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.
British Airways, as we covered yesterday, has announced increases in Avios pricing for flights on partner airlines. This is basically all airlines except BA, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling. Our main .....
British Airways, as we covered yesterday, has announced increases in Avios pricing for flights on partner .....
1 May 20191 May 2019 • 141 comments
The Hackett / Avios partnership, which originally launched with an exclusive American Express tie-in, is now open to all. You no longer need to be a British Airways American Express cardholder to .....
The Hackett / Avios partnership, which originally launched with an exclusive American Express tie-in, is now .....
1 May 20191 May 2019 • 33 comments
Yesterday I published an update on BA’s roll-out of ‘zero taxes’ Avios redemptions on short-haul. At present this has only been rolled out to Zone 3 routes which traditionally .....
Yesterday I published an update on BA’s roll-out of ‘zero taxes’ Avios redemptions on .....
30 Apr 201930 April 2019
A worryingly vague email has just been sent out by British Airways to anyone who has recently booked an Avios redemption on a partner airline. It says: “As you’ve previously used your Avios to .....
A worryingly vague email has just been sent out by British Airways to anyone who has recently booked an Avios .....
29 Apr 201929 April 2019 • 107 comments
Two weeks we exclusively revealed (click here to read) how British Airways is moving to ‘no taxes’ pricing on short haul redemptions. So far this has only been rolled out on longer .....
Two weeks we exclusively revealed (click here to read) how British Airways is moving to ‘no taxes’ .....
29 Apr 201929 April 2019 • 68 comments
This is our review of the lounge used by British Airways (the IGA lounge) at the new Istanbul Airport. Istanbul’s brand new airport opened earlier this month. We very rarely run reviews of .....
This is our review of the lounge used by British Airways (the IGA lounge) at the new Istanbul Airport. .....
28 Apr 201928 April 2019 • 57 comments
Avios and Flybe are ending their partnership on 30th April. Details are on the Flybe website here. You will still earn Avios on any Flybe flights taken by 30th April (you must complete BOTH legs, .....
Avios and Flybe are ending their partnership on 30th April. Details are on the Flybe website here. You will .....
28 Apr 201928 April 2019 • 59 comments
It was obviously never the case that British Airways only launched London Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale in Florida back in 2017 as a spoiler to annoy Norwegian. This means that it is a total coincidence .....
It was obviously never the case that British Airways only launched London Gatwick to Fort Lauderdale in .....
27 Apr 201927 April 2019 • 120 comments
On Tuesday we covered British Airways launching an additional four weekly services to Mumbai. This is to pick up some of the slack following the collapse of Indian group Jet Airways. There was some .....
On Tuesday we covered British Airways launching an additional four weekly services to Mumbai. This is to .....
26 Apr 201926 April 2019
There is good news for anyone heading to New York next week. The fully refurbished British Airways Galleries Club lounge is about to open. The lounge partly opened last week. British .....
There is good news for anyone heading to New York next week. The fully refurbished British Airways .....
26 Apr 201926 April 2019 • 166 comments
Citibank has launched a new Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank has been running an Avios incentive for new customers to its Citi Wealth Management service .....
Citibank has launched a new Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank .....
26 Apr 201926 April 2019 • 7 comments
Capital on Tap has launched a second small business Mastercard, the On Tap Club card, which earns Avios - and we have negotiated a higher sign up bonus for our readers. This card offers a generous .....
Capital on Tap has launched a second small business Mastercard, the On Tap Club card, which earns Avios - and .....
25 Apr 201925 April 2019 • 87 comments
Following the collapse of Jet Airways, British Airways has moved to fill the capacity gap on the London to Mumbai route. From 2nd June, BA will operate an additional four flights per week to .....
Following the collapse of Jet Airways, British Airways has moved to fill the capacity gap on the London to .....
24 Apr 201924 April 2019
We virtually never cover issues relating to disabled or wheelchair passengers on Head for Points, even though it pops up in reader emails on a regular basis. This is purely because it isn’t an .....
We virtually never cover issues relating to disabled or wheelchair passengers on Head for Points, even though .....
24 Apr 201924 April 2019 • 92 comments
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