British Airways to close Gatwick permanently? Yesterday I spoke about the 12,000 jobs that BA are talking of potentially losing. This includes amalgamating the three fleets at Heathrow into one, lower-cost fleet for both long and short-haul flights. Pilots are also looking at losing about a quarter of their…
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…
British Airways are celebrating Valentine’s Day with a range of short and long haul offers to destinations including Barcelona, New Orleans, Seychelles and Venice. Customers who book two Club cabin tickets can make a saving of up to £800 per person compared to booking one ticket. To take advantage of…
British Airways this week have announced six new summer destinations. I am particularly happy to see Montenegro which is a stunning country, and on my list of places to visit this summer. I will be looking at whether I can do an open jaw to Dubrovnik with it as the…
LATAM previews new business class I recently flew LATAM for the first time on its intra European flight which you can read about here. I travelled on their B787 which although the seats were good, they were still in a rather old fashioned 2-2-2 configuration. LATAM has now revealed their…
Welcome to the roundup of today’s Black Friday deals. The master page for Black Friday deals is here. I will update the page if any more offers appear. Sadly there is not much from Qatar. Although they have a sale the deals are generally pretty poor so far. Flights…
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…
Singapore Airlines to Bali from £1535 If you have been wanting to try out Singapore airlines and their amazingly wide business class seats, they have been doing some great offers from Stockholm recently including New Zealand for around £2100. You can read my review of the A350 here. The offers are…
British Airways adds more lease aircraft from Gatwick Last year BA bought failed airline Monarch’s slots at Gatwick which left them in a bit of a pickle. They are required to operate a certain percentage of the slots themselves but have been struggling to get enough aircraft of their own…
Last week I reviewed BA’s Gatwick South Club lounge and the check-in area. Today I will be looking at what is on offer for First Class and Gold Card Holder/Oneworld Emerald passengers. I originally reviewed the lounge a day or so after it opened. Since then I have visited multiple times…
