Well, where to start?! That was a “long” weekend although I only spent 24 hours in New York! So what on earth was I doing and what happened? Back in one of the cheap economy sales (yes I said it shudders) myself and some friends booked a weekend in the…
BA 100 years part pay with Avios bonus I don’t often cover economy or premium economy deals, but this is a great deal. To celebrate their 100th birthday BA are offering nearly three times the value for their part pay with Avios option until midnight Tuesday 12 February. Part pay…
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…
Yes, I said it! Club Europe, and popular in the same sentence. There are a few different camps out there around the BA Business class offering – let’s break them down quickly. Those that think its a rip-off and the offering is Economy+ at best. Those that fly it whenever…
It has been a while since a new premium hotel connected to one of the Heathrow terminals opened so I was keen to try out and review the new Crowne Plaza at Heathrow T4. It has only been open since October but generally seemed to be working well despite still being…
Oneworld news Qatar have been threatening to withdraw from Oneworld for some time. Although they had given a deadline of Christmas to officially announce their withdrawal most people assumed it would happen at the recent Oneworld board meeting in New York. However, Qatar CEO AL Baker was notable by his…
This flight was the final leg of Roving Reporter and my jaunt around Asia using my BA Amex 2-4-1 voucher. I am writing this trip’s reviews in reverse given that a chat with Alex Cruz recently revealed that BA will be developing the B787 First seat with a few tweaks…
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…
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…
BA invests in customer service BA has often come under fire for its handling of customers in disruption such as the widescale IT failure last year. In such situations, staff were often powerless to do much even though they knew what needed to be done and what the common sense…
