Members of the Unite union employed by Swissport, intend to walk out for 48 hours on 23 and 24 December 2016. Swissport provide check in and baggage handler staff to airlines. However talks are due to be held at ACAS on Tuesday 20th December in a bid to avert the strike….
How much impact will it have? As you may have seen in the media, British Airways cabin crew on the Mixed Fleet contracts have voted to strike. As Unite members of Mixed Fleet only represent 15% of cabin crew, the impact would be nowhere near that for the previous cabin crew…
Here is a round-up of the top travel websites to save you money. These travel websites are lesser-known help save money and have some added benefits. Classic travel – a Virtuoso agent You may not of heard of Virtuoso travel agents but for those that have had an…
British Airways holidays have some very generous deals available on their website, albeit some requiring you to fly in the next few weeks. You can see more details here. Booking a British Airways holiday is a good earner for Avios versus buying hotel and flight separately as not only do you get…
Avios offers There are a couple of decent offers that have just appeared if you need to top up your Avios balance for a redemption. One requires significantly more effort than the other but has much higher reward for less money. Avis Avis are offering 18,000 bonus Avios on top…
British Airways High Life has launched an auction in aid of Flying Start, BA’s charity with Comic Relief. The charity helps children both in the UK and the world’s poorest countries. The bidding starts at £50 (although most are already above that) and there are some interesting ‘money can’t buy’ prizes…
1. Timing is everything Many people believe that the best bargains are to be had by booking early. However fares will often reduce during sale periods even during very busy times like school holidays. This is particularly true of premium class flights as often demand goes down during school holidays…
Unless you have been glued to Flyertalk over the last few weeks you may have missed some of the latest British Airways news. There have been 2 forums where British Airways have openly discussed their future plans. The first was the IAG Capital Markets day presentation for investors. Secondly CEO…
If you are trying to gain or maintain status in the British Airways Executive Club you may want a cheap way to earn tier points. A few weeks ago British Airways was offering business class flights from £234 to Tallinn in Estonia flying on Finnair which offered 200 tier points. Similar…
My roving reporter had his first taste of the exclusive British Airways Gin only available in T5 Concorde room. He wasn’t overly impressed and found it a bit medicinal tasting but it may have been that is was 6am!
