Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport.
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Good news for business travelers - a recent study found that airline frequent flier reward programs are getting better and that reward seat availability is on the rise.
In March 2012, IdeaWorks Company queried the top 10 short- and long-haul routes on 23 airlines' frequent flier program websites for travel between June and October 2012 to gauge availability of award seats. Requirements were a minimum of two tickets booked together and no overly circuitous routes or layovers topping 4 hours.Surprisingly (or not), discount airlines offered the best availability - Southwest and AirBerlin tied for first place with 100% reward seat availability.Here are some other reward program insights frequent fliers won't want to miss:Trending positive. Overall reward seat availability is trending up, great news for road warriors. In 2010, only 5 airlines had 80% availability or better, this year 9 airlines made the cut. Those with the biggest increase in reward seat availability since last year are AirT...The U.S. and the European Union remain far apart on how airlines should pay for their greenhouse-gas emissions.At an aviation conference in Geneva, officials from th...
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