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British Airways is rebranding its Executive Club frequent flyer program, renaming it The British Airways Club. Along with this change, they’re revamping how earning elite status works and adding benefits between tiers, moving to revenue-based status and increasing the number of activities that help you earn status.
British Airways has unveiled its new first class seat for the Airbus A380, to debut in ‘early’ 2026. The seat is based off of the Collins Aerospace RTX.
British Airways is exiting the Dallas-Fort Worth market, at least for the summer season. American adds a fifth Dallas – London flight to compensate. BA is also dropping its second Miami – London flight, in favor of American.
Here’s why this actually makes a lot of sense.
British Airways flight 191 from London Heathrow to Austin departed two hours late on Monday when passengers got into a fight because one of them was wearing a MAGA hat.
With more and more disgruntled customers complaining, we learn that British Airways recurrent flight attendant training now includes two new elements.
British Airways is still in cost-cutting mode. They just can’t help themselves. The latest is that they’re serving breakfast for lunch because it’s cheaper.
Austin is a tricky market with very little long haul flying. It’s been one of the fastest growing airports in the United States, year after year and for years. But air service has grown even faster than demand.
British Airways has raised the price of American Airlines and Alaska Airlines award travel up to 3,000 miles. Redemptions now cost as much as 11,000 points more each way – and that comes after a price increase that was put into effect just seven months ago.
British Airways turned around a flight to Houston on Monday after it had already crossed the Atlantic, making a second crossing before returning passengers to London Heathrow – a nine-hour flight to nowhere.
British Airways and JetBlue have filed with the Department of Transportation to codeshare. And BA’s transatlantic business suffers from American Airlines weakness with corporate accounts in cities like New York and Boston.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
