Pop Star Ronan Keating took to Twitter yesterday after British Airways involuntarily bumped his son from a flight while traveling in Business Class and then requested payment for expedient baggage delivery after the bags didn’t arrive on time either.
It’s been a tough few weeks, months and even years for British Airways as the airline tumbles from one mishap and PR disaster to the next.
American Express Membership Rewards has returned with the popular Avios points transfer bonus for their U.S. based members, offering a whopping 40% boost on mileage transfers to British Airways Executive Club and Iberia Plus.
Additionally Jet Blue also has a promotional bonus of 25% going on that ends on October 1, 2018.
A LoyaltyLobby reader sent us a question about involuntary downgrade from business to economy on Qantas domestic flight from Sydney to Perth (BA issued award).
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Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to American Airlines and British Airways, and their low/off-peak season midweek first class excursion round trip fares between London and United States.
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British Airways will change its caterer at London’s Heathrow and Iberia at its Madrid hub in the spring of 2020 to Austria based Do&Co that is known for quality food (unlike both BA & IB).
The contract with these two airlines will run for ten years. Do&Co will build two new kitchens in London and Madrid and will hire 4,000 employees.
CNN International Quest Means Business-anchor Richard Quest has column on today’s Telegraph about an airline that people love to hate – British Airlines.
BA turns 100 years old next year and has very glorious past. It makes you wonder what has happened in the past decade or so? The airline was very innovative with its current business class seat when it was launched more than 20 years go. It is, however, very dated now.
Yesterday British Airways announced that members who booked directly with British Airways using the website and app between August 21 and September 5, 2018 have had their personal and financial information compromised.
The company updated customers today via email that they would reimburse them for any financial damages arising from this situation and they would also provide a credit monitoring service.
British Airways today announced that members that booked directly with British Airways using the website and app between August 21 and September 5, 2018 have had their personal and financial information compromised.
This data breach has affected approximately 380,000 customers based on the information BA has released to media. The financial information includes actual credit card numbers with expiry dates.
Following the the reintroduction of US sanctions against Iran both British Airways and Air France as well as previously KLM have announced that they will cease their Iran operations as early as September.
Both carriers said that their flights to Iran were no longer ‘commercially viable’ after business suffered as booking numbers took a dive.
A British Airways passenger claims the carrier subjected him to “humiliation and racism” after a crew member allegedly threatened to throw his 3-year-old son out of the window as he was crying constantly during boarding and taxiing.
The family together with other Indian nationals was then ejected from the aircraft after returning to the departure gate at London City Airport.
