Malaysia Airlines ditch First class or does it? In a sudden announcement, Malaysia Airlines will stop having First Class and rebrand the cabin as Business Class suites on its A350 and A380 aircraft from today 12 December. Business Suites will be pitched about halfway between First and business class in terms…
BA and Oneworld flights to the US from £1186 If you don’t mind flying ex EU or ex Inverness or want the extra tier points there are a few deals around currently to the US worth a look. There are cheaper fares from Inverness (and also Jersey) for routes due to the lack…
New BA routes Yesterday British Airways announced the launch of two new routes from Heathrow to Ljubljana in Slovenia and Montpellier in France. Ljubljana has been on my list for a while so I am really pleased to see another European city on BA’s route map. There should be good availability…
British Airways launch electronic bag tags I am quite a fan of electronic bag tags and have been hoping that BA would launch their version of them fairly soon. You can read more about the general concept of electronic bag tags in this article. BA have announced the launch of TAG,…
In September 2018 British Airways yet again changed their Club Europe catering after only a relatively short period since the last change. This was mainly due to the lukewarm reception the catering was getting on medium routes which had lost their hot meals which only had a panini or the…
American Airlines introduces another 210 TP domestic route American Airlines will introduce a new transcontinental 3 class route twice daily on an Airbus A321T between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) beginning 2 April 2019. This offers fully lie-flat seats in both First and business,…
Although Roving Reporter and I were only flying short haul with Cathay Pacific these are the same seats as used on long haul so worthy of a review. It is also interesting to see the contrast between what you generally get on short flights in European business class compared to…
Well, the big day is finally here – not Christmas but Black Friday which is traditionally one of the best days of the year for travel bargains. I shall post again today as more sale details are released so keep checking back. You can find all the Black Friday articles on…
If you want to a quick break somewhere not too expensive for tier points, Belfast could be an option. Flights are around £230 or less in a sale and would get you 80 tier points return in Club Europe. The city of Belfast has been well known for a long…
Every November IAG, the parent company of BA, Iberia and Aer Lingus amongst others, gives a presentation for their shareholders. This is usually an excellent source of information about what BA has planned for the future as well as how it is performing now. This year was a little light…
