiring Emirates Skywards miles I get a lot of emails from HfP readers .....

27 Feb 201727 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 92 comments

News in brief: 15% Iberia discount code – today and tomorrow only Iberia has a new discount code aimed at the UK market which expires on Tuesday. The code you need is MARCH15.  You input .....

News in brief: 15% Iberia discount code – today and tomorrow only Iberia has a new discount code aimed .....

27 Feb 201727 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

British Airways and mail order wine group Laithwaites ran The British Airways Wine Club for many, many years. At some point in the last couple of years this was quietly retired, although .....

British Airways and mail order wine group Laithwaites ran The British Airways Wine Club for many, many years. .....

26 Feb 201726 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

News in brief: Last day to get 2,400 Avios with £50 of toys Today, Sunday, is the last day to take advantage of the Tesco Direct offer of 1,000 Clubcard points when spending £50 on Nerf, My .....

News in brief: Last day to get 2,400 Avios with £50 of toys Today, Sunday, is the last day to take advantage .....

26 Feb 201726 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

A month ago I ran this article speculating that BA has begun to target Avios ticket holders for downgrades. This would be economically rational.  Under EU regulations, a downgraded passenger is .....

A month ago I ran this article speculating that BA has begun to target Avios ticket holders for downgrades. .....

25 Feb 201725 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 357 comments

This is my review of the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge at Frankfurt Airport, which is where you may end up if flying with British Airways. This is the last article from my recent review trip which .....

This is my review of the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge at Frankfurt Airport, which is where you may end up .....

25 Feb 201725 February 2017 by Anika Burnett • 16 comments

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World promotion for travel over the Summer, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year on core routes to the US and Middle East. There are some .....

British Airways Holidays has launched a special Club World promotion for travel over the Summer, Thanksgiving, .....

24 Feb 201724 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 121 comments

I am not a big fan of earning Avios or indeed any loyalty points via e-Rewards.  That said, when I wrote this article four years ago about the ‘points for questionnaires’ company, I got .....

I am not a big fan of earning Avios or indeed any loyalty points via e-Rewards.  That said, when I wrote this .....

24 Feb 201724 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Avios has launched, as a trial, ‘Avios Advance’. This has been knocking around for a while on a limited basis but is now popping up for more and more people. This is something new for .....

Avios has launched, as a trial, ‘Avios Advance’. This has been knocking around for a while on a .....

22 Feb 201722 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments

Following a lot of rationalisation over the last couple of years, Avis emerged as the sole British Airways car hire partner. The avisba.com website offers a range of benefits including free additional .....

Following a lot of rationalisation over the last couple of years, Avis emerged as the sole British Airways car .....

20 Feb 201720 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

Time is running out to take advantage of the current Avios promotion organised by financial services group Nutmeg.  You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when you open a Stocks & Shares ISA .....

Time is running out to take advantage of the current Avios promotion organised by financial services group .....

18 Feb 201718 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

BA news in brief: BA announces weekend routes from Dublin and Edinburgh British Airways has announced another two random European weekend routes using aircraft freed up by the weekend closure of .....

BA news in brief: BA announces weekend routes from Dublin and Edinburgh British Airways has announced another .....

18 Feb 201718 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

I’ve managed to get my hands on the launch date and operational details of the changes to British Airways domestic flights.  As was first flagged in a BA investor presentation last year, .....

I’ve managed to get my hands on the launch date and operational details of the changes to British .....

17 Feb 201717 February 2017 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments