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.
On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem important. Few people even know that Alaska (which is not a oneworld member) is a BA partner .....
On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem .....
3 May 20153 May 2015 • 14 comments
It’s back, on the fairly regular ‘every nine months’ timetable. I’m talking about the ‘25% bonus when you transfer your hotel points to British Airways Avios‘ .....
It’s back, on the fairly regular ‘every nine months’ timetable. I’m talking about the .....
2 May 20152 May 2015 • 22 comments
British Airways rolled out its Bank Holiday Sale yesterday, which is actually available for booking until May 19th. Depending on where you want to go, you can book for travel up to February 2016. The .....
British Airways rolled out its Bank Holiday Sale yesterday, which is actually available for booking until May .....
1 May 20151 May 2015 • 32 comments
This page contains links to the ‘buy miles’ or ‘buy points’ sections of the major airline and hotel schemes. Click on the link to be taken directly to the ‘buy’ .....
This page contains links to the ‘buy miles’ or ‘buy points’ sections of the major .....
30 Apr 201530 April 2015
My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we expected. Except one thing. As you will know if you followed my articles on the changes, .....
My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we .....
29 Apr 201529 April 2015 • 63 comments
One of the few upsides from the Avios devaluation, which went live yesterday, is that British Airways seems to have managed to get their IT right first time. This article is a summary of what has .....
One of the few upsides from the Avios devaluation, which went live yesterday, is that British Airways seems to .....
29 Apr 201529 April 2015 • 30 comments
The major changes to the Avios scheme went live at midnight last night. I didn’t do an article today because I want to see how the actual changes compare to what we believed British Airways was .....
The major changes to the Avios scheme went live at midnight last night. I didn’t do an article today .....
28 Apr 201528 April 2015 • 110 comments
Practical ‘how I used my miles’ stories seem to be popular with HfP readers, so when reader Rick sent an email to show me a complex trip he had booked, I asked if I could run it as an .....
Practical ‘how I used my miles’ stories seem to be popular with HfP readers, so when reader Rick .....
26 Apr 201526 April 2015 • 48 comments
Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from Pier C at Heathrow Terminal 5, you were stuffed in terms of lounge access because BA .....
Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from .....
26 Apr 201526 April 2015 • 11 comments
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 • 94 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 • 68 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 • 82 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 • 58 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 • 38 comments
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