Upgraded: British Airways first class
Downgraded: Qantas first class
Just days after Australia’s Qantas announced that they would be ditching two-thirds of their first-class seats (except on the A380) and making business class their primary premium cabin, British Airways went the opposite direction. Instead, they are pumping serious cash into an upgraded first-class cabin.

Upgraded: British Airways Visa Miles
In the spirit of the last item: In order to actually fly in BA’s first class, you’ll likely want to have a stash of BA frequent flier miles. To help toward that end, the BA mileage-earning Visa card giga-mega-uber-super-deal is back. 100,000 total bonus miles after only $2000 in spending. $75 annual fee. Details via Gary Leff.

Upgraded: Recycling
British Airways will partner with US-based Solena Group to build a plant in the UK to produce jet fuel from waste that would otherwise head to a landfill. The facility, scheduled to open in 2014, is intended to produce enough fuel to power only 2% of flights out of Heathrow.

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