Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways 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.
You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.
British Airways has once again extended its ‘Book with Confidence’ guarantee. The new bookings policy was set to expire at the end of July but has now been extended until 31st August. The .....
British Airways has once again extended its ‘Book with Confidence’ guarantee. The new bookings .....
10 Jun 202010 June 2020 • 59 comments
We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent weeks. There were a number of reasons for this: the very fact that BA is running any long haul .....
We have given British Airways a fairly easy ride over its in-flight service standards in recent .....
10 Jun 202010 June 2020 • 182 comments
What is the best way to spend your British Airways On Business points? Here’s something we’ve never seen published before. There are odd discrepancies in reward pricing between .....
What is the best way to spend your British Airways On Business points? Here’s something we’ve .....
9 Jun 20209 June 2020 • 10 comments
British Airways has cut its exclusive Gold member benefits for members who stay at Langham hotels and who enrol in the ‘1865’ loyalty scheme. As recently as August last year we wrote .....
British Airways has cut its exclusive Gold member benefits for members who stay at Langham hotels and who .....
8 Jun 20208 June 2020
British Airways has turned the screw on its pilots over redundancy plans, despite the hopes of their union that a deal could be reached. BALPA, the pilots union, is generally seen as the grown-up in .....
British Airways has turned the screw on its pilots over redundancy plans, despite the hopes of their union .....
7 Jun 20207 June 2020 • 85 comments
The Bank of England has published the list of businesses which have received a taxpayer-funded bailout under the UK Government’s Coronavirus Corporate Finance Facility (CCFF). This is the list .....
The Bank of England has published the list of businesses which have received a taxpayer-funded bailout under .....
6 Jun 20206 June 2020 • 91 comments
Where is British Airways flying in July? In the last few days British Airways has been ramping up to welcome Joe Public back on board. It is now displaying a ‘welcome back’ message on its .....
Where is British Airways flying in July? In the last few days British Airways has been ramping up to welcome .....
6 Jun 20206 June 2020 • 72 comments
LATAM, the South American airline, left the oneworld alliance on 30th April. This was driven by a decision by LATAM to partner with US airline Delta, a SkyTeam member, which injected $1.9 billion into .....
LATAM, the South American airline, left the oneworld alliance on 30th April. This was driven by a decision by .....
5 Jun 20205 June 2020
As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios airlines, ie airlines which let you redeem Avios points for their flights. You .....
As we haven’t looked at this for a couple of years, I thought it was worth updating my list of all Avios .....
5 Jun 20205 June 2020 • 31 comments
Perhaps not surprisingly, British Airways has postponed the launch of its Heathrow to Newquay service. The first flight was due to take place on 2nd July. The delay is only a short one, however. The .....
Perhaps not surprisingly, British Airways has postponed the launch of its Heathrow to Newquay service. The .....
3 Jun 20203 June 2020 • 22 comments
I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios points. The answer is yes, you can, but there are two snags: it is a bit fiddly, and more .....
I get the occasional reader email asking if you can convert Club Eurostar points into British Airways Avios .....
2 Jun 20202 June 2020
News in brief: BBC Radio story on the British Airways redundancies BBC Radio did a well-informed piece yesterday on the current state of aviation, including the British Airways redundancies and issues .....
News in brief: BBC Radio story on the British Airways redundancies BBC Radio did a well-informed piece .....
2 Jun 20202 June 2020 • 17 comments
A reader recently got in touch to suggest we write an article on how you are protected if you book cash flights now for later this year or early 2021. It was a good idea. After all, you may wish to .....
A reader recently got in touch to suggest we write an article on how you are protected if you book cash .....
1 Jun 20201 June 2020 • 70 comments
Moody’s has joined fellow rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poors in cutting British Airways debt to ‘junk’ status. In early April, as we covered, Fitch cut the credit rating .....
Moody’s has joined fellow rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poors in cutting British Airways debt .....
31 May 202031 May 2020 • 46 comments
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