Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways Executive 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.
In our Beginner’s Guide to Spending Avios, we look at how you can maximise the value you get from your Avios and how to avoid high taxes and charges on flights.
You can learn more about British Airways Executive Club on the British Airways website here.
Two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that has launched over at the Aer Lingus website. This has replaced the old booking site at avios.com. We looked at some long haul .....
Two weeks ago we wrote about the new Avios booking platform that has launched over at the Aer Lingus website. .....
7 Apr 20247 April 2024 • 25 comments
Can someone else manage your British Airways Executive Club account for you, as a third party nominee? Can you run someone else’s British Airways account? There are many reasons why .....
Can someone else manage your British Airways Executive Club account for you, as a third party nominee? .....
6 Apr 20246 April 2024 • 20 comments
You can now make big savings on Avios redemptions to certain mid haul destinations. I suspect this is a permanent change, reflecting the move to short haul aircraft. It means that return Business .....
You can now make big savings on Avios redemptions to certain mid haul destinations. I suspect this is a .....
4 Apr 20244 April 2024 • 92 comments
Well, after a few false alarms, it appears that you can now earn British Airways Executive Club tier points with Aer Lingus flights. There has been no announcement, but as German site travel-dealz.de .....
Well, after a few false alarms, it appears that you can now earn British Airways Executive Club tier points .....
2 Apr 20242 April 2024 • 66 comments
As we have covered extensively on Head for Points, British Airways will be moving everyone onto aligned tier point collection years from 1st April 2025. The official British Airways page .....
As we have covered extensively on Head for Points, British Airways will be moving everyone onto aligned tier .....
2 Apr 20242 April 2024 • 73 comments
It’s 30 months now since the partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched. After a flurry of activity at the launch, we’ve hardly covered it since – there was just one article .....
It’s 30 months now since the partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched. After a flurry of .....
1 Apr 20241 April 2024 • 15 comments
An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you have a British Airways American Express card, you should have an opt-in offer there for 3,000 .....
An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you .....
29 Mar 202429 March 2024
In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more unexpectedly, the new owner is IAG Loyalty. The BA Holidays team will now report into Adam .....
In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024
Very quietly, with no fanfare whatsoever, British Airways has decided to roll out a new Club World amenity kit. The new bag is evolution rather than revolution, and continues to be made in partnership .....
Very quietly, with no fanfare whatsoever, British Airways has decided to roll out a new Club World amenity .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024 • 80 comments
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This definitely covers routes to North America – I’m not totally sure about the impact .....
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This .....
26 Mar 202426 March 2024 • 231 comments
Avios has launched a conversion bonus for anyone sitting on a pile of Nectar points. This seems slightly cheeky, given that it is only two weeks since the conversion rate in the other direction .....
Avios has launched a conversion bonus for anyone sitting on a pile of Nectar points. This seems slightly .....
25 Mar 202425 March 2024 • 101 comments
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. We .....
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....
25 Mar 202425 March 2024 • 52 comments
A very interesting British Airways fare has appeared this afternoon for travel between London Heathrow and Doha. For just £961 return, you can fly from London Heathrow to Doha in Business Class. The .....
A very interesting British Airways fare has appeared this afternoon for travel between London Heathrow and .....
24 Mar 202424 March 2024 • 20 comments
How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point calculator for a while so it was time for a refresh. I think all the new routes have been added .....
How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point .....
24 Mar 202424 March 2024 • 59 comments
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