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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.

A history of BA1, the (scrapped) London City to New York JFK flight

Back in 2020, as airlines across the world moved to shore up their finances in the face of the pandemic, British Airways announced the discontinuation of BA1, the all-business class flight from London .....

Back in 2020, as airlines across the world moved to shore up their finances in the face of the pandemic, .....

by Rhys Jones107 comments

Avios partner Juneyao Airlines adds Manchester flights

When Finnair adopted Avios on Monday, it brought two new airlines into the Avios-earning fold. One is Scandinavian regional carrier Braathens, and the other is Chinese carrier Juneyao Airlines. When .....

When Finnair adopted Avios on Monday, it brought two new airlines into the Avios-earning fold. One is .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

Avios has a new logo – what do you think?

The avios.com website has been relaunched as a general information site about Avios. This used to be the place that members of Aer Lingus AerClub and Vueling Club would go to book flight redemptions. .....

The avios.com website has been relaunched as a general information site about Avios. This used to be the place .....

by Rob Burgess45 comments

How to upgrade your British Airways flights using American Airlines miles

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer miles. Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature .....

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer .....

by Rob Burgess9 comments

Which 35 airlines can you earn Avios on?

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 35 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of .....

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from. You know about British Airways, of .....

by Rob Burgess34 comments

Finnair has joined Avios – but you can’t transfer points in or out yet

Finnair has now adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This was announced last August and has now gone live in impressively speedy fashion. It joins British Airways, Qatar Airways, Iberia, Vueling and .....

Finnair has now adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This was announced last August and has now gone live in .....

by Rob Burgess55 comments

BA Holidays extends its ‘double tier points’ offer to June 2025

If you had been worrying about how you are going to retain or earn British Airways Executive Club status next year, BA Holidays can help. BA Holidays has extended its double tier points offer by six .....

If you had been worrying about how you are going to retain or earn British Airways Executive Club status next .....

by Rob Burgess72 comments

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