Is Avios planning to end points expiry?

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• vlcnc says:

  1 Mar1 March 10:11

  I got an email yesterday about points expiring wierdly, I thought points expire only after 36 months of inactivity? I checked my last activity and I did a hotel transfer from Marriott in March 2019 so only been 24 months – so am wondering if something has changed??

  • ChrisC says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:00

    If they didn’t send you an email about expiry and giving people time to do something about it you’d be complaining!

    • vlcnc says:

      1 Mar1 March 11:20

      Not complaining if they’re just giving me ample time – not an expert on miles (which is why I occasionally read here), just checking they’re not suddenly changed this 36 month rule or if hotel transfers don’t count as saw this article.

• Adam Toscani says:

  1 Mar1 March 12:50

  Can someone just explain in plain English everyday Joe layman’s terms please? Do my points expire if I don’t use them? My partner and I both have avios accounts which are both lumped together in the household account. Thanks

  • Rhys says:

    1 Mar1 March 13:09

    This article looks at the current expiry policy: https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/01/02/when-do-my-avios-points-expire-how-can-i-stop-my-avios-expiring/

    • vlcnc says:

      1 Mar1 March 13:29

      I’ve seen that, but does converting from a hotel scheme into Avios like Marriott Bonvoy count as activity to keep an account active in the 36 month period??

      • Blenz101 says:

        1 Mar1 March 13:31

        Yes – you will have earned points and reset the clock on expiry

        • vlcnc says:

          1 Mar1 March 13:46

          Thanks! Sorry just know things can be really specific with these things so wanted to be absolutely clear.

• flyforfun says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:29

  Lets be thankful BA isn’t like Emirates and some other airlines where points have a fixed life to use them in. It doesn’t allow the occasional traveller to build up many points but obviously useful to a frequent flyer as there should be fewer people competing for reward seats.

  • Mawalt says:

    1 Mar1 March 15:02

    I think these airlines have it wrong as it actually discourages most people from using their loyalty schemes except for the top tier frequent flyers. L M&M is a good example because without the credit card, there is really very little point in them: the other schemes are often worse.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    1 Mar1 March 22:24

    Because of the expiry policy I’ll drive 100 miles to fly BA instead of emirates from my local airport. I’d also go via Qatar when that was an option.

    I also transferred MR to emirates purely so I could cash out some orphan points to Heathrow Rewards.

    It’s completely bonkers to make it as hard as possible to build a large enough balance to redeem a flight.

• G says:

  1 Mar1 March 17:21

  I think this is just conservative accounting for the fact that it’s so easy to keep avios alive

• Stu N says:

  1 Mar1 March 19:49

  “You need to remember that this is in the formal, albeit unaudited, financial statements. Every word has been gone over carefully. It would be surprising if it had slipped through by accident.”

  What you don’t say is the review has been done by a sleep deprived audit junior who never wants to see another pizza or Hilton breakfast ever again….

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