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‘My Flightpath’ – a cool new tool on ba.com

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British Airways launched a new tool on ba.com yesterday – ‘My Flightpath’.

You can access it here (log-in required).

When BA launched Lifetime Tier Points last year, they were forced into assembling lots of data on your British Airways trip history.  Someone clearly thought that it was a shame to see this data go to waste!

So, log in via the link above and you wii see:

  • a quick summary of where you have flown on BA and partners
  • your cities and countries – a map of where you have been
  • and finally your badges – try to collect a few badges (no prizes!) for ticking off some arbitrary targets

It doesn’t have any great purpose (except, looking at the Flyertalk discussion on this, to convince a lot of people that BA must have calculated their lifetime tier points wrongly!), but I bet you end up sneaking a look ….


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (May 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

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There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card

30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express Credit Card

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

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We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

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There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

The American Express Business Platinum Card

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

The American Express Business Gold Card

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

Comments (35)

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  • Frenske says:

    They are sooooo cruel … a have a sliver frequent flyer but I am only a lowly blue. 🙁

  • Bwana says:

    Mine tells me all the details in Portugese! A language I cannot speak a word of!

  • RogerWilco says:

    I sorely miss the partner flights credited to BAEC – they do have the info, why not include them, too? Nice tool/toy, but…

  • TimS says:

    Mine misses out AA flights where I credited the miles to BAEC but then does include a flight I took on a BA management (ie staff travel) ticket where no TPs or avois were earned!

  • Riaz says:

    BA taking advantage of the gamification trend. Great idea.

  • Robin says:

    RAFFLES!
    “We didn’t bother getting him a BAEC number”
    I am disappointed in you – LOL

    • Rob says:

      You get yourself a new born baby and then see how far up your priority list comes registering it for BAEC when only redemptions are booked!

      Obviously, when we had to pay for a ticket, I got onto it immediately!

      • gnarlyoldgoatdude says:

        Maybe I’m sadder than you.
        By the time my son was 2 weeks old he had his first passport.
        By 6 months he had 3 passports and was signed up for as many schemes as possible.

        • Johnny5a says:

          not as bad as you, my son joined BAEC at 2 weeks old. passport within 6 weeks. facebook/twitter/email address sorted out the day after he was born 🙂

          • Rob says:

            My kids both have internet domains in their names, so they can have their own personalised email address when they are older! It’s only a couple of quid a year to maintain them.

  • Phil says:

    I think it has crashed now the general email has been sent out. Pretty interesting stuff but also plenty for the mine is bigger than your posts

  • signol says:

    It also doesn’t show BA franchise partner Comair flights 😉

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