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Daily Digest — 2026-09-10

Thursday, 10 September 2026

Daily Digest — Thursday, 10 September 2026

🎫 Head for Points

Yesterday, Iberia invited me to Madrid to take a look at the new Sorolla Emerald Lounge which has opened for top tier oneworld Emerald (BA Gold and Iberia Platino, amongst others) members. I’ll show y…

British Airways launched ‘Avios Balance Boost’ in June 2023. It is a surprisingly good value way of buying Avios. Put simply, you can buy a lump sum of Avios equivalent to 100%, 200% or 300% of the Av…

Marriott Bonvoy has launched its autumn promotion – but it’s not hugely exciting. You can register here. You will receive 1,500 bonus points on every stay of 2+ nights. It increases to 4,500 bonus poi…

Lifetime status is a feature of some frequent flyer programs that allow you to acquire a certain level of elite status for the rest of your life – even if you never fly another qualifying flight again…

British Airways has just released the following update for anyone who has been caught up in the Air Traffic Control issues yesterday. 2pm update: You can now rebook until 13th September, not 11th Sept…

🤖 AI News

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