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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.

Where does British Airways fly from Southampton Airport?

Last weekend saw the start of British Airways flights from Southampton Airport for the summer season. I thought this was a good excuse to take a look at the routes that BA Cityflyer will be operating .....

Last weekend saw the start of British Airways flights from Southampton Airport for the summer season. I .....

by Rob Burgess30 comments

Take a look at BA’s new short haul seating in the wild

British Airways has released some photographs of its new short haul seating on an actual aircraft. To date we’d been restricted to seeing a mock-up in a staged environment. The first aircraft .....

British Airways has released some photographs of its new short haul seating on an actual aircraft. To date .....

by Rob Burgess175 comments

Accor launches a summer hotel sale – all bookings cancellable

Accor, the Mercure, Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Raffles, Pullman etc hotel group, has launched a summer sale for longer stays. You can save 25% on stays of 3+ nights in participating hotels in Europe and .....

Accor, the Mercure, Sofitel, Ibis, Novotel, Raffles, Pullman etc hotel group, has launched a summer sale for .....

by Rob Burgess

Which British Airways lounges have pre-flight dining?

Available at a handful of British Airways lounges worldwide, pre-flight dining offers an upgraded lounge dining concept with table service. It is typically found at airports where the majority of .....

Available at a handful of British Airways lounges worldwide, pre-flight dining offers an upgraded lounge .....

by Rhys Jones48 comments

British Airways launches a new route to Jeddah

British Airways is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia with a new service to Jeddah. Flights will operate four times per week and will use a Boeing 787. The service launches on 4th November. .....

British Airways is expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia with a new service to Jeddah. Flights will operate .....

by Rob Burgess78 comments

Interesting Avios deals if you need a hotel in Scandinavia or Finland

Back in March, Finnair adopted Avios as its reward currency. We are still waiting for the ability to transfer Avios to/from British Airways Executive Club which was promised for ‘May or .....

Back in March, Finnair adopted Avios as its reward currency. We are still waiting for the ability to transfer .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

How to redeem Avios for First Class flights with British Airways

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways destinations with the maximum number of Avios needed for a flight. We do not include First Class .....

HfP publishes an Avios redemption ‘price list’ – basically, a list of British Airways .....

by Rhys Jones76 comments

NEW: Avios transfers from Amex Membership Rewards are now INSTANT if ….

American Express Membership Rewards has a new transfer partner – Qatar Airways Privilege Club. On the face of it, you might think that this isn’t hugely exciting. After all, ever since .....

American Express Membership Rewards has a new transfer partner – Qatar Airways Privilege Club. On the .....

by Rob Burgess40 comments

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