BA Cityflyer to allow hand baggage to be checked in without charge

Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – see here. This involves an extra eight seats being added to each aircraft with seat pitch from Row 13 being curtailed sharply.

Not unreasonably, some readers questioned how this would impact hand baggage, as there are already issues on some fully booked flights. This message, sent to BA Cityflyer travellers, may be the answer:

Whilst this measure is described as ‘temporary’ – and excess hand baggage has often been taken off passengers at the gate at City – you could question if this will be the case given that an additional eight seats will soon start to appear on BA Cityflyer aircraft.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (January 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

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