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.
Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – see here. This involves an extra eight seats being added to each aircraft with seat pitch .....
Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – .....
16 Jan 202416 January 2024 • 69 comments
Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has started to offer Avios for debit card spending in five European countries via its new RevPoints .....
Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has .....
15 Jan 202415 January 2024 • 90 comments
British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com wouldn’t accept your booking – it’s that it was far too eager to do so, .....
British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com .....
13 Jan 202413 January 2024 • 38 comments
The oneworld transatlantic joint venture has launched a stealth sale. There are good value return business class flights from Dublin to a raft of US cities between July and December. It isn’t .....
The oneworld transatlantic joint venture has launched a stealth sale. There are good value return business .....
12 Jan 202412 January 2024 • 37 comments
In February 2022, Barclays launched two new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very good products with everything you could ask for, and are easily (in my view) the most .....
In February 2022, Barclays launched two new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These are very, very .....
11 Jan 202411 January 2024 • 108 comments
Over Christmas we looked at Avios Balance Boost. This allows you to buy up to 3x the Avios you have earned in the previous 30 days at a price as low as 0.92p each. It seems that a special 72 hour .....
Over Christmas we looked at Avios Balance Boost. This allows you to buy up to 3x the Avios you have earned in .....
11 Jan 202411 January 2024
British Airways has, almost certainly in error, launched sub-£900 Business Class fares to Cape Town. You need to depart from either: You need to travel between February and April 2024. You need to .....
British Airways has, almost certainly in error, launched sub-£900 Business Class fares to Cape Town. You need .....
10 Jan 202410 January 2024 • 64 comments
Well, that didn’t last long. No sooner had British Airways introduced banana bread and flapjack snacks in Euro Traveller (short haul economy) than they have disappeared. This is a shame, as .....
Well, that didn’t last long. No sooner had British Airways introduced banana bread and flapjack snacks .....
9 Jan 20249 January 2024 • 99 comments
A few years ago it was possible to use Avios to purchase vouchers to visit independent airport lounges, but British Airways pulled the offer. I realised the other day that you CAN still redeem Avios .....
A few years ago it was possible to use Avios to purchase vouchers to visit independent airport lounges, but .....
9 Jan 20249 January 2024 • 12 comments
The security channel in the British Airways First Wing at Heathrow Terminal 5 will close from tomorrow, 9th January, for 3-4 months. There has been no official announcement from the airport or BA that .....
The security channel in the British Airways First Wing at Heathrow Terminal 5 will close from tomorrow, 9th .....
8 Jan 20248 January 2024 • 67 comments
I wanted to do a quick reminder today that 8th January is your last chance to bid your Avios on a HfP semi-exclusive – two VIP tickets to see Depeche Mode at the O2, including access to the .....
I wanted to do a quick reminder today that 8th January is your last chance to bid your Avios on a HfP .....
7 Jan 20247 January 2024 • 9 comments
Over the course of this week we’ve been running introductory pieces for people who are fairly new to frequent flyer miles and hotel loyalty points. I deliberately chose to run this specific .....
Over the course of this week we’ve been running introductory pieces for people who are fairly new to .....
6 Jan 20246 January 2024 • 74 comments
The British Airways Holidays sale is on now and is running until 30th January. However there are additional sale discounts to be had on selected holidays if you book between now and 9th January. If .....
The British Airways Holidays sale is on now and is running until 30th January. However there are additional .....
5 Jan 20245 January 2024 • 37 comments
I thought it was worth taking another look today at one of the most egregious money-making schemes pursued by British Airways – the refusal to refund seat reservation fees if you cancel your .....
I thought it was worth taking another look today at one of the most egregious money-making schemes pursued by .....
2 Jan 20242 January 2024 • 125 comments
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