We listed a few highlights here and here over the past few days. Here are just a few more Black Friday travel deals we spotted in our inbox after our Thanksgiving meal.
Ryanair is offering a Buy One Get One Half Price offer.
Quick – sign up for The Club Airport Lounges newsletter. They’ve promised subscribers a code for a 25% Black Friday discount code good for three days.
British Airways is offering a Black Friday Vacation Sale.
A good sign that we’re moving back to ‘normal’ in the travel world is the introduction of fresh airline safety videos that use a bit of wit and whimsey to get passeners to pay attention to the important safety instructions.
British Airways has a new safety video that will roll out on the carrier’s long-haul aircraft starting May 1, 2023.
The five-minute video features British Airways staff in key roles as well as as a cameo by British rapper, Little Simz, who takes off her headphones, and remarks ‘What?!’ in response to one of the instructions.
Elsewhere, a real-life farmer and two fishermen are shown inflating their life jackets.
In addition to drawing attention to the safety instructions, “we also wanted to inject some wit and showcase Britishness, and all the quirks that put us on the map by shining a light on real life people – from fishermen and chip shop workers to friends hanging out, as well as some well known faces who help put Britain on a stage,” said Calum Laming, British Airways’ Chief Customer Officer.
Take a look at the new safety video and let us know what you think.
Are you a fan of British Airways?
The airline knows that many people are yearning for something – anything – to remind them of the excitement of flying somewhere on a plane.
So the airline is feeding that hunger by putting some of its unneeded in-flight service items on sale. Just in time for holiday shopping.
What’s up for sale?
Plates, soup bowls, butter plates, champagne flutes, blankets, bread baskets, and other meal service items as well as collectors’ items from the airline’s retired Boeing 747 aircraft.
The British Airways items for sale are listed – by cabin – on a special page of the WhataBuy site.
These pictures make all the items look very appealing. But keep in mind: food is not included.
And while those little bread baskets are cute, we’ve got our hearts set on a British Airways bar trolley that was used on a Boeing 747. The price? About $266.00.
A Briggo robotic barista serves up specialty coffee drinks from two automated Coffee Haus spots in Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and from one located in San Francisco International Airport (SFO) adjacent to the security entrance inside Terminal 3.
Now comes word that throughout February, a robot bartender will be serving drinks at the British Airways lounges at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
BA has installed the Barsys 2.0, a smart automated cocktail-making machine. Customers order a drink by clicking a button on a screen. Then they place a glass on a small conveyor belt and the robot bartending machine does the rest.
No doubt, without the witty bartender banter.
British Airways’ First and Club World customers traveling from San Francisco and Newark will be able to sidle up to the robotic bar and choose from 30 cocktails and a variety of customizable drinks. Two special cocktails are on the menu: one called Silicon Galley; the other Echo-Whiskey-Romeo.
Not visiting either of these British Airways lounges this month? Looks like you can buy your own robot bartender for under $1000.
Here’s how it works.
British Airways has teamed up with Marmite to sell souvenir-sized jars of the popular-in-some-places breakfast spread made with brewer’s yeast.
The airline discovered that airport security officials at London City AIrport confiscate jars of Marmite more than any other branded item and that more than 2000 jars of Marmite are expected to be taken from travelers this year.
To make sure Marmite-lovers won’t go hungry when they travel – and because British Airways is having fun celebrating its centenary year – the the carrier is selling souvenir-sized jars of Marmite to its passengers.
For now, 70 gram, travel-friendly special edition jars of the spread are being sold exclusively on board.
Don’t fancy Marmite? Don’t worry.
British Airways will be releasing a series of other centenary edition foods in partnership with British brands during its milestone year.
The airline has a partnership with Scottish craft brewers, BrewDog, who have created a transatlantic IPA for customes and has a deal with luxury British watchmaker Bremont for a limited-editiod watch made with metal from the Concorde.