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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.

Earn 25,200 Avios with subscriptions to the Economist

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. It is the same big Avios bonus that was offered in January – up to 25,200 points – .....

British Airways and The Economist have brought back their special offer for taking out a subscription. It is .....

by Rhys Jones

How to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia with Avios points

This article shows you how to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia using Avios – and the answer is not to use ba.com. If you are heading down to Australia in the near future, there are .....

This article shows you how to book domestic QantasLink flights in Australia using Avios – and the answer .....

by Rob Burgess70 comments

British Airways unveils its new New York JFK business class lounge

If you have flown through New York JFK in the last week you may have been one of the first people to see the new British Airways Club lounge which has just been unveiled. It is the culmination of a .....

If you have flown through New York JFK in the last week you may have been one of the first people to see the .....

by Rhys Jones51 comments

Review: Cathay Pacific’s The Pier First Class lounge, Hong Kong

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s The Pier First Class Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport. Two of the best regarded lounges across the oneworld airline alliance, which includes .....

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s The Pier First Class Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport. .....

by Anika Burnett37 comments

Review: Cathay Pacific’s The Wing First Class lounge, Hong Kong

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s ‘The Wing’ First Class Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport. Two of the best regarded lounges across the oneworld airline alliance, which .....

This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s ‘The Wing’ First Class Lounge at Hong Kong .....

by Anika Burnett76 comments

An update on Flybe’s loyalty plans now it has dropped Avios

Flybe is not launching a new loyalty scheme imminently, I was told this week. Flybe‘s partnership with Avios came to an end on 30th April. It is no longer possible to earn or spend Avios with .....

Flybe is not launching a new loyalty scheme imminently, I was told this week. Flybe‘s partnership with .....

by Rob Burgess

New 50% ‘buy Avios’ bonus launched – is it worth it?

British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. Until 21st May you will receive 50% bonus Avios when you buy or gift points. This is as high a bonus as we see these days .....

British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion. Until 21st May you will receive .....

by Rob Burgess145 comments

British Airways adds lounges access at eight European airports

British Airways has added lounge access at eight more European airports. Over the last year British Airways has been working hard to add lounge access for eligible customers at European airports where .....

British Airways has added lounge access at eight more European airports. Over the last year British Airways .....

by Rob Burgess77 comments

Get 20,000 Avios with the two Capital on Tap Visa cards for small businesses

For the first time, you can now earn Avios from a small business Mastercard. This is a great way for a sole trader or SME to rack up a large number of Avios each year, especially as HMRC accepts these .....

For the first time, you can now earn Avios from a small business Mastercard. This is a great way for a sole .....

by Rob Burgess

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