Sri Lankan Airlines joins Oneworld today
Less than one month since US Airways and TAM Airlines joined Oneworld, we have another new member, Sri Lankan Airlines with their base at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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More Oneworld opportunities coming to Amsterdam
Iberia’s new route between Madrid to Amsterdam will launch from 1st July 2014, starting with a 14x weekly service and ramping up to a 3x daily service by September 2014. You will be able to redeem your Avios points at lower fuel surcharges!
How to alter your frequent flyer number in Oneworld bookings as many times as you want
If you have membership in multiple loyalty programmes, or have status in one that’s not your primary, then you may encounter the situation where you need to be able to change the Frequent Flyer Number in your booking.
US Airways joins Oneworld. New Transatlantic routes and redemption opportunities
If you’ve been following this blog for a while you might remember my small dilemma of whether to defect from my familiar alliance Oneworld or not. My biggest grief came down to the lack of transatlantic Oneworld flights from Amsterdam, as all flights had to go via London or Helsinki.
20% BA discount on (premium) economy flights departing France
Another 20% discount has cropped up for British Airways, a delight for my French readers, especially since you have to put up with one of the worst airports in Europe —Paris Charles de Gaulle.
BA Economy and Premium Economy class flash sale and how you can find the cheap ex-EU flights.
British Airways have loaded a very short sale for transatlantic and Middle Eastern flights for World Travaller and World Traveller Plus classes. You need book by 23:59hrs GMT on 25th March 2014. Travel can be anytime between now and 12th December 2014.
Transpacific Avios redemption without fuel surcharges!
Here’s a little treat I stumbled across when searching for some flights: No fuel surcharge when redeeming transpacific flights between Santiago de Chile to Auckland, New Zealand on LAN Chile.
British Airways economy and premium economy class sale now live
Continental Club has picked up on the latest round of economy and premium economy (or “World Traveller” and “World Traveller Plus”) British Airways sales departing from the UK. Here’s the link to British Airways’ Low Fare Finder for a full list of sale destinations.
Trip report: Introduction — Long and winding route home
Introduction — Long and winding route home Cathay Pacific Lounge Taipei Cathay Pacific Regional Business Class Taipei to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge, Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Regional Class Hong Kong to Singapore Etihad Pearl Business Class Singapore to Abu Dhabi Etihad Pearl Business Class lounge Abu Dhabi Etihad ‘Regional’ Business Class Abu…
Finally booked my journey home!
I’ve had an enormous surge of visitors over the past week, (if you’re new then a big hello to you!) so those who are new may not know about my plea for help on my route home. Well I’m happy to say it’s finally been booked and now subject to American Airlines’ standard practice of…
Using Proactive Online Upgrade to buy cheaper premium cabin fares on BA
British Airways, like most airlines, allows a 24 hour ‘cooling-off’ period when buying tickets which allows for full refunds with no penalty. This is typically to allow the customer to check, and where necessary amend, important details on a ticket and be satisfied that a correct booking has been made. You can cancel ‘non-refundable’ tickets…
Help me decide my route home!
So despite promoting this site as Europe’s answer to loyalty programmes, I’ve actually been in Asia for the last 2 months and am looking forward to finally getting my feet back on home soil. Except I haven’t bought my ticket home yet. But I want to give my readers the opportunity to decide how I…
A couple of decent Tier Points routes on Cathay Pacific
British Airways Executive Club (BAEC) has an unusual tier level qualifying system in that distance actually has a minor role in deciding your status. Instead they look at a combination of 1) how many premium cabin tickets you have paid, 2) how many segments you have flown and 3) if those segments were short/long haul….
A new year, a new beginning, some new goals
I kept promising myself to get this blog started for months. However the turn of the year seemed like an appropriate time to kick it off.