Competition winner If you still had your hopes pinned on winning the BA Silver competition, I’m afraid we found the elusive Michael G who was delighted to find out he had won a British Airways silver card. Michael said “Thanks to Michele and Turning Left For Less for the terrific…
BA first Gatwick long haul schedules confirmed and Bermuda open Yesterday I wrote about BA’s plans to move all its short haul services from Gatwick to Heathrow until September as well as cancel some long haul routes. Today, British Airways has confirmed its schedule for long haul flights from Gatwick…
Business & First fares to US for 2021 General watch-outs: most existing policies will not cover you for travel while there is an FCO warning in place and also many will not cover COVID. Schedules and routes are liable to substantial change, so flexibility is key. The USA has been…
British Airways launch new BA holidays guarantees Today British Airways Holidays is launching its Customer Promise to provide customers peace of mind when booking a holiday. Most of it is not new, but it summarises everything in one place. At the moment, booking a BA holiday is a good way…
British Airways cheap long haul redemptions BA started trialing Reward Flight Saver redemptions to the US recently and has now added a new destination. Initially, the trial was just to New York. Now, this has been extended to Boston as well. By using the RFS option it reduces the minimum…
British Airways changes voucher policy – even if you have already taken one! At the moment there seems to be a very welcome deluge of good news from BA. So far we have had an extension to the Book with Confidence Policy, one-year extensions to status and a 25% reduction…
BA status extensions FAQs Following my earlier article, I was overwhelmed with questions on here and social media. So rather than try to reply as I waited for clarity on a few issues, I have compiled a list of scenarios. You have earned enough TPs now to reach a higher…
If you have been thinking about booking a trip with British Airways or have one booked for August and would like to move it, there is some good news. BA have further expended their policy as follows: Existing bookings – booked before 3 March 2020 If you are due to…
British Airways – food and drink onboard update On Friday I spoke to British Airways about the situation with food and drink onboard. Understandably a lot of people are concerned that they may pay for a ticket for First or Club World and get no difference from economy apart from…
British Airways scraps Langham & Mandarin Oriental perks and Avios British Airways has quietly dropped a couple of its hotel partners. Up until very recently, you could get both Avios and upgrades, etc depending on your level of status at Langham and Mandarin Oriental. Gold members used to get Langham…
