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Sale Sale Sale – British Airways Club World Seats On Sale!

By |November 29th, 2014|

As we have seen in the past, this is normally the period in the year when the travel industry offer big sales. Yesterday I posted details of the IHG ( Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Holiday Inn) sale titled, IHG 48 hour winter sale !!! Book a room for only £29.

Well Now British Airways have announced their […]

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Virgin vs British Airways – Which Loyalty program is better for flight redemptions out of London?

By |August 9th, 2014|

In the past, I haven’t really mentioned much about Virgin Atlantic’s loyalty program, Flying Club. Their loyalty program has often been heavily criticised. Therefore I thought it would be good to compare Virgin Atlantic Flying Club with British Airways Executive Club.

The focus in this comparison is the number of miles/avios required for a flight redemption […]

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How to: Fly domestic in the US for just £3 using Avios

By |August 1st, 2014|

I previously wrote an article that explained how to get a return flight to North America from Dublin  for only 25,000 avios (inc £70 tax). The post was called How To: Save 80% of the cost of surcharges for Avios redemption for flights to North America.

In this post I’m going to explain how to use […]

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How To: Save 80% of the cost of surcharges for Avios redemption for flights to North America

By |July 27th, 2014|

The biggest criticism of the British Airways Executive Club loyalty program is the excessive surcharges on redemptions for long-haul flights from London.

A round-trip economy flight from London to Los Angeles for an Avios redemption would cost you 50,000 avios and £391 for taxes and surcharges.

This is not a good use of your Avios as you […]

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How To: transfer your Avios points from your British Airways Executive Club account to your Iberia Plus account

By |July 6th, 2014|

In the last few days sales have appeared on both British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus for rewards redemption. I have mentioned theses sales on a post titled ‘Avios 50% off flight redemption’ and ‘Iberia have their own Avios redemption sale’.

Both British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus use Avios as their rewards currency. […]

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Iberia have their own Avios redemption sale.

By |July 4th, 2014|

A few days ago I wrote about the 50% off Avios redemption sale at British Airways. The sale is also available through the Avios website. Iberia also use Avios and have launched their own sale.

The sale at Iberia is 35% off Avios Redemption. This is less than the 50% offer from the BA Avios sale. However, […]

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Avios 50% Off Flight Redemption

By |July 1st, 2014|

Avios are currently running a promotion where flight redemption to certain cities around the world require half the number of Avios points.

The discount is available for the following cities:

 20,000 Avios (Previously 40,000 Avios)

Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Toronto
Washington
Dubai

25,000 Avios (previously 50,000 Avios)

Austin
Dallas
Denver
Houston
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Phoenix
San Diego
Vancouver
Delhi
Mumbai
Johannesburg
Chengdu

30,000 Avios (previously 60,000 Avios)

Sao Paulo

Details

Go to the 50% off avios flights page to book […]

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British Airways Announce Summer Sale

By |June 28th, 2014|

There is currently a sale on fares with British Airways. British Airways run a sale several times a year and in the past I have found their fares during the sale very competitive.

Details:

Book your flight by 8 July, 2014.

You can find details of the sale here.

The best way to find the cheapest flight with BA […]

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Hitting top status at British Airways with 40 consecutive flights.

By |May 10th, 2014|

I previously wrote about some of the perks of being British Airways Gold Executive Club member. Here is a clip from BA showing the benefits of reaching gold.

However, there is always a higher status, and when it comes to the BAEC the next level is the Gold Guest list. This requires you to earn 5000 […]

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2 for the price of 1 flights to Maldives, Shanghai, Bangkok and more….

By |February 14th, 2014|

Qatar is offering another one of their 2-4-1 sales. If you are planning a holiday soon then I suggest you read the full details of the offer soon as it ends tomorrow.

Sample of the sale (price detailed below is for 2 passengers).
Economy
Manchester to Hong Kong return – £945
Manchester to Singapore return – £980
London to Shanghai […]

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