Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways Executive 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.
In our Beginner’s Guide to Spending Avios, we look at how you can maximise the value you get from your Avios and how to avoid high taxes and charges on flights.
You can learn more about British Airways Executive Club on the British Airways website here.
Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to follow Qatar Airways into ultra-low pricing? I’m not sure what other explanation there .....
Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to .....
25 Apr 201525 April 2015 • 95 comments
Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received. It wanted volunteers who were planning to fly certain BA long-haul routes this Summer because “BA .....
Two weeks ago, a Head for Points reader sent me an odd market research survey he had received. It wanted .....
22 Apr 201522 April 2015 • 69 comments
One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most valued customers, sent me over a summary of the speech that was given. It has some .....
One of the participants at the Gold Guest List lunch in London last week, held for British Airways most .....
20 Apr 201520 April 2015 • 84 comments
There are only nine days to go to book your flights before the big Avios devaluation kicks in. I wrote a series of ten articles starting here which explain, in worrying levels of detail, exactly what .....
There are only nine days to go to book your flights before the big Avios devaluation kicks in. I wrote a .....
19 Apr 201519 April 2015 • 60 comments
The oft-repeated story of ‘the £1m per year door’ at Terminal 5 may or may not be an urban myth. The door in question is the one on your right-hand side when you pass through South .....
The oft-repeated story of ‘the £1m per year door’ at Terminal 5 may or may not be an urban myth. .....
18 Apr 201518 April 2015 • 44 comments
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you stay. I ran a sister article to this in January which listed hotel chains which do NOT .....
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect Avios points when you .....
18 Apr 201518 April 2015 • 4 comments
On 31st March, Global Hotel Alliance dropped all of its airline partnerships except for Lufthansa Miles & More. As I wrote in this article last month, Global Hotel Alliance is currently focussed .....
On 31st March, Global Hotel Alliance dropped all of its airline partnerships except for Lufthansa Miles & .....
17 Apr 201517 April 2015 • 3 comments
A Head for Points reader was passing through Terminal 5 over Easter when he found a copy of the daily British Airways ‘Premium Brief’ document on the floor, so he sent me a photo of it. .....
A Head for Points reader was passing through Terminal 5 over Easter when he found a copy of the daily British .....
16 Apr 201516 April 2015 • 53 comments
A couple of articles appeared in the UK press over the weekend linked to the decision by Capital One to scrap, completely, the rewards on its cashback cards. The Daily Mail one is here. .....
A couple of articles appeared in the UK press over the weekend linked to the decision by Capital One to scrap, .....
14 Apr 201514 April 2015 • 43 comments
If you have logged on to ba.com recently, you will have seen this message: My profile, it seems, was only 87% complete. How could this be after 25 years of flying with British Airways? .....
If you have logged on to ba.com recently, you will have seen this message: My profile, it seems, was only 87% .....
12 Apr 201512 April 2015 • 29 comments
I have written a few articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver flights, where British Airways caps your ‘taxes and charges’ fee at £35 return for economy, £50 return for .....
I have written a few articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver flights, where British Airways caps .....
11 Apr 201511 April 2015 • 36 comments
Back in October 2013, British Airways introduced ‘Part Pay With Avios’. This was a new scheme which allowed you to reduce the cost of a cash ticket by redeeming Avios points. This had been .....
Back in October 2013, British Airways introduced ‘Part Pay With Avios’. This was a new scheme .....
9 Apr 20159 April 2015 • 25 comments
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com, which awards Avios points with every hotel you book, has launched its new promotion for the April to June period. It is a simple, straightforward one. For every hotel .....
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com, which awards Avios points with every hotel you book, has launched its new .....
8 Apr 20158 April 2015 • 17 comments
I have a couple of young children. On both occasions, my wife lost her British Airways status when she went on maternity leave. I have never been very happy with this state of .....
I have a couple of young children. On both occasions, my wife lost her British Airways status when she .....
7 Apr 20157 April 2015 • 67 comments
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