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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.

British Airways extends unused eVouchers to 30th September 2025

If you have an outstanding British Airways eVouchers from the pandemic, it has been extended by a further 12 months. Vouchers had originally been due to expire on 30th September 2023 and then extended .....

If you have an outstanding British Airways eVouchers from the pandemic, it has been extended by a further 12 .....

by Rob Burgess35 comments

British Airways improves South African connections via a CemAir deal

British Airways is launching a new interline agreement with South African airline CemAir, opening up further connections from its Cape Town and Johannesburg flights. An interline agreement is less .....

British Airways is launching a new interline agreement with South African airline CemAir, opening up further .....

by Rhys Jones30 comments

Where does British Airways fly from London City Airport?

Following on from our articles looking at where British Airways will fly from London Gatwick and from Heathrow Terminal 3 this summer, I wanted to take a fresh look at the BA Cityflyer operation at .....

Following on from our articles looking at where British Airways will fly from London Gatwick and from Heathrow .....

by Rhys Jones94 comments

Review: the new oneworld (BA) lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport

This is our review of the brand new oneworld non-Schengen lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. On Wednesday, oneworld finally unveiled its second official oneworld-branded lounge, following the .....

This is our review of the brand new oneworld non-Schengen lounge at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. On Wednesday, .....

by Rhys Jones85 comments

BA closes the Avios-earning British Airways Prepaid Mastercard

In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency spending, but could also be used in the UK for day-to-day spend. A lot of HfP readers took it .....

In 2022 British Airways launched a Prepaid Mastercard. It was designed to allow fee-free foreign currency .....

by Rob Burgess38 comments

What do Qatar Airways Avios flights cost from the UK?

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This brought many benefits to UK-based Avios collectors, including the ability to earn and spend Avios on the new airline, .....

Back in March 2022, Qatar Airways adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. This brought many benefits to .....

by Rob Burgess64 comments

Review: the ‘refreshed’ British Airways lounge at Edinburgh Airport

This is my review of the British Airways lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews here. Late last year (2023), .....

This is my review of the British Airways lounge at Edinburgh Airport. It is part of our series of reviews of .....

by Rhys Jones38 comments

Do you know the expiry rules for your Avios and other airline miles?

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....

There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

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