Let’s discuss the (temporary) good news first. The Lufthansa pilot strike has been suspended until March 8 to give the parties involved more time to “talk.” Of course this all happened after a disastrous day with flight cancellations, not to mention several days with severely interrupted schedules. I’m shocked they couldn’t reach an agreement before [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Lufthansa | 4 Comments »
The best credit card sign-up offer out there is once again available for a limited time (the offer seems to come and go). You can apply here. You earn 50,000 British Airways miles after your first purchase, and 50,000 more miles after spending $2,000 on the card within three months. As Gary points out, this card can [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Credit Cards, Great Deals | 4 Comments »
Hey, here’s some exciting news. After OpenSkies “suspended” their service between New York and Amsterdam to “refocus business efforts” I was convinced they were taking their last breath, as much as I really wanted them to succeed. Well, the all business class airline will be starting five times weekly service between Paris Orly and Washington Dulles [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways | 3 Comments »
British Airways is offering status matches to those with bmi status with addresses in Belgium, Israel, Ukraine, and the Netherlands. They’ll match bmi Silver to BA Silver and bmi Gold to BA Gold. BA Gold gets you access to OneWorld Emerald lounges whenever traveling on OneWorld and you can even use BA lounges when you’re [...]
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways | 10 Comments »
I posted back in November about the most amazing credit card sign up bonus ever, specifically the British Airways Visa, which offered 50,000 miles after the first purchase and another 50,000 miles after spending $2,000 in the first three months.
While the offer was dead for a while, it seems like it’s active again. You should [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2010 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Credit Cards, Great Deals | 12 Comments »
Who said potential strikes can’t be good for the traveling public? British Airways is offering bonus miles to those traveling during the period where cabin crew were going to strike but aren’t anymore (December 22-January 2). Those traveling in first and business class will be earning 25,000 bonus miles, while those traveling in coach (including their [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways | 3 Comments »
I just posted about British Airways being added as a Membership Rewards partner. While their frequent flier program is anything but great in general, here’s one heck of a deal, as Martin pointed out in the comments section of the last post:
“In honor of this new partnership, you can receive 5,000 bonus BA Miles when [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Great Deals | No Comments »
I posted back in August that British Airways was being added as a partner to American Express’ Membership Rewards program here in the US, with no exact date for the relationship to begin. Well, it appears that they have now been added and are officially partners. Their award chart isn’t exactly generous, but this a nice [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways | 2 Comments »
Most of you are probably familiar with the British Airways Visa card which offers a 100,000 mile sign-up bonus. I’ve convinced my dad and brother to sign up for the card as well, so when all is said and done we should have 300,000 miles in our household account, plus any miles from spending. A [...]
Posted on December 11th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: Awards, British Airways | 16 Comments »
Introduction: British Airways Club World London City, InterContinental London Park Lane, and a day of sightseeing in London
Review: Tampa to New York JFK on Delta in First Class
Review: New York JFK to London City on British Airways Club World London City
Review: InterContinental London Park Lane
Trip Report: A day of sightseeing in London
Review: London City to [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2009 by lucky
Filed under: British Airways, Travel, Trip Reports | 23 Comments »