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.
Between 1st and 31st July we are running an exclusive promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, the booking site which awards Avios points with every hotel you book. If you spend over £700 on .....
Between 1st and 31st July we are running an exclusive promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, the .....
17 Jul 201917 July 2019 • 41 comments
It’s back. Following a short trial in April, British Airways is rolling out ‘£1 taxes’ Avios redemptions on ALL UK and European routes for a trial period. Instead of paying £35 .....
It’s back. Following a short trial in April, British Airways is rolling out ‘£1 taxes’ .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • 142 comments
As part of its 100th birthday celebrations, British Airways is running a special event in August at the Saatchi Gallery in London. To quote: What will aviation look like in 20 years, 40 years, 60 .....
As part of its 100th birthday celebrations, British Airways is running a special event in August at the .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • 26 comments
If you have any plans to head to Italy this Summer or Autumn, note that Milan Linate is to close entirely between 27th July and 27th October. This is to allow runway renovations to take place. .....
If you have any plans to head to Italy this Summer or Autumn, note that Milan Linate is to close entirely .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019
British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The winner receives two economy flights to Durban. This is admittedly not the ideal prize .....
British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019
There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control of the (fairly recently) refurbished British Airways lounge to Prima Vista Group. As per .....
There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control .....
15 Jul 201915 July 2019
It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and Brazilian carrier TAM earlier this decade. It is, however, part of oneworld and therefore an .....
It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and .....
14 Jul 201914 July 2019 • 62 comments
With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series. This will cover the best ways of earning or redeeming miles and .....
With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel .....
12 Jul 201912 July 2019 • 49 comments
British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported that British Airways had closed its lounge at San Francisco airport for .....
British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • 41 comments
10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people – but not everyone – who have Preferred Rewards Gold or The Platinum Card. The .....
10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • 1 comment
British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at the start of the Winter timetable. BA is the first international airline to set a .....
British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019
The proposed £183m fine to be paid – subject to appeal – by British Airways for the massive data breach last year has been well reported by the national media, so I don’t want to .....
The proposed £183m fine to be paid – subject to appeal – by British Airways for the massive data .....
10 Jul 201910 July 2019
A lot of HfP readers emailed me yesterday about an British Airways American Express cardholder offer that was emailed to them. We covered this last month, but the feedback yesterday means that I .....
A lot of HfP readers emailed me yesterday about an British Airways American Express cardholder offer that was .....
10 Jul 201910 July 2019 • 192 comments
As we have covered before, the British Airline Pilots Association is currently balloting its members who work for British Airways on industrial action. It turns out that BALPA and BA spent Monday and .....
As we have covered before, the British Airline Pilots Association is currently balloting its members who work .....
10 Jul 201910 July 2019
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