BA won’t “fire to re-hire” any more staff as it nears agreement – Alex Cruz faces Parliamentary committee Alex Cruz, BA’s CEO appeared before the Transport Select Committee today following on from Willie Walsh’s previous appearance. Alex revealed that last week BA flew 187,000 passengers compared to just under a…
Virgin Upper Class from £781 return Virgin currently has one of the cheapest ever deals for Upper Class that I have seen. Prices from Heathrow to Delhi start from a super cheap £781 return! The bad news is that it is only valid for travel until 31 January 2021. Given…
Today in one of the last steps in recusing Virgin Atlantic from insolvency, the UK High Court approved the restructuring plan for the airline. Virgin have recently announced a lot of improvements for the Virgin Flying Club and the onboard service in Upper Class. A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: “In…
Last week I mentioned that Virgin had been giving more details of their new onboard food service. Today they have given further details as well as announcing some new routes to be resumed. Hopefully, BA is watching and will improve their Club World and First offerings which are not great…
New Virgin Routes Virgin Atlantic has announced it will be launching flights to Pakistan in December 2020. This is no doubt due to the fact that PIA have been banned from Europe after it was revealed that a high percentage of their pilots had dodgy licenses! Operating three new routes from…
I previously wrote about the Virgin restructuring deal to rescue the company that was waiting for approval in court today. For all those with bookings and miles with Virgin, you can nearly breathe a sigh of relief. In court today the creditors agreed to the recapitalisation of the airline, but…
US removes 14-day quarantine for travellers Travellers from the UK are still not able to enter the US if they have spent any time in the last 14 days in Europe or the UK. The irony of this when the US has a far, far worse rate of infection than…
Virgin Atlantic provides complimentary COVID-19 global insurance cover for all bookings Virgin Atlantic has decided to add free COVID-19 insurance cover on all new and existing bookings. Getting insurance that covers COVID-19 is not always easy, so having this as additional cover for free with Virgin is a great idea….
With the announcements last week from Virgin Atlantic which gave some very impressive additions to the Flying Club, it is well worth a look to see if you should be collecting Virgin miles as well as Avios. Although most of us won’t be flying long haul for a while, the…
Today Virgin has made some excellent improvements to their Flying Club. You can read about how you can earn status without ever buying a cash ticket in this article. Easier use of Companion, Upgrade and Clubhouse vouchers and easier upgrades The Virgin Atlantic credit card is one of the…
