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British Airways and Avios

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.

If you are interested in earning Avios from credit cards, you should read this article comparing all the Avios-earning credit cards.

You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.

Do you know the expiry rules for your Avios and other airline miles?

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

by Rob Burgess84 comments

BREAKING: British Airways suspends all flights to China

British Airways has cancelled all flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the coronavirus outbreak. There will be no services until at least Friday, and no tickets are being sold for flights until 1st .....

British Airways has cancelled all flights to Beijing and Shanghai due to the coronavirus outbreak. There will .....

by Rob Burgess94 comments

Heathrow airport now selling Fast Track security access, including at Terminal 5

Not a lot of people know what Heathrow Airport sells Fast Track security access.  You can find it on the Heathrow website here. The price is not exactly a bargain at £12.50 per person.  It does not .....

Not a lot of people know what Heathrow Airport sells Fast Track security access.  You can find it on the .....

by Rob Burgess

British Airways delays the launch of the first Boeing 787-10 flights to Atlanta

As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft. It is the larger but shorter-range version of the Boeing 787-9, which itself is a larger but shorter-range .....

As we covered here, British Airways is soon to receive its first Boeing 787-10 aircraft. It is the larger but .....

by Rob Burgess

British Airways trialling short-haul food pre-ordering in Europe

British Airways has launched a trial which allows Economy passengers on European short-haul flights to pre-order food. The criteria for taking part in the trial seems, ahem, eclectic – the .....

British Airways has launched a trial which allows Economy passengers on European short-haul flights to .....

by Rob Burgess267 comments

Why you should NEVER book Avios reward flights on Iberia via ba.com

During January we’ve been running a few introductory articles, primarily to help the new readers we always attract at this time of year.  We hope that everyone gets something from them, .....

During January we’ve been running a few introductory articles, primarily to help the new readers we .....

by Rob Burgess116 comments

How to fly LEVEL for good value Premium Economy Avios redemptions

Two years ago, IAG, the parent of British Airways, launched a new low-cost airline – LEVEL. Whilst we ran an article at the time we have barely mentioned it since, except for the day it decided .....

Two years ago, IAG, the parent of British Airways, launched a new low-cost airline – LEVEL. Whilst we .....

by Rob Burgess60 comments

Has British Airways now messed up its iPhone app too?

Before Christmas we covered the new British Airways iPad app. We celebrated the achievements of the BA IT team as the British Airways iPad app received its 1,000th one-star review.  Since .....

Before Christmas we covered the new British Airways iPad app. We celebrated the achievements of the BA IT team .....

by Rob Burgess

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