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.
Ever since ‘part pay with Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and experimenting …. and experimenting. There have been constant changes to: the .....
Ever since ‘part pay with Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 50 comments
News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion. This offers you potentially 6,000 Avios or €120 of hotel credit for making 3 x 2-night stays. What .....
News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion. This offers .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 12 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 .....
19 Jan 201719 January 2017 • 18 comments
The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British Airways. It is surprisingly accurate – by the standards of mainstream publications when .....
The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British .....
19 Jan 201719 January 2017 • 170 comments
Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite having four Club World tickets booked, we arrived at Dubai Airport to find that an aircraft .....
Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite .....
18 Jan 201718 January 2017 • 233 comments
British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul flight for Avios redemption. These are made available as soon as tickets for the flight go on .....
British Airways guarantees to release at least 2 Club World and 4 World Traveller seats on every long haul .....
16 Jan 201716 January 2017 • 153 comments
British Airways is, at last, gearing up for the launch of the new Club World cabin. A member of cabin crew sent me a memo on training requirements for the new cabin. What is interesting about this .....
British Airways is, at last, gearing up for the launch of the new Club World cabin. A member of cabin crew .....
15 Jan 201715 January 2017 • 114 comments
News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced The Unite union announced yesterday that a further wave of cabin crew strikes will take place on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st .....
News in brief: New British Airways strike dates announced The Unite union announced yesterday that a further .....
13 Jan 201713 January 2017 • 94 comments
On Monday I ran a piece about why I thought the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card could not continue in its current form. I was then handily emailed some draft marketing documentation currently being .....
On Monday I ran a piece about why I thought the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card could not continue in its .....
13 Jan 201713 January 2017 • 80 comments
Due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures expected at Heathrow this afternoon, there are major delays and cancellations of flights to be expected. National Air Traffic Services has informed .....
Due to the heavy snow and freezing temperatures expected at Heathrow this afternoon, there are major delays .....
12 Jan 201712 January 2017 • 52 comments
News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday to encourage you to increase your Avios collecting this spring. Super Boost is a .....
News in brief: Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday .....
11 Jan 201711 January 2017 • 196 comments
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC slashed its credit card fee to roughly 0.4%. One of the biggest jokes, since the EU cap on .....
If you have a large chunk of self-assessment income tax due this month, there is an upside. Last April, HMRC .....
11 Jan 201711 January 2017 • 97 comments
This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks in Germany it was time for me to fly back from Berlin to London. It was my first ever .....
This is my review of the British Airways Terraces lounge at Berlin Tegel Airport. After having spent two weeks .....
11 Jan 201711 January 2017 • 63 comments
News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British Airways is managing to run so many services during the cabin crew strike today and .....
News in brief: British Airways dropping First Class food during the strike If you were wondering how British .....
10 Jan 201710 January 2017 • 101 comments
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