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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.

What is the best Avios business credit card?

We have recently seen two new small business credit cards launching, both of which allow you to earn Avios.  But which is best? Both cards seem to take advantage of a loophole in the EU .....

We have recently seen two new small business credit cards launching, both of which allow you to earn .....

by Rob Burgess38 comments

How to save on regular British Airways short-haul trips with Flight Pass

It’s been 18 months since we looked at British Airways Flight Pass. I thought it was worth checking it out again for the benefit of newer readers and those for whom it wasn’t relevant last .....

It’s been 18 months since we looked at British Airways Flight Pass. I thought it was worth checking it .....

by Rob Burgess64 comments

SME? Get points worth 10,500 Avios with Capital on Tap’s Visa card

Capital On Tap has merged its two small business Avios-earning Visa credit cards into one – and kept the best bits of both products. With the new Business Rewards card, you earn 1p cashback or 1 .....

Capital On Tap has merged its two small business Avios-earning Visa credit cards into one – and kept the .....

by Rob Burgess115 comments

Get a 25% bonus on HSBC Premier credit card points conversions to Avios

A week ago, we wrote that we may be about to see a new transfer bonus between HSBC Premier credit cards and British Airways Executive Club. This was based on the fact that a HfP reader, ZW, found a .....

A week ago, we wrote that we may be about to see a new transfer bonus between HSBC Premier credit cards and .....

by Rob Burgess146 comments

The cheap Avios points deal on Groupon Ireland is still running

A quick heads up that the Groupon Ireland deal for buying discounted Avios is still running.  This is identical to the regular deals run by Groupon in Spain, but with the advantage that the entire .....

A quick heads up that the Groupon Ireland deal for buying discounted Avios is still running.  This is .....

by Rob Burgess

Capital on Tap announces positive changes to its Avios-earning payment cards

Capital On Tap finally announced the improvements to its two cashback or Avios-earning payment cards yesterday. New applicants have been receiving the new cards for a couple of weeks now, but the .....

Capital On Tap finally announced the improvements to its two cashback or Avios-earning payment cards .....

by Rob Burgess

Who won 1 million Avios in our Monese competition?

Back in September we ran a competition in association with online bank Monese to win 1 million Avios. I apologise for the delay in announcing the winner.  Monese wanted to be the first to announce .....

Back in September we ran a competition in association with online bank Monese to win 1 million Avios. I .....

by Rob Burgess111 comments

Get 3,000 bonus Avios with Avis car rentals

Iberia Plus is running a promotion with Avis which is more lucrative than you get by crediting rentals to British Airways Executive Club. It only runs for another two weeks though. Avis is .....

Iberia Plus is running a promotion with Avis which is more lucrative than you get by crediting rentals to .....

by Rob Burgess

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