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The British Airways Data Breach Fine is a Huge Injustice, Where’s Your Piece of the Money?

by Gary Leff

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Jul 08 2019

British Airways is facing a proposed $230 million fine under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for a hack last summer compromised personal information on approximately 500,000 customers accessing its website.

This proposed fine is more than 3 times the total fines meted out during GDPR’s first year. In the year after GDPR’s passage there were 200,000 investigations, 64,000 of which found fault, resulting in total fines of approximately $70 million — nearly 90% of which was from a single case against Google.

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British Airways Just Introduced New Business Class Award and Upgrade Prices for Better Availability

by Gary Leff

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Jun 28 2019

British Airways has quietly launched new extra business class award availability between North America and the UK for additional miles. US airlines generally offer all or most seats on their flights for additional miles, it used to be roughly double miles but now is often much more especially in premium cabins.

BA, which normally offers double miles awards to ‘Gold Guest List’ elites, is offering this for less than double miles.

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Premium Cabin Airline Seats Haven’t Improved in 30 Years

by Gary Leff

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Jun 15 2019

Thirty years ago airlines offered a mostly flat comfortable seat at the front of the plane with upgraded dining. They called it first class. They also offered a middle cabin featuring recliners and 38 to 40 inches between seats, along with upgraded privileges like priority boarding. They called it business class.

Today airlines offer mostly flat seating up front with upgraded dining. They call it business class. They offer a middle cabin featuring recliners and 38 to 40 inches between seats, along with upgraded privileges like priority boarding. They call it premium economy.

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I’m Going to Rent My House to My Wife and Earn 30,000 British Airways Miles

by Gary Leff

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Jun 14 2019

What if you want to earn the miles but don’t want someone sleeping in your bed and doing goodness knows what else in your home? Maybe I shouldn’t literally list my home and have my wife rent it, we have the same last name, but her parents have a different last name. 30,000 Avios for the fees associated with a one night rental is a pretty good deal.

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