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.
News in brief: Last day to get 1,200 Avios for £30 LEGO spend Today (Monday) is the last day to earn 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin Flying Club miles for spending £30 on LEGO Disney Princess. This is a .....
News in brief: Last day to get 1,200 Avios for £30 LEGO spend Today (Monday) is the last day to earn 1,200 .....
20 Mar 201720 March 2017 • 41 comments
News in brief: New Radisson Blu / Park Inn / Park Plaza sale starts today Radisson has launched its latest “Dream Deals” sale to the public today. The sale covers 350 Radisson Blu, Park .....
News in brief: New Radisson Blu / Park Inn / Park Plaza sale starts today Radisson has launched its latest .....
20 Mar 201720 March 2017 • 40 comments
There is a generally accepted view that, over time, all reward schemes get worse. People say that you should spend your points as your earn, rather than holding them for retirement or some .....
There is a generally accepted view that, over time, all reward schemes get worse. People say that you should .....
19 Mar 201719 March 2017 • 116 comments
News in brief: BA trialling improved ‘cash for Avios’ EU261 deals? A few months I wrote a fairly scathing article about British Airways offering people Avios instead of cash when they .....
News in brief: BA trialling improved ‘cash for Avios’ EU261 deals? A few months I wrote a fairly .....
19 Mar 201719 March 2017 • 52 comments
IAG, the parent of British Airways, announced the name of its new low-cost airline yesterday – LEVEL. The airline will be based in Barcelona, at least initially. LEVEL isn’t really a .....
IAG, the parent of British Airways, announced the name of its new low-cost airline yesterday – LEVEL. .....
18 Mar 201718 March 2017 • 71 comments
News in brief: New Tesco / LEGO promotion launched Tesco Direct has launched a new LEGO promotion, this time with LEGO Disney Princess. As you can see here, you will receive 500 bonus Tesco Clubcard .....
News in brief: New Tesco / LEGO promotion launched Tesco Direct has launched a new LEGO promotion, this time .....
17 Mar 201717 March 2017 • 81 comments
avios.com has had a partnership with Utility Warehouse for a couple of years. This deal allows you to earn Avios points with your energy, telephone and broadband bills. The most generous way to earn .....
avios.com has had a partnership with Utility Warehouse for a couple of years. This deal allows you to earn .....
17 Mar 201717 March 2017 • 29 comments
Regular readers of Head for Points will know that there has been substantial discussion on the site in recent weeks about downgrades. In particular, the issue is whether British Airways is .....
Regular readers of Head for Points will know that there has been substantial discussion on the site in recent .....
16 Mar 201716 March 2017 • 137 comments
A comment on HfP earlier in the week about ‘how do I use Matrix?’ made me realise that it is a while since I talked about the ITA Matrix online tool. This allows you to very quickly .....
A comment on HfP earlier in the week about ‘how do I use Matrix?’ made me realise that it is a .....
16 Mar 201716 March 2017 • 34 comments
A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added Avios and Virgin Flying Club as partners?“. I didn’t, because I had never heard of .....
A few weeks ago a reader (thank you) sent me an email to ask “Do you know that Instamiles has added .....
15 Mar 201715 March 2017 • 25 comments
News in brief: Save 10% on pre-ordered British Airways duty free You have been able to pre-order duty free items for delivery to your aircraft seat on long haul British Airways flights for some time. .....
News in brief: Save 10% on pre-ordered British Airways duty free You have been able to pre-order duty free .....
15 Mar 201715 March 2017 • 107 comments
Avios dropped chauffeur group Tristar as an earning partner yesterday. Existing bookings will still be honoured but you will no longer earn points on new Tristar bookings. Coincidentally, Emirates .....
Avios dropped chauffeur group Tristar as an earning partner yesterday. Existing bookings will still be .....
13 Mar 201713 March 2017 • 9 comments
Your council tax bill for 2017/8 will be dropping through your letterbox in the next few days. Earning Avios or other points by paying your day-to-day bills is something that a lot of people ignore. .....
Your council tax bill for 2017/8 will be dropping through your letterbox in the next few days. Earning Avios .....
12 Mar 201712 March 2017 • 149 comments
News in brief: More news on Barclaycard / IHG compensation Following on from my article this week about Barclaycard closing the IHG Rewards Club card, it seems that the call centre has now been .....
News in brief: More news on Barclaycard / IHG compensation Following on from my article this week about .....
12 Mar 201712 March 2017 • 107 comments
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