Economy Class & Beyond

BA/IB/IAG: Avios – Winners and losers.

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Now the dust is settling with the Avios introduction, like any changes there will be winners and losers. Lets look in some minor details at the losers first: LOSERS The Chase Credit Card Users/ and those who want to redeem single partner awards: Well I had to pick on this vocal minority first. For these people, they are going to be hit hard. Unused to paying taxes like … [Read more...]

BA/IB/IAG: Welcome to Avios.

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No, it's not a diet aid or something mad, but the new name for for BA Miles, Airmiles UK and a few other things as well. So Avois points will become the base currency for all loyalty and reward programmes of International Airlines Group (IAG). As well as spending them on Flights, you'll be able to spend them on hotels and car hire. Points at this juncture are NOT being … [Read more...]

Immersive Gaming… or an excuse to visit the BA Cranebank Simulator

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BBC Click are running a piece on Immersive Gaming including a visit to a simulator in a Coventry, Laser Tag in Planes in South California... but for us people who fly in the back of the plane (or behind Row 0), the interesting part starts at 3:00... at the British Airways Flight Training centre where the reporter gets to play in a BA 747-400 flight simulator. Fun Saturday … [Read more...]

BA: 50% off W and Y class Redemptions

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British are running a promotion for 50% off Economy and Premium Economy (World Traveller, EuroTraveller and World Traveller Plus) faresNote before you get excited First, Club World are EXCLUDED from this 50% off sale.Full details at http://www.britishairways.com/travel/executive-flight-offer-6/execclub/en_gbAs usual, taxes are excluded. Might work out good for short Eurohops or … [Read more...]

BA: The rise of the Ghetto IFE system contiunes – BA to use iPads on some of the 777 Fleet…

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Well it seems maybe I should lobby BA for some money and copyright. But I'm not an evil person (damn my love of the open source movement). British Airways is to introduce iPads in British Airways First on a trial with aircraft with the GMIS systems installed. These aircraft have no AVOD (rather a rolling video system with small screens). These frames are due in the shop during … [Read more...]

BA: 100 Airbus’s later….

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Airbus is making a slight celbration as British Airways takes delivery of it's 100th Airbus aircraft. The aircraft - an A320 pushes British Airways into "a prestigious club" of over 100 Airbus owners.Here's a pretty picture. Image - Airbus S.A.R.L. However, before BA can smile smugly in the background, EasyJet has recently taken delivery of it's 200th Narrowbody Airbus. And … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: And guess who doesn’t want to hold the flight ban.

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Firstly, lets get up to speed with who is doing what:Aer Lingus - 12 flights affected to and from Scottish Airspace BMI flights to and from Aberdeen are subject to delay, but services in and out of Glasgow and Edinburgh were running normally British Airways will not be operating any flights between London (LHR/LGW/LCY) and Scotland until 1400 BST Eastern Airways will not be … [Read more...]