Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways Executive Club is the frequent-flyer program for British Airways. It uses a reward currency called ‘Avios’. This article looks at what an Avios point is worth.
If you are new to collecting Avios, we suggest you start with the basics with our Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Avios.
In our Beginner’s Guide to Spending Avios, we look at how you can maximise the value you get from your Avios and how to avoid high taxes and charges on flights.
You can learn more about British Airways Executive Club on the British Airways website here.
If you need to buy Avios to top up your account, the special BA site you need is here.
This is my review of the British Airways Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. I was at Edinburgh Airport .....
This is my review of the British Airways Lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of .....
2 Oct 20222 October 2022 • 58 comments
Two quick pieces, with British Airways ideosyncracies in common! Cathay Pacific ‘P’ class business fares do not earn Avios or tier points Back in 2020, during the pandemic, Cathay Pacific .....
Two quick pieces, with British Airways ideosyncracies in common! Cathay Pacific ‘P’ class business .....
1 Oct 20221 October 2022 • 48 comments
This is your last chance to save on your next holiday, as the British Airways Holidays Sale is ending on Tuesday. In addition to the flight sale, British Airways Holidays is offering up to £300 off .....
This is your last chance to save on your next holiday, as the British Airways Holidays Sale is ending on .....
1 Oct 20221 October 2022 • 11 comments
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the last day for SMEs to take advantage of our special sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. The offer is exclusive to you as a Head for Points .....
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the last day for SMEs to take advantage of our special sign-up offer on the Capital on .....
1 Oct 20221 October 2022 • Leave a comment
It is almost two years since the application by Aer Lingus to join the transatlantic joint venture with British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia and Finnair gained regulatory approval. No-one told .....
It is almost two years since the application by Aer Lingus to join the transatlantic joint venture with .....
30 Sep 202230 September 2022 • 47 comments
Great news for small business owners. Capital on Tap has brought back its exclusive Head for Points offer. You will earn 50,000 bonus points when you take out a Capital on Tap Business Rewards Credit .....
Great news for small business owners. Capital on Tap has brought back its exclusive Head for Points offer. You .....
30 Sep 202230 September 2022 • 3 comments
Earlier this month, we told you how IAG Loyalty, the people who run Avios, were looking to start a new retail business to take over the Avios wine delivery service from Laithwaites. It is now .....
Earlier this month, we told you how IAG Loyalty, the people who run Avios, were looking to start a new retail .....
29 Sep 202229 September 2022 • 55 comments
We have run various article on how to earn Avios from Avis car rentals. The Avis / BA partnership is fairly well publicised and has good benefits, in particular the free additional driver when .....
We have run various article on how to earn Avios from Avis car rentals. The Avis / BA partnership is .....
25 Sep 202225 September 2022 • 5 comments
Finally …. with covid restrictions now reduced in both countries, British Airways is reinstating flights to Japan and Hong Kong. The only downside is that these are not technically .....
Finally …. with covid restrictions now reduced in both countries, British Airways is reinstating flights .....
23 Sep 202223 September 2022 • 54 comments
News in brief: Flybe to launch Heathrow flights to the Isle of Man Flybe continues to add to its Winter schedule. We covered the first nine new Flybe Winter routes here and the new Birmingham to .....
News in brief: Flybe to launch Heathrow flights to the Isle of Man Flybe continues to add to its Winter .....
22 Sep 202222 September 2022 • 20 comments
HfP readers often contact me with issues about getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ Avios redemption flight. I thought it was worth running over the rules .....
HfP readers often contact me with issues about getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open .....
20 Sep 202220 September 2022 • 47 comments
Two weeks ago we brought back the biggest sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa Credit Card that we ever see. The offer is exclusive to you as a Head for Points reader. You can .....
Two weeks ago we brought back the biggest sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa Credit .....
20 Sep 202220 September 2022 • 16 comments
When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to soften the blow of devaluation was the expansion of ‘Upgrade Using Avios’ to .....
When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to .....
18 Sep 202218 September 2022 • 47 comments
Today is the day that the new iPhone 14 is available for sale, although you will need to wait until 7th October for the larger iPhone 14 Plus. As I’m sure many HfP readers will be considering an .....
Today is the day that the new iPhone 14 is available for sale, although you will need to wait until 7th .....
16 Sep 202216 September 2022 • 161 comments
