Jack Culpan

The new British Airways app has finally landed on my phone after what feels like two years of "coming soon". First impressions: it's genuinely good. But there's one change that's going to annoy points people. A thread 🧵

You can still book with Avios - nothing's stopping you. It just all happens in a browser now rather than natively in the app. For those of us who treat reward-seat hunting as half the fun, it's a small but real loss.

The new British Airways app has finally landed on my phone after what feels like two years of "coming soon". First impressions: it's genuinely good. But there's one change that's going to annoy points people. A thread 🧵

The on-the-day stuff is the bit most people actually need, and it's now done properly. Gate status, seat, boarding group all front and centre. This is the app the old one should always have been.

The new British Airways app has finally landed on my phone after what feels like two years of "coming soon". First impressions: it's genuinely good. But there's one change that's going to annoy points people. A thread 🧵

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BA quietly made China Southern a full Avios redemption partner and almost nobody's talking about it. The interesting bit isn't the long-haul. It's the cheap stuff 👇

Don't get too excited about business class though. It's bookable, but they tightened the seats they release to BA the moment J inventory went live. It's thin. Economy short-haul is the play here. I wouldn't build a trip chasing a business seat.

BA quietly made China Southern a full Avios redemption partner and almost nobody's talking about it. The interesting bit isn't the long-haul. It's the cheap stuff 👇

Genuinely one of the easier 30% Avios bonuses to act on this month if you've got Capital on Tap points sitting around. Qatar Privilege Club is running it 1-30 June, and CoT is a named partner. A few honest thoughts as someone with two CoT cards in the stack.

So my actual plan: only moving points I've got a near-term redemption for, doing it this week not on the 30th, and checking seat availability BEFORE transferring. No point bonusing your way to a balance for seats that don't exist.

Genuinely one of the easier 30% Avios bonuses to act on this month if you've got Capital on Tap points sitting around. Qatar Privilege Club is running it 1-30 June, and CoT is a named partner. A few honest thoughts as someone with two CoT cards in the stack.

What actually surprised me is the free card maths. CoT free transfers at 0.8 Avios/point normally - below the Pro card's 1:1. With the 30% bonus the free card lands around 1.04/point. It briefly beats what Pro people get at standard rate. Wild for a free card.

Genuinely one of the easier 30% Avios bonuses to act on this month if you've got Capital on Tap points sitting around. Qatar Privilege Club is running it 1-30 June, and CoT is a named partner. A few honest thoughts as someone with two CoT cards in the stack.

The bit nobody seems to mention loudly enough: the 30% is paid by QATAR, not at the point of transfer. It lands separately by 31 July. So when you transfer and the bonus isn't there instantly - that's normal. Don't fire off a support ticket like I nearly did the first time.

BA has just launched new Avios-Only flights to Reykjavik and Tenerife for October half-term ✈️ Every seat, every cabin, bookable with Avios. From £5 + 33,500 Avios return. Really tempting for half-term - but I'd do the maths before you get carried away.

My honest take: if you're flexible on dates, check standard Reward Seats either side first - you might pay fewer Avios for the same trip. But if half-term is fixed and you've a voucher spare, Reykjavik for the Northern Lights is a lovely way to spend it.

BA has just launched new Avios-Only flights to Reykjavik and Tenerife for October half-term ✈️ Every seat, every cabin, bookable with Avios. From £5 + 33,500 Avios return. Really tempting for half-term - but I'd do the maths before you get carried away.

What you're really paying for is guaranteed availability - a whole plane of reward seats on a week when standard space would have gone months ago. That's genuinely useful if half-term is locked in. Just don't go in thinking it's a bargain, because it isn't quite.

BA has just launched new Avios-Only flights to Reykjavik and Tenerife for October half-term ✈️ Every seat, every cabin, bookable with Avios. From £5 + 33,500 Avios return. Really tempting for half-term - but I'd do the maths before you get carried away.

⚠️ Amex is dropping Etihad Guest as an MR transfer partner on 22nd June. That's less than a month away. If you've been sitting on Membership Rewards points earmarked for Etihad, you need to act now.

Also in this week's issue: IHG is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points 🏨, Riyadh Air tickets have gone on sale (yes, really), and there's a Turkish Airlines upgrade deal worth knowing about.