One of the published benefits of Silver Status is being able to select seats at the time of booking. I have always found this hugely valuable, as it means that I can I usually get extra leg room seats. I had booked them for our outbound to Copenhagen to start our trip to San Francisco… Read More Silver Seat Selection Saga with British AirwaysAirways
There are three main considerations for me when booking flights – what is the price, what are the timings and how can I maximise them for miles and points? Sometimes, booking with a low cost carrier is the best option as they can offer great value for money, particularly on one way flights or to… Read More ITA Matrix – How can you plan your routes more cheaply and effectively?
Once my last flights of this tier point collection year had posted, I did a short analysis on my flying year. I thought that it would also be interesting to see where the miles and points have come from, and what I have used them from. Avios Flights 32505 Car Hire 2916 BA Holidays 2532… Read More My annual miles and points analysis 2015-16
Last summer, I took a trip to Las Vegas but, sadly, my baggage didn’t spend as much time in Sin City as I did. As per the instructions of Karen at the luggage desk, I went shopping the next day to get some clean clothes and toiletries. Now, there is obviously the temptation to go… Read More New shoes – courtesy of American Airlines
I wrote here about how I managed to use my BAEC Silver card to get status matched to Star Alliance Gold through Avianca Brazil. All I had to do was send a picture of my BA Silver card and, using Google translate, put in a request in Portuguese. I had had confirmation online a while back… Read More Actual Gold Status!
In 2003 I achieved Gold – not in an airline Frequent Flyer programme, but in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. This week I was invited to attend a ceremony at the beginning of May to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the award in the north of Scotland and decided that I would go to meet… Read More Celebrating my Gold status
We got one final look at the Iguassu Falls from the hotel – I am sure there is more water than when we arrived! Efficient pick up by our tour guide, and we set off to the airport which is on the Argentinian side of the falls. An interesting quirk is that we cross over… Read More GUEST POST: MummyAirmiles doesn’t fly BA to B.A.
My Tier Point year ends on the 8th March and, as I have no more flying lined up, I thought it would be interesting to review my year in the air. This year I have flown more than I have ever done before, including: My first ex-EU fare My first American Airlines legs, including F on the… Read More My flying year 2015 – 2016
I received an email from Alitalia earlier this week to tell me of another promotion they are running. Basically, you can get 20% off flights when booking online until Tuesday 23rd February for flights before the end of May 2016. This follows last year’s status match, so they are obviously keen to attract customers. However,… Read More 20% off Alitalia flights
The first I knew that something was up for our return trip from Nice to London was when I had an alert on myflights telling me the aircraft had changed. I had been expecting an Embraer 190, like the one I have been on when I took this flight back in September 2015. I had… Read More When is a BA flight not a ‘BA’ flight?
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