I flew the first commercial flight of the A321XLR to Explore how it will be, to fly over 7 hours in economy in a narrowbody aircraft. I survived. Here are the details!
Flying onboard the first long-haul flight of the Airbus A321XLR with Iberia
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Airbus delivers the first A321XLR to Iberia
The first A321XLR has been delivered to launch operator, Iberia. This aircraft will be the next leader in single-aisle long-haul travel.
British Airways Redundancies will cause about 12000 people to lose their jobs
IAG Chief Financial Officer Stephen Gunning rolled out the news today that BA will start consultations to have about 12,000 redundancies in the British Airways organisation.
Iberia backing out on the 90000 Avios promotion?
Iberia has started to back off from their intention of awarding upto 90000 Avios to customers. Here are the first updates of how they would make customers jump through various hoops to get the Avios, or in many cases not give them any at all.
1 Day Only! 90000 Avios for 20000 Rupees
Get 90000 Avios with Iberia Plus for INR 30000 only. Deal lasts one final day today!
Samsung distributes free Galaxy Note 8 phones (worth $1000 each) on a plane
What if you’re a regular passenger on a flight and Samsung rolls out the cart to give everyone a free phone worth $1000 just for being there. Here is how this went.
Status match out your Air Berlin or Lufthansa status
Air Berlin and Lufthansa Tier holders have a great chance to move to oneworld with Iberia’s generous status match opportunity. The window won’t last long so do apply now!
25% off on long-haul redemptions in British Airways/Iberia
Avios was formed a year back, and that is when British Airways switched to this new mileage currency. Now, to celebrate a year of the switch, Avios is offering a discount of 25% on long-haul redemptions on the British Airways and Iberia network, in all their cabins (economy, business and first). While Iberia is not servicing India, British Airways serves quite a few bases in India, including Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore. Now, British Airways is known for passing on the high fuel surcharges on their flights to the passengers. However, a 25% discount should make you feel better. So, BOM-LHR is 25,000 Avios + Taxes/Fuel Surcharge in Y. However, the lesser redemption value would show up as 18,750 Avios +…
American Express offering 30% bonus on transfer to Avios (British Airways!)
I was just waiting for this to happen in India. American Express has been offering a transfer bonus on British Airways currency Avios for a while now, and different time periods for different countries. I was hoping India was on the map as well, and I just heard that was indeed the case. For a limited time, till November 30, American Express is offering members who have Amex cards issued in India a 30% bonus on transferring their Membership Reward points to Avios (the mileage currency used for British Airways and Iberia). Usually, 1.6 MR transfer into 1 Avios, but in this case, the redemption level looks better, and you can convert MR into Avios at 1.23 MR = 1…
The AA/BA/IB transatlantic bonus miles promo is extended
AA, along with its transatlantic JV partners British Airways and Iberia has been offering a bonus mileage program for transatlantic flights on BA, IB or AA for a while now. On the table is the opportunity to earn 25K bonus miles on the first eligible TATL flight, 35K on the second TATL flight and 45K on the third and onwards…The initial promo was valid till end of 2011, but now the offer is extended to 15 March 2012. As earlier expected, it looks like AA is churning out miles like crazy and making sure it rewards loyal flyers enough to carry them along till they are out of the bankruptcy! While the opportunity for economy flyers is limited, since it is…
