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Point Me To First Class · Monday, November 2, 2026

Data Reveals Airline Shopping Portals Lag Behind, Though British Airways Shines

When analyzing airline-specific shopping portals, Avneesh Kohli shared that most airline portals generally trail behind general shopping portals, with a few exceptions. Surprisingly, the British Airways portal appeared in the top three rates about three times more often than any other airline shopping portal.

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“Generally speaking, you should not be using airline shopping portals with a couple of exceptions. ... When we looked at the data, the one airline that stood far above the rest was British Airways.”
Avneesh Kohli
“British Airways was in the top three rates for shopping portals about three times more often than every other airline shopping portal.”
Avneesh Kohli
Heard on Point Me To First Class — “192. What the Data Reveals About Earning More Points with Shopping Portals and Card-Linked Offers”, published Monday, November 2, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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