Author: Tim

Tim is an engineer and a nerd who analyses every travel deal, travel hack. He has travelled to around 90 countries and also speaks Spanish, Portuguese and Mandarin.
New £1 ‘taxes’ from British Airways. Is this a good way to spend Avios? In specific cases, actually Yes!
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New £1 ‘taxes’ from British Airways. Is this a good way to spend Avios? In specific cases, actually Yes!

ByTim

The new £1 ‘taxes’ option from British Airways Reward Flight Saver has been extended for trial across the rest of Europe. In some non-trivial cases these could provide interesting pricing points for redemption.

APPROACH WITH CAUTION. Fast Track to OneWorld Sapphire with Malaysia Airlines, but T&Cs are a mess!
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APPROACH WITH CAUTION. Fast Track to OneWorld Sapphire with Malaysia Airlines, but T&Cs are a mess!

ByTim

Malaysia Airlines have a Fast Track to Oneworld Sapphire promotion running, but on close inspection of the terms and conditions, and comparing against British Airways Executive Club, things aren’t all they may seem…

£210 for 160 Tier Points, other amazing Club Europe fares, Club World from £999, North America £1317
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£210 for 160 Tier Points, other amazing Club Europe fares, Club World from £999, North America £1317

ByTim

British Airways have just announced their latest sale. You can fly shorthaul Business Class for as little as £144, and long haul for £999. There are some fantastic Tier Point Run fares included.

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Germany to USA Business Class for £942! Possibility to hit BA Silver (Oneworld Sapphire) in a single Tier Point run

ByTim

There are some amazing business class fares ex-Germany right now priced at £949 which are quite frankly a steal. You need to book by 9th September 2019 though as I expect these fares will disappear even before that. The travel dates are quite narrow, centred around Thanksgiving 2019, Christmas 2019 and Easter 2020 but still…

Which British Airways long haul flights have WiFi?
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Which British Airways long haul flights have WiFi?

ByTim

British Airways is in the process of rolling out wi-fi across the majority of its fleet. According to the BA’s wifi on-board page it claims to be aiming for about 90% coverage by the end of 2019 across its entire fleet. One or two days before your flight you should enter your flight number into Flightradar24…

British Airways to give all 15000 cabin crew new iPhone XRs. Time to find out your secret CIV score?
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British Airways to give all 15000 cabin crew new iPhone XRs. Time to find out your secret CIV score?

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All 15000 British Airways cabin crew will get new iPhone XRs and preloaded apps to help customers. Will we see on-board customer service improvements? Also we write about a secret score which is used to judge your value to the airline.