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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.

How do you upgrade a British Airways cash flight with Avios?

Today I want to give you an overview of how you can upgrade your British Airways flight using Avios points. If you are flying British Airways, you may be able to upgrade your flight at any point .....

Today I want to give you an overview of how you can upgrade your British Airways flight using Avios points. If .....

by Rob Burgess

How to earn Avios or Virgin miles via Clubcard with a Tesco Bank mortgage

Tesco Bank quietly entered the mortgage market back in 2014.  I mentioned it briefly at the time but it turns out that I haven’t written about it for over four years. (Part of the reason is .....

Tesco Bank quietly entered the mortgage market back in 2014.  I mentioned it briefly at the time but it turns .....

by Rob Burgess23 comments

Why even peak-time Economy Avios redemptions have become poor value

The general mantra about using airline miles, especially those like Avios which impose hefty fuel surcharges, goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a waste of miles’. In .....

The general mantra about using airline miles, especially those like Avios which impose hefty fuel surcharges, .....

by Rob Burgess162 comments

What will we see from British Airways and Virgin Atlantic in 2019?

What can we expect to see from British Airways / Avios and Virgin Atlantic / Flying Club in 2019?  I’m not into predictions, but the lead-time in this business is so long that we usually have a .....

What can we expect to see from British Airways / Avios and Virgin Atlantic / Flying Club in 2019?  I’m .....

by Rob Burgess111 comments

How to earn Avios points on printing with printed.com

This is an Avios partner you probably haven’t heard of.  The company has been offering Avios points for a number of years – for at least as long as Head for Points has been running .....

This is an Avios partner you probably haven’t heard of.  The company has been offering Avios points for .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Seven Avios secrets you probably don’t know

This isn’t our usual style of article, but I ran a version of it between Christmas and New Year last year and it went down well.  I thought I’d give it another outing whilst the news .....

This isn’t our usual style of article, but I ran a version of it between Christmas and New Year last .....

by Rob Burgess131 comments

The best economy flight deals in the British Airways sale

I’m splitting our coverage of the new British Airways sale into two articles.  This one looks at the best World Traveller (economy) offers whilst a second future article will look at the best .....

I’m splitting our coverage of the new British Airways sale into two articles.  This one looks at the .....

by Rob Burgess45 comments

New British Airways flight sale now on

British Airways has launched its Winter sale, following a slight delay caused by drone-gate.  You can take a look at what is available via this special page of ba.com. I will do a full analysis in a .....

British Airways has launched its Winter sale, following a slight delay caused by drone-gate.  You can take a .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

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