Written by Anika @ Head for Points
News in brief: British Airways status match for airberlin Topbonus members If you had airberlin status, British Airways has joined the list of airlines offering a status match. The BA offer is poor. Anyone who was oneworld Sapphire or Emerald equivalent with airberlin should take […]
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British Airways Executive Club Airberlin Status Match Offer + Bonus Avios For Germany Sign Up By November 30, 2017
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
British Airways has now launched a new offer to get Airberlin Topbonus members to sign up for their Executive Club and start collecting Avios. Topbonus elite members will get Bronze status and 4,500 bonus Avios for sign up. Seems that members can get 9,000 additional Avios by flying 4 British Airways coded and operated segments […]
Airberlin & NIKI Exit Oneworld On October 27, 2017
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Oneworld finally made an announcement regarding the Airberlin yesterday confirming the exit of both Airberlin and NIKI out of the alliance as of October 27, 2017. British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Royal Jordanian have all extended status match offers for Airberlin Topbonus members to keep them flying on Oneworld. Here’s the announcement from Oneworld (access […]
Air Berlin’s end with oneworld
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Among the many steps in the Air Berlin bankruptcy process is its termination as a member of the oneworld alliance. That move is now formally set thanks to an announcement by the alliance this afternoon.
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Fabulous Deal On An African Safari, How To Earn More Rapid Rewards And Cheap Flights To Australia And Europe
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles and points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comme…
Read MoreGet an Iberia Plus status match for Miles & More and Topbonus members
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
Finally some good news for airberlin Topbonus members – and an interesting opportunity for any reader with a Lufthansa Miles & More status card. After airberlin’s filing for insolvency there was a period when Topbonus was frozen with no miles collecting and spending at all. […]
Bits: Atlantis The Palm Avios promo, all food now free at Escape lounges, airberlin closing
Written by Anika @ Head for Points
News in brief: Up to 25% off and quadruple Avios at Atlantis The Palm Dubai British Airways has launched another Avios promotion in association with Atlantis The Palm resort in Dubai. Atlantis The Palm is one of the major resorts in Dubai with a huge […]
Airberlin To End All Flying By October 28, 2017
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Airberlin today announced its employees that all the flying will wind up by October 28, 2017. The long-haul flying will end by October 15 as already announced previously. This announcement doesn’t affect NIKI, LG Walter and planes/crews flying for Lufthansa’s Eurowing. The liquidator is expected to have the final deal done by Thursday with probably […]
The end is nigh: Air Berlin to halt flights this month
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
The gig is up for Air Berlin as flights are slated to end later this month. And, while negotiations for the sale of assets are ongoing, it seems that things are a bit more complicated there than previously expected.
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Crazy Email Of The Week: Collect Airberlin Topbonus Miles! (DON’T DO!)
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Couldn’t believe my eyes couple of hours ago when this email from Airberlin Topbonus made it to by inbox! An airline frequent flier program, majority owned by Etihad, that has basically cease to exists because Airberlin is in bankruptcy and soon to be divided by Lufthansa and other airlines, is trying to get members to […]
Air France – KLM Flying Blue Now Matching Airberlin Topbonus Members
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Airberlin, an airline that is still barely flying and waiting to be divided by Lufthansa and other airlines, has quite a few anxious Topbonus elite members waiting for a new home. Finnair started offering status matches last month (read more here) and now apparently Air France – KLM’s Flying Blue has extended an offer for […]
Domestic 747 and Berlin long-haul from Lufthansa
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Lufthansa is stepping up to cover for Air Berlin’s demise, adding new long-haul routes and a Jumbo capacity boost on one domestic route.
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Bits: Virgin and BA sales ends today, airberlin bidding, 50% off mytaxi in London
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: Virgin Atlantic and British Airways sales end today Today, Tuesday, is the final day for the current Virgin Atlantic and British Airways sales. I won’t go through the deals again in detail. The Virgin Atlantic pricing – which is more aggressive than […]
Air Berlin long-haul shutting down completely
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
The future of Air Berlin inches closer to dissolution, with Lufthansa and EasyJet expected to pick up the pieces. And the long-haul operations now have a firm shutdown date as the company will no longer have planes available to fly the routes.
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Bits: new SLH scheme with free Amex upgrade, who buys Air Berlin?, currency converter app
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: Small Luxury Hotels launches new INVITED loyalty scheme I mentioned back in May that hotel marketing consortium Small Luxury Hotels of the World was scrapping its loyalty scheme, The Club. Small Luxury Hotels of the World is a consortium of 520 luxury […]
And The Air Berlin Bids Are In!
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Parties interesting in acquiring all or parts of Air Berlin were required to submit bids today and the results should be in the day after the general election take place in Germany on September 25, 2017. According to media reports, the parties that were expected to bid for parts of Air Berlin did so. Lufthansa, […]
Airberlin Pilots Call In Sick En Masse
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Many Airberlin passengers were in for a surprise today as if there wasn’t enough to worry about already with the on-going bankruptcy process. Apparently, more than 200 pilots had called in sick this morning and roughly 100 flights were canceled by afternoon. Pilots were protesting how transfer of staff from Airberlin to several new owners […]
Bits: Club World £1060 Dubai fares, BA stops awarding Avios and tier points for airberlin flights
Written by Rob @ Head for Points
News in brief: £1,060 British Airways Club World fares to Dubai About 10 years ago, for no logical reason, Lisbon was the holy grail of cheap British Airways Club World tickets. You could be pretty certain that, wherever you wanted to go, the cheapest route […]
Air Berlin confirms full longhaul shutdown at Tegel (TXL)
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Air Berlin’s long-term survival odds took another hit today as the bankrupt carrier confirmed additional long-haul route cuts from its Berlin-Tegel (TXL) hub.
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Read MorePay Attention When Crediting Airberlin Flights For Partner Programs! (BA No Longer Accepts)
Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby
Airberlin filed for bankruptcy in late August (read more here) and its Topbonus program soon followed (read more here). It is likely that Airberlin will soon cease to exist and planes and crews will just move to work for other airlines. While you can still credit Airberlin flights to Topbonus, it doesn’t make much sense […]