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How many Avios do I need to fly to ….?

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How many British Airways Avios points do you need to fly to a particular city?

It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many Avios are required for a particular route.  The ‘Avios Spendjng Calculator’, which had been broken for a long time, now seems to have permanently disappeared from ba.com.

This table should simplify the process.  It lists British Airways destinations alphabetically with pricing to / from London.  Prices are one-way.

How many Avios do I need to fly to ....?

How does the Avios pricing table work?

Prices are shown separately for Off Peak and Peak dates.  These are shown in ba.com during the booking process.

There are ‘fewer Avios, more cash’ options too – and they may be better value

British Airways, historically, has added a ‘taxes and charges’ sum to Avios redemption pricing. This has changed.

You now pay a fixed figure to contribute towards taxes and charges, as low as 50p each way on short haul economy flights and £12.50 each way on short haul business class flights.

Other pricing options are available, requiring fewer Avios but more cash. You can see these on the final page of the ba.com booking process.

For short haul, you will generally get better value by NOT choosing the 50p / £12.50 cheapest option. The best option is usually somewhere in the middle. For long haul, the ‘most Avios, least tax’ option as shown below is likely to be best value.

What’s the easiest way of knowing which Avios and cash combination is best?

I use ‘the 1p system’ which I outline here.

Put simply, assume that an Avios point is worth 1p. For each of the 5-6 Avios and cash combinations shown, convert the Avios into cash at 1p per point and see which option is cheapest in total. This will help you decide which option is best for you.

For example, 10,000 Avios + £200 is a poorer choice than 20,000 Avios + £50 if you use my ‘1p per Avios’ valuation. Of course if you only have 10,000 Avios then you’ll be choosing that option anyway – you may also want to choose that option to conserve Avios for future trips.

What about First Class redemptions?

Whilst it’s possible to redeem Avios for First Class tickets, British Airways treats them slightly differently and the pricing structure is not the same as for other classes.

To keep this chart simple(ish), we have written a separate article on how to redeem Avios points for First Class flights on British Airways which is here.

The British Airways Avios flight redemption pricing chart

Let me say again: there are other pricing options available for each route which require fewer Avios but more cash. Some of these options may even be better value, especially on short haul routes, if you are not using a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion voucher.

To find out how many Avios you need to fly in British Airways First Class, read this article.

This table was put together manually. If you spot any errors – either pricing errors or routes missed / routes to be added – please comment below and we will update it during the day.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Club works.  You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

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One-way Avios pricesEconomyEconomyPremium
Economy		Premium
Economy		BusinessBusiness
Off-peakPeakOff-peakPeakOff-peakPeak
Aberdeen9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Abuja22,500 +£4027,500 +£4037,500 +£77.547,500 +£77.570,000 +£102.580,000 +£102.5
Abu Dhabi25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Accra25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Agadir13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Algiers11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Alicante11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Almeria11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Amman13,750 +£4015,250 +£4024,250 +£102.527,250 +£102.5
Amsterdam9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Antigua30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Aruba30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£16590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Athens13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Atlanta30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Austin30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Bahrain25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Baltimore25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Bangkok35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Barbados30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Barcelona11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Bari11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Basel9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Bastia11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Belfast9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Bengalaru30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Bergerac9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Berlin9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Bermuda25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Bilbao9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Billund9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Bodrum13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Bologna11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Bordeaux9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Boston25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Brindisi11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Brussels9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Bucharest13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Budapest11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Buenos Aires40,000 +£12545,000 +£12555,000 +£227.580,000 +£227.5110,000 +£312.5120,000 +£312.5
Cagliari11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Cairo13,750 +£4015,250 +£4025,250 +£102.527,250 +£102.5
Cancun30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Cape Town30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Catania13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Chambery9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Chania13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Chennai30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Chicago25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Cincinnati25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Cologne9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Copenhagen9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Corfu13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Dalaman13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Dallas30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Delhi30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Denver30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£16567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Doha25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Dubai25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Dublin9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Dubrovnik11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Düsseldorf9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Edinburgh9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Faro11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Figari11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Florence11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Frankfurt9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Funchal13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Geneva9,250 +0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Genoa9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Georgetown (Guyana)30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Gibraltar11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Glasgow9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Gothenburg9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Gran Canaria13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Granada11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Grand Cayman30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Grenada30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Grenoble9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Hamburg9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Hannover9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Heraklion13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Hong Kong35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Houston30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Hyderabad30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Ibiza11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Ivalo13,750 + £0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Innsbruck9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Inverness9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Islamabad25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Istanbul13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Izmir13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Jeddah22,500 +£4027,500 +£4037,500 +£77.560,000 +£152.570,000 +£102.580,000 +£102.5
Jersey9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Johannesburg30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Kalamata13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Kefalonia13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Kingston30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Kos13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Krakow11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Kuala Lumpur40,000 +£12545,000 +£12555,000 +£227.580,000 +£227.5110,000 +£312.5120,000 +£312.5
Kuwait22,500 +£4027,500 +£4037,500 +£77.547,500 +£77.570,000 +£102.580,000 +£102.5
Lagos25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Lanzarote13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Larnaca13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Las Vegas30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Limoges9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Lisbon11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Ljubljana11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Los Angeles30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Luxembourg9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Lyon9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Madrid11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Malaga11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Male30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Malta13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Manchester9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Marrakech13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Marseille9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Mauritius35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Menorca11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Mexico City30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Miami30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Milan9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Montpellier9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Montreal25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Mumbai30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Munich9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Mykonos13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Nairobi30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Naples11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Nashville30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Nassau30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
New Orleans30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
New York25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Newcastle9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Nice9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Olbia11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Orlando30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Oslo11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Palermo11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Palma11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Paphos13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Paris9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Perugia11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Philadelphia25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Phoenix30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Pisa11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Pittsburgh25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Portland (Oregon)30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Port of Spain30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Porto11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Prague9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Pula11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Punta Cana30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Reykjavik13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Riga11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Rhodes13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Rio De Janeiro35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Riyadh25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Rome11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Rotterdam9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Salzburg9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
San Diego30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
San Francisco30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
San Jose (CA)30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
San Jose (C’Rica)30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
San Sebastian9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Santiago40,000 +£12545,000 +£12555,000 +£227.580,000 +£227.5110,000 +£312.5120,000 +£312.5
Santorini13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Sao Paulo35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Seattle30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Seoul35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£190100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£275
Seville11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Shanghai35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Sharm El Sheikh13,750 +£4015,250 +£4024,250 +£10227,250 +£102
Skiathos13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Singapore40,000 +£12545,000 +£12555,000 +£227.580,000 +£227.5110,000 +£312.5120,000 +£312.5
Sofia13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Split11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
St Kitts30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
St Lucia30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Stockholm11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Stuttgart9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Sydney50,000 +£15055,000 +£15080,000 +£252.5115,000 + £252.5145,000 +£387.5170,000 +£387.5
Tampa30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Tbilisi13,750 + £4015,250 + £4024,250 + £102.527,250 + £102.5
Tel Aviv13,750 +£4015,250 +£4024,250 +£102.527,250 +£102.5
Tenerife13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Thessaloniki13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Tirana13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Tobago30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Tokyo35,000 +£10040,000 +£10050,000 +£202.577,500 +£202.5100,000 +£287.5110,000 +£287.5
Toronto25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Toulouse9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Tromso13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Turin9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5
Turks and Caicos30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£16567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Valencia11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Vancouver30,000 +£7535,000 +£7547,500 +£177.567,500 +£177.590,000 +£237.5100,000 + £237.5
Venice11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Verona11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Vienna11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Warsaw11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Washington DC25,000 +£5030,000 +£5042,500 +£152.560,000 +£152.580,000 +£187.590,000 +£187.5
Zakynthos13,750 +£0.515,250 +£0.524,250 +£12.527,250 +£12.5
Zagreb11,750 +£0.512,750 +£0.520,000 +£12.522,250 +£12.5
Zurich9,250 +£0.59,750 +£0.515,000 +£12.516,250 +£12.5

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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:

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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

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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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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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.

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  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:
    29 Aug29 August 12:39

    “BA aren’t going to be moving over to larger aircraft for those routes…”

    I slightly disagree with this. If widebodies were guaranteed on those routes, there’s quite a lot of feckless well paid young men in London who would choose the destination based on the aircraft. Consider Amman for instance – if BA guaranteed a lie flat seat to Amman, it would then make RJ connections a viable option. As it is, I am not going to step off 5 hrs in CE and onto another flight.

    • Londonsteve says:
      29 Aug29 August 23:49

      Why only feckless well-paid young men that would choose to fly BA or otherwise based on the aircraft? Plenty of well-informed travellers that don’t fall into that narrow category, even just casual travellers who check the aircraft at the time of booking and decide they don’t want to spend 5 hours in Euro Traveller seated in the budget seats at the back of an A320 and direct their money elsewhere.

  • rio says:
    29 Aug29 August 13:01

    If you are using a Barclays “upgrade” voucher do you still get the “More pricing options”?

  • Alex Sm says:
    29 Aug29 August 14:17

    Interestingly, you removed Moscow but not St Petersburg from the list while it was discontinued five years ago (unrelated to war in Ukraine) and it was covered on HfP 🤓🇷🇺

  • David says:
    29 Aug29 August 18:13

    Tlv prices became like athens and thessaloniki since they move to shourthaul aircrafts.
    Therefore at 1 pound and 48,000 points ba move a lot of passengers from ba europ club to the business dreamliner of elal.what a bargin….

  • Robert says:
    29 Aug29 August 19:08

    Handy to have this table thanks, easily find the destinations I need.
    In response to earlier posts regarding the average of 1.0p/avios, I got 7.1p/avios for NCL-LHR-JFK return using a 2-4-1 in J, so there are ways to get more value for your Avios.

    • Rob says:
      29 Aug29 August 19:31

      How does that £6,000 implied valuation fit into my earlier analysis? You’re implying you would otherwise have bought a fully flex ticket.

      *If you always buy refundable tickets, it is fair to compare the cost to a refundable flight (say £6,000)

      *If you never buy refundable tickets, it’s only fair to compare the cost to a non-refundable flight (say £2,000)

      *If you would happily fly indirect if you paid cash, it’s only fair to compare the cheapest ticket on the market, not the BA price (say £1,500)

      *If you’d never pay for Business Class in the first place, you should probably compare it to the cost of an Economy flight plus whatever you’d be willing to pay if BA offered you a cash upgrade at check in (say £1,000, based on £600 plus the £200 each way you’d agree to pay to upgrade)

      • Robert says:
        29 Aug29 August 20:54

        Agree with those examples.
        My maths might be off but I calculated it at £7900 plus the £800 for the regional legs (£200 x 2 x 2) = 8700 x 100 minus the 160,000 Avios it cost me then divided by 100 to get the value in pence. If that’s wrong then I’m blaming it on being a long day lol

        • Rob says:
          29 Aug29 August 21:23

          Unless you would have paid £8,700 cash for that ticket you didn’t get 8p per Avios of value for it ….

          I suspect, at best, you might have paid £1,500 cash for a business class flight to NYC in a BA sale. This is probably the valuation you should use.

          It’s an important point because, for example, you may be considering buying Avios from BA at 2p each because in theory you’re quadrupling your money – but you’re not really ….

          • Robert says:
            29 Aug29 August 22:14

            Fair point, I probably wouldn’t pay that much personally, maybe for work when it’s a flexible ticket. Thanks for the insights. I also got that Marriott hotel for half the bonvoy points in NYC during the trip so another good HfP win there thanks.

    • Occasional Ranter says:
      30 Aug30 August 03:58

      He’s still going 😮

  • Londonsteve says:
    29 Aug29 August 23:29

    1p per Avios is a perfectly reasonable and correct assessment of approximately what each is worth. Attributing a fixed value to a point allows one to compare the relative cost of different routes travelling in different classes with a fixed valuation. Of course, one can derive far better value using Avios on one route over another relative to cash prices, in fact, at times cash prices can be cheaper, assuming we do value an Avios at 1p. Flexible point valuations depending on things like route and time of year are a personal assessment and do nothing to help those new to this game trying to get their head around how the Avios universe works.

  • Meike Hokkenbaals says:
    30 Aug30 August 03:40

    The Avios price fir Amman feels like a con. Especially when the business class is just a narrow-body economy seat with the middle seat blocked. For just an extra 10k, you can go to Abu Dhabi on a proper longhaul aircraft with flat beds an everything!

  • Occasional Ranter says:
    30 Aug30 August 04:11

    So patronising, and yet repeatedly unable even to get Rob’s name right.

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