Alex Cruz on BA Alex Cruz, BA’s Chief Executive, spoke at Skift travel industry forum this week and gave some insight into their route choices, particularly in the US. He indicated that BA were specifically looking at cities that were over a million inhabitants or more that currently have no…
New BA lounges One of the things that has long irritated me with BA has been the lack of lounges in some locations. BA have recently started to address the issue and have already added a number of new third party lounges. BA have just announced more airports that will…
Avios devaluation Yesterday many BA Executive Club members received a rather useless email stating that there would be a change in the number of Avios needed for partner airlines. I didn’t receive this email as it appears to be only sent to people who have previously booked an Avios redemption…
Qatar Airways has just launched offers on First and Business Class travel bookings from Tuesday 30 April to Monday 6 May 2019. Qatar are offering savings of up to 20 per cent on all Premium fares, as well as up to 25 per cent on all companion Premium fares. Privilege…
BA Marmite BA seems to be akin to marmite judging by the comments we get on the blog – you either love them or hate them! As part of their continuing 100-year celebrations, BA have launched a limited edition Marmite. Being a massive Marmite fan (and BA), this is one…
Today’s article is by reader Duncan and opens up an interesting debate about boarding and groups etc. Duncan is a frequent traveller with BA Gold status. Have a read and see what you think. Are you someone who likes to board early or would you prefer to saunter up at…
If you are new to flying Ex Eu which is basically starting your trip in a different country to save money, I would suggest you start with the beginners guide here. In this article, I will look at what to take into account with positioning and what is a back…
This review is the follow on from reader Amanda’s review of Garuda Indonesia business class which you can read here. They decided to break their trip in Jakarta with a stay at the Mandarin Oriental. Booking We arrived into Jakarta at around 7.00am to an almost deserted airport. Our flight…
It’s that time again – when TLFL has a clear out of all the unused items we have from our travels. This one has some great options due to all the First class flying we have been doing. The rules are the same as before: The prizes are all equal…
As Roving Reporter and I will be travelling to Buenos Aires for the next few days using our Iberia 90,000 Avios promotion, I have done as a big a selection of fares as possible today to keep you going! FARE: UK to South Africa on oneworld from £1487 – ENDS…
