Travel corridor additions & removals This week’s announcement from Grant Shapps had a few surprises. Denmark which has been in the red zone for a while (above 20 per 100,000 over the last 7 days) was not removed from the list. However, Slovenia and Guadeloupe were removed from the Travel…
BA won’t “fire to re-hire” any more staff as it nears agreement – Alex Cruz faces Parliamentary committee Alex Cruz, BA’s CEO appeared before the Transport Select Committee today following on from Willie Walsh’s previous appearance. Alex revealed that last week BA flew 187,000 passengers compared to just under a…
BA ditches inflight magazines onboard Airlines have ditched inflight magazines due to the risk of transmission of coronavirus. BA have taken the opportunity to remove their magazines permanently from onboard and go online. Obviously this will save a substantial amount of money both in reducing the amount of weight onboard…
Introduction Like most, my travel has been significantly reduced with my last trip ending on the 8th of March returning from Addis Adaba in Ethiopia. With a holiday allowance from work to try and use up before the end of the year, I decided to visit some friends in Verbier,…
Get an extra £100 off in the BA sale British Airways Holidays is offering an additional saving in the September Sale for those who book between 03-08 September 2020. Customers can book a flight + hotel or flight + car holiday and make the following additional savings, on top of…
BA restarts Grand Cayman flights – but don’t get excited, it’s closed! British Airways plans to resume service to the Cayman Islands, initially operating London Heathrow – Grand Cayman nonstop instead of 1-stop via Nassau. From London Heathrow, the service will operate every 2 weeks from 17 September until the…
As well as the BA Club flight offers and BA Luxury holiday deals, there are also some exceptional First class deals. There are a few notes of caution about this. Firstly with BA retiring the B747s and the A380s likely grounded for a while, aircraft swaps and downgrades are likely….
Earlier I looked at the great flights deals in the sale and the free lounge access. Now let’s take a look at the holidays and other offers. I am only booking holidays currently rather than flight only. This has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages is that you need to cancel…
BA has launched their sale today with some great bargains! You need to book by 30 September 2020. If you fancy getting away, now is actually a great time to book and not just due to the sale prices. There are a number of reassurances and offers from BA that…
US removes 14-day quarantine for travellers Travellers from the UK are still not able to enter the US if they have spent any time in the last 14 days in Europe or the UK. The irony of this when the US has a far, far worse rate of infection than…
