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Earn tier points with everyday spend on British Airways Premium Plus Amex – Business Traveller

21Nov

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Earn tier points with everyday spend on British Airways Premium Plus Amex – Business Traveller

British Airways Executive Club members can now earn up to 200 tier points by spending £25,000 on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card. This is the first time British Airways Executive Club members have been able to earn tier points outside of flying. Previously, tier points could only be earned by flying with British Airways, its subsidiaries or its oneworld airline partners. Being able to earn tier points via card spend gives applicable members more opportunities to earn status and unlock travel perks such as lounge access, fast-track security, extra luggage allowances and priority boarding. As of today, British Airways American Express Premium Plus cardmembers will be eligible to earn up to 200 tier points as follows: 100 tier points if the cardmember spends £15,000 ...

British Airways launches new routes to Accra and Riga – Business Traveller

31Oct

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British Airways launches new routes to Accra and Riga – Business Traveller

British Airways has inaugurated new routes to the capitals of Ghana and Latvia. The carrier is now operating three flights per week between Gatwick and Accra, with a fourth weekly service set to be added from April 2024. The route – which BA last served in the early 2000s – complements the carrier’s existing daily Heathrow-Accra flights. Meanwhile BA has also returned to the Latvian capital of Riga, with a thrice weekly service from Heathrow. The airline last operated flights to the city between 1997 and 2007. This week BA is also set to resume service between Heathrow and Cologne for the first time since the pandemic, as well as launching flights between Heathrow and Belgrade. British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin Commenting on the Gatwick...

British Airways launches double Avios offer – Business Traveller

28Oct

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British Airways launches double Avios offer – Business Traveller

Executive Club members can currently collect double Avios on up to ten flight and holiday bookings. The new offer is valid for bookings made by 21 November and travel completed by 14 January, 2024. The new Avios earning system for BA flights recently took effect, which sees members collect between 6 and 9 Avios per qualifying £1 spent, depending on elite status. British Airways to change ways of earning Avios from October Under the offer this will be doubled on new flight bookings made under the promotional period, meaning Blue members will earn 12 Avios per £1 spent, with Bronze members getting 14 Avios per £1 spent, Silver members collecting 16 Avios per £1 spent, and Gold members earning 18 Avios per £1 spent. Under the new earning system members earn Avios on the base fare and carri...

British Airways to restart Abu Dhabi service after four-year hiatus – Business Traveller

21Oct

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British Airways to restart Abu Dhabi service after four-year hiatus – Business Traveller

British Airways has announced plans to return to Abu Dhabi for the first time since early 2020. Daily year-round flights will restart on 20 April, 2024 operated by Boeing 787-9 aircraft, complementing the carrier’s service to Dubai which operates up to three-times-daily. Flight BA73 will depart Heathrow at 2225, arriving into Abu Dhabi at 0830 the following day, with the return leg BA72 leaving the UAE capital at 1010 and landing back into London at 1520. British Airways will compete with the UAE’s national carrier Etihad on the route, and will operate from the new Terminal A at Abu Dhabi airport, which is set to open next month. Abu Dhabi’s Terminal A to open on November 1 To celebrate the relaunch BA is offering return fares starting from £449 in World Traveller and £1,999 in Club Wor...

British Airways’ New Avios Collection Model goes live

20Oct

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British Airways’ New Avios Collection Model goes live

British Airways Executive Club Members booking flights from October 18, 2023 will collect Avios based on the cost of their ticket. Members will receive up to nine Avios per £1 spent on flights, as well as collecting on additional purchases such as pre-paid seat selection and upgrades. This investment in the airline’s frequent flyer programme forecasts that 20 per cent more Avios will be issued to the airline’s customer base when compared to the current model British Airways customers can collect Avios on everyday shopping with more partners than ever before, including Uber and American Express. In a move to offer a more consistent and transparent system, the airline announced in July that the amount of Avios collected will be based on the cost of a ticket, instead of the distance of the ...

Remembering Terence Davies, the Greatest British Director

10Oct

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Remembering Terence Davies, the Greatest British Director

There’s a special pain to the news of the death of the British filmmaker Terence Davies on Saturday at the age of seventy-seven: his career, filled with some of the greatest movies of the past forty years, has always seemed just to be getting started, and, to the end, he kept the exuberant bearing of youth. He was past forty when he made his first feature, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” (1988)—one of the most original of all début features—and he only made eight more, not because he worked slowly but because the money was slow in coming. Although Davies was among the most accomplished of filmmakers, he remained a perpetual beginner, always on the verge of breaking out but never quite getting there. He reached old age with too few films made—a grievous loss to the history of cinema—but with...

British Airways signs new codeshare with IndiGo – Business Traveller

25Sep

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British Airways signs new codeshare with IndiGo – Business Traveller

British Airways has announced a new codeshare deal with India’s largest domestic carrier. From 12 October customers will be able to purchase single ticket connections from London via either Delhi or Mumbai onto eight destinations operated by IndiGo. These include three Indian cities which will be available through British Airways for the first time – Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, and Rajkot and Vadodara in the state of Gujurat. The full list of new codeshare routes is as follows: London Heathrow to Amritsar via New Delhi London Heathrow to Kochi via Mumbai London Heathrow to Ahmedabad via Mumbai London Heathrow to Goa via Mumbai London Heathrow to Thiruvananthapuram via Mumbai London Heathrow to Kolkata via Mumbai London Heathrow to Rajkot (Hirasar) via Mumbai London Heathr...

British Airways launches end of summer sale – Business Traveller

4Sep

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British Airways launches end of summer sale – Business Traveller

British Airways has launched its latest promotion for flights and holiday packages, featuring savings for short- and long-haul destinations through to 2024. The sale runs for bookings until 3 October 2023, with highlighted return fares in economy starting from £333 to New York, from £373 to Orlando and from £419 to Chicago. Travellers also have the option to upgrade to World Traveller Plus (premium economy) on selected routes for an extra £249 return. Club World (business class) return fares start from £1,599 to Dubai, £1,762 to New York and £1,100 to Tel Aviv. Executive Club members can also choose to pay with Avios, with examples including returns to New York from £173 + 36,000 Avios and Dubai from £179 + 62,500 Avios. European and long-haul holiday packages are also available, includi...

British Airways to refresh lounges at Edinburgh, Seattle and Heathrow – Business Traveller

24Aug

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British Airways to refresh lounges at Edinburgh, Seattle and Heathrow – Business Traveller

British Airways is to refresh its lounges at Edinburgh, Seattle and Heathrow this year, alongside an ongoing refurb of its Heathrow T5B facility. The carrier said that it would add a “brand-new bar and an enhanced menu offering” at its Seattle lounge, as well as “new touches” at its Edinburgh facility. At Heathrow BA is also replacing furniture at its T5 Arrivals and T3 lounges, as well as adding new day beds and areas for working at its Concorde Room. Last month the airline unveiled a new Whispering Angel rosé wine bar at its Heathrow T5B facility, as part of a wider refresh of the lounge. The big picture: British Airways opens Whispering Angel bar at Heathrow T5 Back in the Concorde Room, BA has partnered with mixologist Mr Lyan to create an exclusive ‘Turbine Martini’ recipe using gi...

British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin – Business Traveller

3Aug

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British Airways to launch flights from Heathrow to Belgrade, Cologne, Riga and Turin – Business Traveller

British Airways has announced a raft of short-haul additions and extensions for the coming winter period. The carrier will launch a three-times-weekly service between Heathrow and Riga starting from 29 October, followed by 12 weekly flights from Heathrow to Cologne from 30 October, and three flights per week from Heathrow to Belgrade on 31 October. Cologne is currently served by Eurowings from Heathrow, and Ryanair from Stansted – British Airways launched flights to the airport from Gatwick in 2018, but these have not operated since the start of the pandemic. Meanwhile Riga is served by airBaltic from Gatwick, and Ryanair from Stansted, while Belgrade is served by Air Serbia from Heathrow, and Wizz Air from Luton. BA will also launch flights from Heathrow to Turin on 10 December, complem...