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oneworld cuts cross-airline lounge access for business, first class

UPDATE | Following Australian Business Traveller's story on oneworld lounge access, a senior oneworld rep contacted us to explain that the change was due to an unauthorised change made during ...

POSTED ON 6/12/11 16 comments
British Airways: customer service iPad 2 + app for all flights

British Airways' iPad trial, where cabin crew swapped reams of printed passenger lists for an Apple tablet loaded with the same data, has been such a success that the airline will roll out the syst...

POSTED ON 21/11/11 0 comments
The best seats in Club World (Business Class) on British Airways' Boeing 747

Flying on one of British Airways' Boeing 747 aircraft on the Sydney-Bangkok-London route or further afield? The venerable jumbo jet and its upper deck -- plus BA's forward-and-back Club World bu...

POSTED ON 8/11/11 2 comments
British Airways adds Bronze frequent flyer tier: Qantas Silvers benefit

British Airways is introducing a new Bronze tier to its Executive Club frequent flyer programme, and Qantas' Silver frequent flyers (and other oneworld Ruby members) stand to benefit. It's at the ...

POSTED ON 19/10/11 1 comment
BA offers training in 'how to survive a plane crash'

British Airways is about to take those tedious and often-ignored pre-flight safety demonstrations to a whole new level, with an intensive day-long course on how to survive a plane crash. Yes, you ...

POSTED ON 15/10/11 0 comments
Swish new BA First Class extended to all Australian flights

British Airways' superb First Class will now be available on all BA flights from Australia by March next year. The sweet mini-suite is already a show-stopper on the current BA15/16 Boeing 777 Sy...

POSTED ON 4/10/11 1 comment
London Heathrow Terminal 3: the best oneworld business class lounge

If your Qantas, British Airways, Cathay Pacific or other oneworld alliance flight departs from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3, you might not know that you can get into three different busines...

POSTED ON 28/9/11 4 comments
Real-world photo tour: British Airways Club World business class

With Qantas cutting connections to London via Hong Kong and Bangkok, Australian business class passengers are going experience more of British Airways' Club World seats, even though BA is reducing ...

POSTED ON 23/9/11 3 comments
Best seats: Club Europe business class, British Airways Airbus A319

Travelling to a European city on British Airways? You're quite likely to be on one of the airline's Airbus A320 planes -- so here's how to pick the best seat in Club Europe, BA's short-haul busines...

POSTED ON 30/8/11 0 comments
Qantas baggage policy change: codeshare flights now get Qantas allowances

UPDATE: Qantas has alerted us to a recent change in its baggage policy that now allows passengers flying on a QF coded flight to get Qantas baggage allowances, regardless of the airline being flown...

POSTED ON 25/8/11 1 comment