NEWS: Should you sell or exchange your miles or hotel points?
Should you sell your miles or hotel points? With both Virgin and British Airways making it very difficult to redeem flights for anything other than flights, many people are sitting…
When will travel bans lift? Heathrow down to two terminals, Etihad trials new medical self screening & get the Doubletree cookie recipe to bake at home
When will travel bans lift? Along with wanting the COVID-19 crisis to be over and for life to turn to normal, many of us are wondering when we will be…
NEWS: British Airways joins Virgin in transporting vital equipment to UK – see the flight videos
One of the comments I see very frequently online, even from some frequent flyers is, why are there still aircraft flying? Well, apart from repatriation flights and flights for essential…
NEWS: Cruz emails BA customers, Iberia limited time offer for 10% on vouchers, BA Amex vouchers & Marriott ups their game
Cruz emails British Airways customers At the moment there seems to be a daily deluge of random companies CEO’s emailing me to tell me about what they are doing in…
NEWS: Are Swiss/Lufthansa now the worst at giving refunds in the crisis? Refunds department is “closed”
Are Swiss/Lufthansa the worst airlines for refunds in the crisis? We all know that airlines are in trouble financially and don’t want to pay out for ticket refunds. Many such…
NEWS: #wewillflyagain – the beautiful new videos (sob!), Time to book Intercontinental & IHG hotels? & Singapore Changi changes
A new breed of airline and travel industry adverts are emerging. Whilst they may not have much money to burn, I would guess these use old footage and are pretty…
NEWS: BA stops Avios redemptions on some items, BA voucher refund for upgrades, EU & US airline refunds, Hyatt goes the extra mile & video of BA aircraft
BA stops Avios redemptions on some items In recent articles, we have been talking about how to cash out your Avios if you can’t spend them or are concerned about…
NEWS: BA pulls dividend, EU extends slot concession, Emirates to start flights & Qantas chops chauffeur services,
British Airways pulls dividend and reduces schedule by 90% EasyJet caused controversy recently when they decided to go ahead with a £174 million dividend for shareholders. This is despite the…
NEWS: BA staff volunteer to support NHS, St John Ambulance and communities across the UK
Yesterday I wrote about how BA were furloughing around 30,000 staff across the business. It was good to see that BA are encouraging staff to help where they can whilst…
NEWS: Stansted airport’s eerie pictures, Finnair – business class basic, tier point issues, 10% voucher bonus
Stansted airport’s eerie pictures London Stansted has released unique drone footage showing how it is managing the challenge of finding parking spaces for almost 100 aircraft which have been grounded…
