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 following the Covid-19 pandemic. The reduced operation at what is usually the UK’s fourth busiest airport meant an Essex Police…
BA furloughs up to 36,000 staff Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, which represents thousands of workers employed by British Airways, has today (Thursday 2 April) reached agreement with BA about how workers will be protected during the coronavirus crisis. The staff include ground workers, cabin crew and head…
Yesterday there was good news that BA had extended their credit facility for another year and had over $9.3 billion in liquidity. I believe it is still worth collecting Avios, although I would not buy them. There are a number of good offers on the BA eStore for collecting Avios…
UK Government helps stranded travellers The government announced on Monday that they will be helping UK nationals to travel home. Where commercial flights exist, airlines should try to book travellers on an alternative route home or another airline. This should be at no or minimal additional cost. Dominic Raab advised…
Turning Left for Less virtual reader event We had been hoping to hold a real reader event this spring, but since that now looks months away from happening, I thought it would be fun to hold a virtual event. The event will be by video link using Zoom on Friday…
One of the most frequent questions I get is about having a British Airways Holiday and whether you should pay the balance or cancel now. BA Holidays are treated slightly differently to a flight booking: If you have a hotel or car hire booking that was originally classed as non-refundable,…
Earlier this week I wrote about BA giving a reduction of the tier points needed for those that are due for renewal in March, April and May. Reader Lindsay commented to say that unofficially, the 30% reductions appear to apply to all parts of the scheme that need TPs to…
How to get a cash refund from BA without calling (new) EDIT: BA have obviously spotted this post as they have now removed the link and you get directed to the voucher. Sigh! Thanks to reader Tim D for sharing this with us. BA has not been making it easy…
Most airlines have already announced the measures they are taking to extend members status or reduce the tier points needed. BA have announced that they are writing to impacted Executive Club members to let them know that BA be lowering all Tier Point thresholds by 30% for all members due…
Qatar’s improved offerings with 10% bonus Whilst we may have all been moaning about BA’s sneaky ways of making you call for a refund, once you actually got through they have been pretty helpful. Nearly all the complaints that I have read recently have been about Qatar. The main issue…
