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.
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
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
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