If you plan to book a ticket with British Airways but have not joined the AARP, you, amigo, are missing out! British Airways just sweetened an already good deal with higher discounts for economy and premium economy tickets. I...
British Airways Invites You to Capitalize on Brexit
Ask not what you can do for Brexit, ask what can Brexit do for me — that seems to be the rallying cry at British Airways, which has capitalized on the GBP’s lowest level since 1985 to launch a three-day fare...
New British Airways Award Search Interface
British Airways Executive Club has again updated the interface of its award search engine, though functionally the tool remains unchanged. The only advantage to the new search tool is a more prominent display of which travel days are “peak”...
How To Get Arrested on a Plane
Many are tense now with recent terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut still a vivid memory as is the downing of a Russian jet in Egypt. With that heightened fear, I can only imagine what passengers onboard a British...
British Airways Stabs USA Travelers in the Back in Latest Cutback
British Airways should be ashamed of itself — truly ashamed. Every carrier has sweet spots on its award chart and we all knew that one of the great bright spots of the Executive Club award chart was 4,5000 miles...
Yes, I Took Advantage of the British Airways Sale and You Should Too
When news hit about British Airways’ stellar business class fare deal yesterday, I had no intention of taking advantage – I already have a healthy supply of points to fund years of premium cabin award travel, am loyal to...
New California British Airways Route Has Lots of Award Space
British Airways will commence service between the Silicon Valley and London on May 4, 2016, offering daily non-stop service between San Jose, CA and London Heathrow on its new 787-9 Dreamliner. If you are looking for non-stop business class...
Inspired by British Airways: London to Kuala Lumpur
British Airways has produced amazing short videos in the past. Before I include links of those, this one just came to me in an email yesterday from Heathrow and I think it looks stunning. I wasn’t aware they were...
Last Call for 40% American Express Transfer Bonus to British Airways
We’re just a few hours away from the end of the most lucrative American Express Membership Rewards transfer bonus we’ve seen in more than a year. Last call to take advantage of the 40% British Airways Executive Club transfer...
Major British Airways Executive Club Devaluation in Late April
British Airways has announced changes to how you earn and burn Avios effective 28 April 2015 and let’s not kid ourselves — this is a massive devaluation. Our one reprieve is that short-haul economy class redemptions will not go...
Hot Deal Alert! US Airways Saver Award Space for Transatlantic Business Class – 100K R/T
Over the weekend, US Airways’ award fare classes were renamed to match with American Airlines and align with the effort to standardize award booking classes among oneworld carriers. US Airways Saver North American First Class – O ➢ Z US Airways...
Another Costly Travel Screw-Up: Yellow Fever Vaccinations
I think my last big travel mistake was missing the bus by one minute and having to pay an outrageous taxi fee to travel 50km from central Reykjavik to Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. There have been small mistakes, of course,...
Massive British Airways Executive Club Devaluation Coming?
Gary wrote an alarming post yesterday pointing out that Iberia, owned by the same parent company as British Airways, has obliterated its partner redemption chart for Avios redemptions. Shorthaul trips on American Airlines that are 4,500 Avios with BA...
URGENT! PSA – Burn Your Short-Haul Avios
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. A discovery was made by Gary Leff of Boarding Area’s View From the Wing...
British Airways Companion Voucher Now Valid for One-Way Travel
British Airways offers a companion voucher when you accrue more than $30,000 in spending on its Chase-branded credit card. With this voucher, you can redeem your BA Avios for a complimentary companion ticket, paying only the taxes and fuel...
US Airways Now Adding Fuel Surcharge to British Airways Award Tickets
An update on my story earlier this week on No Fuel Surcharges on British Airways Awards with US Airways Miles: as expected, a memo went out today to Dividend Miles agents today instructing them to include fuel surcharges on British...
No Fuel Surcharges on British Airways Awards with US Airways Miles
Since US Airways joined oneworld, the carrier has not imposed fuel surcharges on British Airways award flights. Considering fuel surcharges run more than $800 r/t for Europe and much more if you continue on to Asia or Africa, this...
British Airways’ Unfortunate "Escape to the Indian Ocean" Ad Campaign
I’ve raved about British Airways’ “To Fly, To Serve” ad campaign and its 2012 London Olympic ad, but sometimes ads just miss the mark–even if it is not deliberate. I present BA’s latest ad campaign rolled out at London’s...
United’s Team USA Olympic Videos
U.S. companies are never hesitant to remind us of their support for Team USA in the biennial winter and summer Olympic games. Olympic logos tend to appear near the corporate logo and special ads are taken out as the...
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Top 10 Airline Award Redemptions for January 2014
With the new year here and many changes negatively affecting airline loyalty programs now in effect or shortly taking effect, there are still a number of superb deals available. Here are my top ten award travel bright spots for...
