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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.

LAST CALL: Earn up to 8 Avios per £1 with a special Hotels.com promotion

I wanted to give the Hotels.com / Avios promotion another mention today as the current special offer ends tomorrow. Hotels.com and British Airways Executive Club now have a direct earning .....

I wanted to give the Hotels.com / Avios promotion another mention today as the current special offer ends .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Earn 1,000 bonus Avios on your Marriott hotel stays in Europe

Marriott has just launched a new Avios bonus promoting European hotels in their Luxury, Premium, Select and Long Stay brand groups. This means that all Marriott brands except the Autograph .....

Marriott has just launched a new Avios bonus promoting European hotels in their Luxury, Premium, Select and .....

by Rob Burgess11 comments

British Airways running Boeing 747’s on domestic services for a day

British Airways seems to be planning a few events for the late August Bank Holiday weekend because Sunday 25th August is ‘the’ day for the 100th birthday celebrations. This assumes you are .....

British Airways seems to be planning a few events for the late August Bank Holiday weekend because Sunday 25th .....

by Rob Burgess

The first British Airways A350 aircraft is in the paint shop and looks good

A very short article here, but with some great pictures. British Airways has released some images of its first Airbus A350 heading into the paint shop at the factory in Toulouse.  Click to enlarge. .....

A very short article here, but with some great pictures. British Airways has released some images of its first .....

by Rob Burgess

Air Belgium will be flying to Cairo for British Airways due to lack of aircraft

Air Belgium is to operate BA’s Cairo flights from August. Air Belgium is stepping in again to help British Airways as it continues to struggle with faulty Boeing 787-9 engines. An Air Belgium .....

Air Belgium is to operate BA’s Cairo flights from August. Air Belgium is stepping in again to help .....

by Rob Burgess

British Airways cabin crew member Amy Hart will appear on Love Island

There is a British Airways cabin crew member on Love Island …. We are probably barking up the wrong tree here in terms of what appeals to the HfP readership, but if you tune into Love Island on .....

There is a British Airways cabin crew member on Love Island …. We are probably barking up the wrong tree .....

by Rhys Jones157 comments

British Airways is closing the Geneva lounge today for a full refurbishment

The British Airways Geneva lounge is closing today. Today, assuming everything remains on schedule, is the last day to use the British Airways lounge in Geneva. It closes tonight and will reopen in .....

The British Airways Geneva lounge is closing today. Today, assuming everything remains on schedule, is the .....

by Rob Burgess89 comments

Additional British Airways A350 Club Suite business class flight announced

There will be an additional Club Suite flight to Dubai from March 2020. We are slowly getting to see how British Airways will be utilising its new A350 aircraft, which is where you need to look if you .....

There will be an additional Club Suite flight to Dubai from March 2020. We are slowly getting to see how .....

by Rhys Jones

British Airways adds superior Do&Co catering on more long haul routes

More British Airways routes will soon get Do&Co catering. Last September British Airways surprised us by announcing that all outbound long haul catering at Heathrow would be switching from Gate .....

More British Airways routes will soon get Do&Co catering. Last September British Airways surprised us by .....

by Rhys Jones110 comments

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