British Airways sent out an email earlier this week about Household Accounts. As we covered in our article on BA Household Accounts yesterday, you will be unable to open, close or amend a Household .....

British Airways sent out an email earlier this week about Household Accounts. As we covered in our article on .....

30 Sep 202130 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 61 comments

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I am spending some time over the next fortnight looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so .....

How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I am spending some time over the next .....

30 Sep 202130 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

British Airways Executive Club sent out a cryptic email yesterday about Household Accounts. It said: “We wanted to let you know that we’ll shortly be carrying out some planned improvements .....

British Airways Executive Club sent out a cryptic email yesterday about Household Accounts. It said: “We .....

29 Sep 202129 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

British Airways has committed to a ‘no lay-offs’ policy when the Government furlough scheme ends tomorrow. This represents a step-change in employee relations from the situation over the .....

British Airways has committed to a ‘no lay-offs’ policy when the Government furlough scheme ends .....

29 Sep 202129 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so you can see if it is worth signing up. When we first covered this in .....

I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios .....

26 Sep 202126 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / Fairmont etc, has brought back its generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Accor points. You .....

Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / .....

24 Sep 202124 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Five days after we exclusively broke the story that BA pilot union BALPA had refused to support the new low cost model proposed for Gatwick Airport, British Airways has officially pulled the plug. All .....

Five days after we exclusively broke the story that BA pilot union BALPA had refused to support the new low .....

23 Sep 202123 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 243 comments

On Thursday we covered the launch of the Avios and BPme Rewards partnership. You can now transfer your BPme Rewards points into Avios. The transfer rate is attractive. If you have 200 BPme Rewards .....

On Thursday we covered the launch of the Avios and BPme Rewards partnership. You can now transfer your BPme .....

22 Sep 202122 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

British Airways has announced another 12 months extension of elite status for some Executive Club members. The screw seems to be tightening, however. The initial extension in 2020 covered all members. .....

British Airways has announced another 12 months extension of elite status for some Executive Club members. The .....

20 Sep 202120 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 150 comments

Alongside the extension of Executive Club status for 25% of members announced today, British Airways has also tweaked its rules on lounge access. Whilst this won’t impact most status members .....

Alongside the extension of Executive Club status for 25% of members announced today, British Airways has also .....

20 Sep 202120 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

News in brief: British Airways resumes flights to San Diego British Airways has announced a date for restarting flights to San Diego. A thrice-weekly service (Wednesday, Friday, Sunday) will begin on .....

News in brief: British Airways resumes flights to San Diego British Airways has announced a date for .....

19 Sep 202119 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 43 comments

The British Airways plan to relaunch its short-haul operation at London Gatwick on a low cost model appeared to be on the verge of collapse last night. BALPA, the British Airways pilot union, .....

The British Airways plan to relaunch its short-haul operation at London Gatwick on a low cost model appeared .....

18 Sep 202118 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

British Airways seems to have added a new route between Heathrow and Mauritius today. This is a route which normally goes from Gatwick – I have it booked for next May – which is how we can .....

British Airways seems to have added a new route between Heathrow and Mauritius today. This is a route which .....

16 Sep 202116 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

The new UK partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched today. As you’d expect, there is a conversion bonus if you have a few points ready to move. You will receive 25 Avios for every 40 .....

The new UK partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched today. As you’d expect, there is a .....

16 Sep 202116 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments