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: New British Airways strike dates announced A further six days of strike action by British Airways ‘mixed fleet’ crew has been announced. The dates are: 5th – 7th .....
News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced A further six days of strike action by British .....
30 Jan 201730 January 2017 • 77 comments
Regular readers will know of the regular generous deals offered by Iberia Plus and The Economist for taking out a subscription. Avios.com has now jumped on the bandwagon. As you can see at this .....
Regular readers will know of the regular generous deals offered by Iberia Plus and The Economist for taking .....
29 Jan 201729 January 2017 • 75 comments
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That isn’t going to change, but as the benefit packages on reward cards continue to be .....
Cashback credit cards are not a core focus of Head for Points due to, erm, their lack of points. That .....
28 Jan 201728 January 2017 • 30 comments
News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin miles with a Nerf gun Until tomorrow night, Tesco Direct is offering 1,000 bonus Clubcard points – worth 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin miles – .....
News in brief: Get 2,400 Avios or 2,500 Virgin miles with a Nerf gun Until tomorrow night, Tesco Direct is .....
28 Jan 201728 January 2017 • 28 comments
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with Etihad Guest. This is one of the most generous sign-up .....
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....
27 Jan 201727 January 2017 • 108 comments
Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their PointsMAX scheme. Agoda is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched .....
Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their .....
27 Jan 201727 January 2017 • 43 comments
This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. As I wrote in my companion article to this one, British Airways has not been allowed to .....
This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. .....
26 Jan 201726 January 2017 • 51 comments
Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good news is that check in seemed to be working fine when I was there, with no sign of delays. .....
Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good .....
25 Jan 201725 January 2017 • 54 comments
As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this year, I wanted to take another quick look today at something which even old hands can .....
As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this .....
25 Jan 201725 January 2017 • 40 comments
According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it appears that Manchester Airport prematurely announced that British Airways will be running .....
According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 32 comments
News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use Tesco’s mobile payment app PayQwiq in EVERY Tesco store. If you haven’t tried it .....
News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 88 comments
Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a potentially generous new promotion. You will earn €120 of Accor hotel vouchers or 6,000 Avios (or .....
Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 3 comments
Few people know that you can redeem Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles for holidays on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island retreat. The details are here. This is probably the best value Virgin .....
Few people know that you can redeem Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles for holidays on Sir Richard .....
23 Jan 201723 January 2017 • 52 comments
In this article yesterday I asked for your help in confirming whether Accor had cut their transfer rate into Avios or whether it was a typo. It seems to be a typo on their website, luckily. This .....
In this article yesterday I asked for your help in confirming whether Accor had cut their transfer rate into .....
21 Jan 201721 January 2017 • 32 comments
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