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.
New HfP readers may not know that TSB used to issue two Avios credit cards. When TSB separated from Lloyds, part of the divorce proceedings involved custody of the Avios contract. TSB ended up .....
New HfP readers may not know that TSB used to issue two Avios credit cards. When TSB separated from Lloyds, .....
25 Jul 201825 July 2018 • 150 comments
British Airways has launched a new competition to persuade you to convert your Tesco Clubcard points to British Airways Executive Club Avios this quarter. For every £5 of Clubcard vouchers you .....
British Airways has launched a new competition to persuade you to convert your Tesco Clubcard points to .....
23 Jul 201823 July 2018
British Airways Executive Club is launching a new ‘buy Avios’ promotion today. It will also apply if you gift Avios to someone else. BA has lifted the annual purchase limit to 200,000 .....
British Airways Executive Club is launching a new ‘buy Avios’ promotion today. It will also .....
23 Jul 201823 July 2018 • 138 comments
British Airways Holidays has launched a special luxury promotion, valid for both short haul and long haul departures. There are some decent prices here but you need to book by Tuesday 24th July. The .....
British Airways Holidays has launched a special luxury promotion, valid for both short haul and long haul .....
22 Jul 201822 July 2018 • 50 comments
British Airways has added two new weekly flights to Sao Paulo. It has not been officially announced yet as far as I know but the flights are available for booking. As usual, the guaranteed two Club .....
British Airways has added two new weekly flights to Sao Paulo. It has not been officially announced yet as .....
21 Jul 201821 July 2018 • 15 comments
When HMRC stopped accepting personal credit cards for tax payments in January, it was a blow for many HfP readers who used the Inland Revenue to rack up a substantial number of miles and points. .....
When HMRC stopped accepting personal credit cards for tax payments in January, it was a blow for many HfP .....
20 Jul 201820 July 2018 • 179 comments
British Airways has launched a range of attractive Club World business class fares out of Dublin, exclusively for travel in August. Only the US seems to be included. Here are some examples: Dublin .....
British Airways has launched a range of attractive Club World business class fares out of Dublin, exclusively .....
20 Jul 201820 July 2018 • 27 comments
In October last year British Airways closed its lounge at Toronto Pearson International airport. Eight months later the lounge opened again – under Plaza Premium management. Reader Dawn asked us .....
In October last year British Airways closed its lounge at Toronto Pearson International airport. Eight months .....
20 Jul 201820 July 2018 • 15 comments
An interesting quirk with the Iberia Avios redemption chart was picked up in this thread on Flyertalk. For some reason Singapore, when flying BA, is in a more expensive redemption zone than .....
An interesting quirk with the Iberia Avios redemption chart was picked up in this thread on Flyertalk. .....
19 Jul 201819 July 2018 • 91 comments
British Airways has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Cologne. The service will launch on 16th November in order to catch the Christmas Market traffic. Cologne is the 4th largest city in .....
British Airways has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Cologne. The service will launch on 16th .....
18 Jul 201818 July 2018 • 43 comments
A couple of readers have been in touch about a targeted balance transfer offer they have been given by Lloyds Bank on their Lloyds Avios Duo credit card. This card is no longer available to new .....
A couple of readers have been in touch about a targeted balance transfer offer they have been given by Lloyds .....
15 Jul 201815 July 2018
I had an email from reader Jason yesterday which I thought I would share. He decided, last Saturday night, that he fancied a trip to Moscow to watch England in the World Cup semi-final. And he .....
I had an email from reader Jason yesterday which I thought I would share. He decided, last Saturday night, .....
14 Jul 201814 July 2018 • 60 comments
British Airways is again opening the floodgates for lounge guesting. If you are a Gold Guest List member – standard Gold members need not apply – you can bring up to FIVE guests with you .....
British Airways is again opening the floodgates for lounge guesting. If you are a Gold Guest List member .....
14 Jul 201814 July 2018
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 .....
13 Jul 201813 July 2018 • 20 comments
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