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.
The United States Government has just announced that the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will be added to the United States travel ban. Non-US passport holders / non-US residents will not be .....
The United States Government has just announced that the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will be added .....
14 Mar 202014 March 2020 • 382 comments
Finally ….. British Airways has seen the light and is now allowing you to cancel ALL flights up to 31st May, in return for a travel voucher. However …. I am not convinced you should .....
Finally ….. British Airways has seen the light and is now allowing you to cancel ALL flights up to 31st .....
13 Mar 202013 March 2020 • 857 comments
British Airways has decided to end the practice of automatically sending out plastic cards to Gold, Silver and Bronze members of British Airways Executive Club. It has also stopped issuing paper .....
British Airways has decided to end the practice of automatically sending out plastic cards to Gold, Silver and .....
13 Mar 202013 March 2020 • 175 comments
If you have any friends or relatives stuck in Italy, pass this on. A revised BA travel advisory, issued at 1pm today, states that British Airways will now pay the costs of passengers who wish to leave .....
If you have any friends or relatives stuck in Italy, pass this on. A revised BA travel advisory, issued at 1pm .....
12 Mar 202012 March 2020 • 6 comments
Luckily for us, as Rhys is in Australia on his £185 Qantas deal this week, we were able to get some outline coverage of the US / EU travel ban into our 6am email. It’s now time to take a .....
Luckily for us, as Rhys is in Australia on his £185 Qantas deal this week, we were able to get some outline .....
12 Mar 202012 March 2020 • 127 comments
Donald Trump made a late announcement yesterday stating that all travel between continental Europe and the USA will be suspended from midnight on Friday. Travel from the UK will not be affected. .....
Donald Trump made a late announcement yesterday stating that all travel between continental Europe and the USA .....
12 Mar 202012 March 2020
The A318, ‘all business class’ British Airways flight from London City Airport to New York JFK may have met its match. The last flight (for a while) will be Wednesday 25th March, allowing .....
The A318, ‘all business class’ British Airways flight from London City Airport to New York JFK may .....
12 Mar 202012 March 2020 • 298 comments
British Airways is the big winner from the collapse of Flybe as it has been given the 12 daily Summer slot pairs at Heathrow used by the airline. Given that Air New Zealand received £20m for its .....
British Airways is the big winner from the collapse of Flybe as it has been given the 12 daily Summer slot .....
11 Mar 202011 March 2020 • 107 comments
Last week, British Airways launched its ‘Book with Confidence’ guarantee in an attempt to drive bookings. Unfortunately, it wasn’t good enough. I even gave it a hard time during my .....
Last week, British Airways launched its ‘Book with Confidence’ guarantee in an attempt to drive .....
10 Mar 202010 March 2020 • 70 comments
This article is a summary of the current British Airways and Virgin Atlantic coronavirus policies on travel, refunds and status extension. It is correct, as far we know, as of 8pm on Wednesday 11th. .....
This article is a summary of the current British Airways and Virgin Atlantic coronavirus policies on travel, .....
10 Mar 202010 March 2020 • 169 comments
British Airways announced this morning that ALL flights to Italy have been cancelled. This will continue until at least 4th April, which is the length of the current country-wide quarantine period. .....
British Airways announced this morning that ALL flights to Italy have been cancelled. This will continue until .....
10 Mar 202010 March 2020 • 44 comments
British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. Until 22nd March you will receive 50% bonus Avios when you buy or gift points. This is as high a bonus as we see these .....
British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. Until 22nd March you will .....
10 Mar 202010 March 2020
British Airways has filed a substantial number of short-haul cancellations. This will see the European flying programme cut by 18%. Because of the requirement to pay EC261 compensation if flights .....
British Airways has filed a substantial number of short-haul cancellations. This will see the European .....
9 Mar 20209 March 2020 • 79 comments
Yesterday we ran a long article summarising the latest British Airways and Virgin Atlantic travel policies on coronavirus. It was partly out of date before it went live, as the Italian Government .....
Yesterday we ran a long article summarising the latest British Airways and Virgin Atlantic travel policies on .....
9 Mar 20209 March 2020 • 191 comments
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