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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
Not the end of the world - the app was never the best place to search reward seats anyway. The website finder and a few good third-party tools do it far better. Written up my full take here 👇 smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/new-briti...
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New British Airways App Is Live - But Avios Flight Search Is Gone
British Airways' long-delayed new app has finally launched. It is slicker and faster, but you can no longer search Avios reward flight availability inside it - tapping Book with Avios throws you out to the website. Here's what changed and the best alternatives for finding reward seats.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
You can still book with Avios - nothing's stopping you. It just all happens in a browser now rather than natively in the app. For those of us who treat reward-seat hunting as half the fun, it's a small but real loss.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
Here's my gripe though. Go into Reward Flights and you get two options: "Reward Flight finder" and "Book with Avios". That's it. And tapping "Book with Avios" just kicks you straight out to the BA website. No more quick in-app reward seat hunt.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
The on-the-day stuff is the bit most people actually need, and it's now done properly. Gate status, seat, boarding group all front and centre. This is the app the old one should always have been.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
Credit where it's due - as travel-day software this is a massive step up on the old app. Live boarding passes, gate countdowns, push updates in the 24 hours before you fly. BA say it's "built to evolve" too, so more to come.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/06/2026
The new British Airways app has finally landed on my phone after what feels like two years of "coming soon". First impressions: it's genuinely good. But there's one change that's going to annoy points people. A thread 🧵
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 16/06/2026
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Write Access is here
The most-requested MCP feature just shipped.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 16/06/2026
🚨 very excited to announce this!! your newsletter is now programmable in plain english write access on beehiiv means claude can draft posts, build automations, spin up polls and generate products on command you describe it, the ai does the work, you still decide what ships
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 12/06/2026
we're hosting our first summer release event on july 16 after our biggest quarter in company history - 50k users, 10 billion emails sent, podcast hosting launched and hit quarterly targets in 24 hours the next chapter in what we're building is coming worth watching www.beehiiv.com/summer-rele...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
Riyadh Air launched RUH-LHR yesterday! -> Started: Jun 10, 2026 -> Frequency: Daily -> Aircraft: 787-9 -> Cabins: Business Elite, Business, Premium Economy, Economy -> Notable: Inaugural revenue service of Saudi Arabia's new national carrier
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
Pair this with China going 30-day visa-free brits and it suddenly makes a lot more sense to go. Land in China, hop around on 4-6k Avios a leg. Not bad at all. I'll be using it (Sanya is calling!). Full breakdown here 👇 smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/british-a...
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British Airways Now Lets You Book China Southern With Avios
British Airways has added China Southern as a full Avios redemption partner across its entire network. We run the maths on the best-value routes - from 4,000 Avios short-haul - plus where business class fits and how to find the seats.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
Don't get too excited about business class though. It's bookable, but they tightened the seats they release to BA the moment J inventory went live. It's thin. Economy short-haul is the play here. I wouldn't build a trip chasing a business seat.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
China Southern's real strength is its domestic + regional network out of Guangzhou. Short hops = tiny Avios cost + low taxes: → Guangzhou-Sanya: 4,000 Avios → Guangzhou-Ho Chi Minh: 6,500 → Guangzhou-Beijing: 8,500 That's the kind of redemption I actually love.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
BA quietly made China Southern a full Avios redemption partner and almost nobody's talking about it. The interesting bit isn't the long-haul. It's the cheap stuff 👇
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 11/06/2026
✈️ BA and Amex have blocked off an entire plane for a zero-cash, zero-surcharge flight to New York. Economy return from just 25,000 Avios. No fuel surcharges. smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/ba-amex-2...
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BA Amex 25th Anniversary Flight: New York from 25,000 Avios Return
British Airways and American Express are marking 25 years with a one-off Avios-only flight to New York. Return fares from 25,000 Avios plus £0 cash across every cabin, a private One Vanderbilt event, and helicopter transfers in First. Register by 24 June 2026 to be eligible to book. Full fares, value maths and booking rules.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 09/06/2026
British Airways paused its Starlink rollout after just 5 planes. -> Suspension: now through late October 2026 -> Equipped: 5 of ~300 aircraft -> Why: summer schedule, no maintenance slots -> Restart: end of IATA summer season Check your flight: seatwifi.com/airlines/ba
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British Airways WiFi: Starlink (BA) 2026 | SeatWiFi
British Airways in-flight WiFi guide. Yes, British Airways has free Starlink WiFi! Speed, cost, and availability for BA flights.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 08/06/2026
Conductor just added browser previews!
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 08/06/2026
Wizz Air just signed Starlink - the first European budget airline to commit. → Rollout from 2027 → Every next-gen A321neo equipped → Built for streaming, gaming & video calls → Starlink bars charging flyers, so expect it free smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/wizz-air-...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
Wrote up the full maths, the timing traps and whether it's worth it for free vs Pro cardholders here: smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/capital-o...
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Qatar's 30% Avios Transfer Bonus & Capital on Tap
30% bonus Avios until 30 June via Qatar Privilege Club - the honest maths for Capital on Tap holders.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
So my actual plan: only moving points I've got a near-term redemption for, doing it this week not on the 30th, and checking seat availability BEFORE transferring. No point bonusing your way to a balance for seats that don't exist.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
And before anyone says it - yes, Qatar's programme is great. I rate it. Often better than BA on long-haul Business and QSuite availability on their own metal is solid. I just don't move big balances anywhere without a trip in mind. That's not caution, that's just sense.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
What actually surprised me is the free card maths. CoT free transfers at 0.8 Avios/point normally - below the Pro card's 1:1. With the 30% bonus the free card lands around 1.04/point. It briefly beats what Pro people get at standard rate. Wild for a free card.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
And it's NOT retroactive. The Avios have to actually land in your Qatar account before 30 June, not just be kicked off before then. I'd never leave a multi-step transfer to the last 48 hours. Do it early and save yourself the stress.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
The bit nobody seems to mention loudly enough: the 30% is paid by QATAR, not at the point of transfer. It lands separately by 31 July. So when you transfer and the bonus isn't there instantly - that's normal. Don't fire off a support ticket like I nearly did the first time.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 05/06/2026
Genuinely one of the easier 30% Avios bonuses to act on this month if you've got Capital on Tap points sitting around. Qatar Privilege Club is running it 1-30 June, and CoT is a named partner. A few honest thoughts as someone with two CoT cards in the stack.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 04/06/2026
founders don't say "most proud project" lightly this feels like a big one x.com/denk_tweets...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
audience size is not the metric a tightly-run newsletter business with 5,000 paid subscribers, referral programs, and a real website outperforms most 100k passive lists the creators who figured this out early are compounding fast x.com/denk_tweets...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
been building like a madman recently seeing this response from a customer makes it all worth it
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
I've done the full breakdown - pence-per-point maths, flight times, when to book vs wait: smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/british-a... Northern Lights or beach? I think I know which one I'd pick 🌌
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BA Avios-Only Flights to Reykjavik and Tenerife - October Half-Term 2026
British Airways has launched two new Avios-Only flights for October half-term 2026: Reykjavik and Tenerife, with every seat bookable from £5 plus 33,500 Avios return. We run the pence-per-point maths and explain when these flights make sense - and when a standard Reward Seat is the smarter play.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
My honest take: if you're flexible on dates, check standard Reward Seats either side first - you might pay fewer Avios for the same trip. But if half-term is fixed and you've a voucher spare, Reykjavik for the Northern Lights is a lovely way to spend it.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
The thing that properly tips it for me is the Companion Voucher. It works on these flights → second seat for just the taxes, or 50% off the Avios if you're solo. For a family that basically halves the points, and suddenly the maths is brilliant.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
What you're really paying for is guaranteed availability - a whole plane of reward seats on a week when standard space would have gone months ago. That's genuinely useful if half-term is locked in. Just don't go in thinking it's a bargain, because it isn't quite.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
Here's the bit that's easy to miss: 33,500 Avios return is actually a little more than a standard short-haul Reward Seat to either place normally costs (~27,500-30,500 at peak). The £5 makes it feel like a steal. The Avios number is the real price.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 03/06/2026
BA has just launched new Avios-Only flights to Reykjavik and Tenerife for October half-term ✈️ Every seat, every cabin, bookable with Avios. From £5 + 33,500 Avios return. Really tempting for half-term - but I'd do the maths before you get carried away.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 01/06/2026
see you there 👀 www.beehiiv.com/summer-rele...
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Summer Release 2026 | beehiiv
Save the date for beehiiv Summer Release 2026—new features and what’s next for your newsletter.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 25/05/2026
Aer Lingus launching DUB-PIT. -> Start: May 25, 2026 -> Frequency: 4x weekly -> Aircraft: A321neo LR -> Cabins: 16 Business + 168 Economy -> Notable: First-ever Dublin-Pittsburgh nonstop Track availability: aerlingus.com
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 23/05/2026
Aer Lingus launching DUB-PIT. -> Start: May 25, 2026 -> Frequency: 4x weekly (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sun) -> Aircraft: A321LR -> Cabins: Business (16), Economy (168) -> Notable: First-ever Pittsburgh-Dublin nonstop; long-haul narrowbody
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 23/05/2026
paid newsletter subscriptions grew 138% on beehiiv last year $8m to $19m in a single year and the median creator hit their first dollar in 66 days email is still the most underleveraged monetization channel in the creator economy www.beehiiv.com/blog/the-st...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 22/05/2026
A lot happening this week - some with hard deadlines. Give the full newsletter a read so you don't miss a transfer window or a bonus that won't stick around. ✈️ smartwithpoints.co.uk/p/etihad-gu...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 22/05/2026
Also in this week's issue: IHG is offering a 100% bonus when you buy points 🏨, Riyadh Air tickets have gone on sale (yes, really), and there's a Turkish Airlines upgrade deal worth knowing about.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 22/05/2026
⚠️ Amex is dropping Etihad Guest as an MR transfer partner on 22nd June. That's less than a month away. If you've been sitting on Membership Rewards points earmarked for Etihad, you need to act now.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 21/05/2026
Alaska Airlines launches SEA-LHR today! -> Start: May 21, 2026 -> Frequency: Daily, year-round -> Aircraft: 787-9 -> Cabins: Business (34 suites), Economy -> Notable: Alaska's first-ever transatlantic; bookable on oneworld miles Track availability: news.alaskaair.com/destination...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 18/05/2026
locking your best content behind a paywall on day one is leaving money on the table readers who convert to paid are the ones who already love you - they need free content to fall in love first we built this into beehiiv techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/...
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Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls | TechCrunch
The announcement is a clear sign the company is trying to become an all-in-one hub for creators, reducing the hassle of juggling various tools and services to run their businesses.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 18/05/2026
Emirates activated Starlink across Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas. -> 33 aircraft now live (up from 25 on May 4) -> Includes world-first A380 - 3 antennas, 2+ Gbps -> Target: 150 aircraft by end 2026 -> Free, all cabins Check your flight: seatwifi.com/airlines/ek
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Emirates WiFi: Starlink (EK) 2026 | SeatWiFi
Emirates in-flight WiFi guide. Yes, Emirates has free Starlink WiFi! Speed, cost, and availability for EK flights.
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 17/05/2026
United Airlines launching EWR-SCQ. -> Start: May 27, 2026 -> Frequency: 3x weekly (seasonal) -> Aircraft: 737 MAX 8 -> Cabins: Economy Plus, Economy -> Notable: First-ever nonstop US to Santiago de Compostela; endpoint of the Camino de Santiago
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 16/05/2026
$2m in ad campaigns running on beehiiv right now advertisers don't commit $2m somewhere unless they're seeing real returns 👀 x.com/denk_tweets...
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 15/05/2026
United Airlines resuming IAH-CCS. -> Start: Aug 11, 2026 -> Frequency: Daily -> Aircraft: 737 MAX 8 -> Cabins: First (intl), Economy -> Notable: First US nonstop to Caracas since 2017; subject to gov't approval
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 15/05/2026
Miles & More just launched a buy-miles bundle. -> Bonus: 60% (targeted, max varies by account) -> Rate: 1.28 cpp (large bundle, 160k miles) -> Cap: 160,000 miles -> Through: May 31, 2026 -> Sweet spot: LH J to Europe or Star Alliance biz Buy here: miles-and-more.com
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 14/05/2026
Royal Jordanian just launched AMM-DFW! -> Start: May 10, 2026 -> Frequency: 4x weekly (year-round) -> Aircraft: 787-8 -> Cabins: Business (2-2-2 flat-bed), Economy -> Notable: RJ's longest-ever route at 7,036 mi; first Middle East nonstop to DFW -> Bookable by Avios
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Jack Culpan @jackculpan.com · 14/05/2026
GHA Discovery just opened a paid status match. -> Match from: hotel/airline/cruise status or Visa/Mastercard travel card -> Get: Platinum (net $50) or Titanium (net $75) -> Valid: through Dec 31, 2027, no stay required -> Apply by: Sep 1, 2026 Match it: ghadiscovery.statusmatch.com
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