Economy Class & Beyond

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – The Crowne Plaza O’Hare

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA US Immigration, Crowne Plaza O'Hare Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time Exception - Millennium Park … [Read more...]

Using Proactive Upgrades on British Airways

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One of the things with British Airways fares is that some offer a Proactive Online UpGrade (POUG) on certain routes, and subject to capacity. POUG's allow you to buy up to the next cabin on an available flight, so for example, World Traveller to World Traveller Plus (Y to Y+) or Euro Traveller to Club Europe. A few things before we begin POUG's are variably priced. Some are … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt Regency O'Hare One Time Exception - Millennium … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – Off To Heathow, BA and AA Lounges

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA Off to Heathrow, British Airways Galleries First and American Airlines Flagship Lounge Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza O'Hare Hyatt … [Read more...]

Cold Chicago, Warm Planes – With American Airlines and British Airways

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Cold Chicago, Warm Planes - To Chicago with AA and BA Featuring American Airlines Boeing 767-300s, Republic Airlines E-175s and British Airways Boeing 787-8s Let's Play "Stacking Discounts!" (The Introduction) We're going where the air is free (NX210 to LHR), BA Galleries Lounge AA Flagship Lounge AA87 London Heathrow T3 to Chicago O'Hare T5 Crowne Plaza … [Read more...]

BA’s Golden Ticket for 2014

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One of the schemes I like that rewards outstanding staff is the British Airways Golden ticket scheme. It's a scheme that in my opinion is a lot better than BA.com/welldone, as it gives an instant feedback to the crew-member in question. And yes, I gave my golden ticket away this year to an OpenSkies crew member who did a sterling job between New York and Orly. Well, Golden … [Read more...]

British Airways Club World and First Class Sale from London

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It's that time of year again with British Airways put their premium cabins on sale. It's sale time - Image, British Airways. Both First Class and Club World have had their prices reduced on certain destinations across the BA Long Haul network, with departures from London Heathrow and London Gatwick. These are the lowest prices listed on BA.com, with departures varying to … [Read more...]

British Airways and US Airways codeshares to begin during May

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Another day, and another set of codeshares have been announced, with US Airways and British Airways codesharing between each other. British Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow US Airways Airbus A321 taxing at Chicago O'Hare The code-shares will place British Airway's code on forty routes operated by US Airways within North America and Caribbean, whilst US Airways codes will … [Read more...]

British Airways “Upgrade to First” offer returns

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British Airways have returned their "upgrade one segment to first class" promotion, which when you buy semi-flexible/flexible tickets that are coded C, D, J or R, and you can enjoy a segment in First Class. If you're buying Semi-Flexible Tickets, you'll need to get you booking in by 23rd May 2014. Full Flexible tickets have until 25 July 2014.  Travel outbound must be … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – British Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner

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It's Easter Sunday, and its time for an Airplane art special. This Sunday, it's a British Airway Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner arriving at it's home base at London Heathrow Airport (shot from a BA 787-8. Very meta). The images are clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! Want to keep … [Read more...]

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