Originally Posted by
Prospero
AGL are still in the process of winding down the Avios Travel Reward Programs. After closing the UK scheme earlier this year, the focus has now turned towards the ZA scheme which AGL recently announced will close on 31 May 2019. I suppose the planned migration of IB+ and BAEC onto the common Avios platform will follow soon after.
Perhaps... although I would still argue that rationalising what are essentially shopping portals (with uncertain strategic raisons-d'etre) is substantially different from merging airline loyalty programmes.
However this promo has helped demonstrate the weakness of IB+'s IT and, although BA is hardly world class, a common behind-the-scenes platform could certainly be useful.