BA status extensions BA has offered an extra year of status for all Executive Club members with expiry dates from July 2020 to June 2021 . The status updates were done on Monday, so if you look it will show your CARD expiry date with an extra year. Your tier…
Etihad Airways is encouraging travellers to start planning their next trip, once travel restrictions ease, with the launch of ‘Etihad Travel Voucher’. Customers who purchase an Etihad Travel Voucher between 10 and 24 June 2020 will receive an extra 50% cash value for future travel from 1 August 2020 onwards,…
Wellness onboard Etihad Airways are gradually introducing more destinations, although most of them are yet to be open to tourists. From July onwards they plan to serve 40 destinations and will continue to fly from London. Etihad has launched ‘Etihad Wellness’, an expanded and more comprehensive health and hygiene programme…
Firstly, congratulations to Wilma who won our “recreate your travel experience at home” competition! Sadly as Wilma lives in the Channel Islands, she couldn’t get the caviar delivered but we gave her an extra bottle of fizz instead! In case you missed it, here is her winning entry: Oktoberfest…
When will travel bans lift? Along with wanting the COVID-19 crisis to be over and for life to turn to normal, many of us are wondering when we will be able to travel again. It is a difficult question as there are so many unknowns. Will there be a treatment…
EU slots requirements to be reduced Airlines and environmentalists have been calling for the alleviation of the requirement to use their slots at the UK’s major airports for 80% of the time or lose them. Airlines have admitted that they have been flying aircraft almost empty to keep their slots…
Etihad Asia from £1117 Yesterday I wrote about the UK Etihad sale which is a little underwhelming. There are some better offers if you are willing to start in Sweden but they do involve 2 stops to the destination, one in Europe and then one in Abu Dhabi. You can…
More Swiss 2-4-1 UK deals in Asia On Friday, I posted about an “under the radar” Swiss companion sale. Feedback from readers is that many found some bargains, although some people struggled to find the deals for the dates they wanted. At the time of writing Swiss have still not…
So here I am at FL400 (40,000ft) somewhere over Moscow. Mabuhay and welcome to this, the review of Philippine Airlines Business Class. Let me talk you through the good and the not so good of their new Airbus A350. Fourteen hours is a LONG time to be on a plane…
BA flights changes – what to do about downgrades & changes It’s that time of year again…. no, not Christmas. The one where BA makes major timetable changes as it assigns its fleet to the timetable for next year, and potentially mucks up all your planes. This is one of…
