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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.

What do readers think about earning Avios points from Midpoint?

About two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios partner Midpoint. Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making international payments which gives you 1 Avios per £10 transferred. We asked for reader .....

About two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios partner Midpoint. Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making .....

by Anika Burnett33 comments

How to use Avios for tax-free flights on Alaska Airlines (good for Hawaii)

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. This article .....

The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....

by Rob Burgess16 comments

Germania is now flying selected routes for British Airways

The flotilla of airlines now operating flights on behalf of British Airways is growing. BA is struggling with aircraft as it tries to utilise the Monarch slots it recently bought at Gatwick Airport .....

The flotilla of airlines now operating flights on behalf of British Airways is growing. BA is struggling with .....

by Anika Burnett

Now Tesco Clubcard launches a British Airways competition …. which is best?

A few days ago we wrote about the current quarter’s Clubcard to Avios and Clubcard to Flying Club offers.  BA hadn’t confirmed a special deal at that time but we have more info now. If .....

A few days ago we wrote about the current quarter’s Clubcard to Avios and Clubcard to Flying Club .....

by Anika Burnett

Did you know the avios.com cancellation policy on mileage flight bookings?

One thing that keeps this job interesting is that you always learn something new about schemes you thought you understood backwards. It is a fairly well known fact that you can cancel any BA flight .....

One thing that keeps this job interesting is that you always learn something new about schemes you thought you .....

by Rob Burgess

How British Airways dominates routes and landing slots at London Heathrow airport

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release this week about the expansion of Heathrow.  There is nothing in it that you haven’t heard before, but it did contain three interesting statistics .....

Virgin Atlantic sent me a press release this week about the expansion of Heathrow.  There is nothing in .....

by Rob Burgess

British Airways is leasing SAA’s 2nd London Heathrow landing slot for five years

We wrote on Sunday about how South African Airways is dropping one of its two daily flights from Heathrow to Johannesburg with the upside of a new Airbus A330-300 with SAA’s newest business .....

We wrote on Sunday about how South African Airways is dropping one of its two daily flights from Heathrow to .....

by Rob Burgess

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