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2020 British Airways and Iberia Avios peak and off-peak calendar

The 2020 calendar for peak and off peak dates for both British Airways and Iberia are presented here. Pay attention to the differences between airlines AND also its trend from previous years!

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FAQs for those affected by British Airways Pilot strikes

This post tries to answer the most frequent questions I have received over the last 2 weeks about what do to in the British Airways pilot strike next week.

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New £1 ‘taxes’ from British Airways. Is this a good way to spend Avios? In specific cases, actually Yes!

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.

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What are the cheapest IHG properties in the UK? 2019-2020 Edition

We scoured through the entire UK list of IHG properties to try to come up with the cheapest properties per region. This should be helpful for when you need to do mattress runs if you have an Accelerate or elite status target to hit.

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Which British Airways long haul flights have WiFi?

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…

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Is BoardingArea getting too cluttered for you? Tips to help you filter what you need

BoardingArea has obviously grown and evolved over its 10+ years of existence. This post should help you filter out the content to whatever you need.

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Video of two idiots racing across Heathrow Airport by public transport. Lights out away we go!

What’s the best way to travel around Heathrow Airport for free? If you ever need to access the airport hotels then there are many free alternatives. We filmed a couple of methods and had a little race…

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Visiting Portugal? The Complaints Book (Livro de Reclamações) will protect your consumer rights

The Complaints Book (Livro de Reclamações) serves as a vital instrument to make your stay in Portugal enjoyable. Find out how you should and should not use it.

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For BA beginners: 5 easy things to boost your British Airways and Avios earning and spending

Totally new to Avios, British Airways or Iberia? Or even air miles in general?

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Quicktip: British Airways 24hr cooling off period

British Airways has a generous 24 hour ‘cooling off’ period for booking tickets. You can exploit this to secure a flight while you look for another, or even check cheap business class tickets at no risk.