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.
When British Airways launched the Bronze tier a couple of years ago, this was the Executive Club card that members received: However, on ba.com this image has now appeared: It does look a bit more .....
When British Airways launched the Bronze tier a couple of years ago, this was the Executive Club card that .....
24 Jul 201424 July 2014 • 12 comments
Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is offering a decent deal for stays until the end of September 2014. As long as you book and .....
Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is .....
21 Jul 201421 July 2014 • 11 comments
Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every other branded mail-order operation) has been a BAEC partner .....
Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club .....
20 Jul 201420 July 2014 • 18 comments
Two of the avios.com partnerships appear to have come to an end. The more popular one is Avios Recycling which let you trade in a mobile phone or other appliance for points. I was never a big fan of .....
Two of the avios.com partnerships appear to have come to an end. The more popular one is Avios Recycling which .....
18 Jul 201418 July 2014 • 4 comments
As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of trip reports from my travels in recent days. I am going to focus on a few particular .....
As I wrote yesterday in my initial article in this series, I am not planning to write a traditional series of .....
16 Jul 201416 July 2014 • 20 comments
One of the perks of the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards (my full review of the card is here) is the upgrade voucher. On the £24 version of the card, you receive an upgrade voucher for spending .....
One of the perks of the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards (my full review of the card is here) is the upgrade .....
15 Jul 201415 July 2014 • 45 comments
This is your final reminder that July 13th is the last day to instigate a transfer of hotel loyalty points to British Airways Executive Club in order to receive a 25% Avios bonus. The promotion is not .....
This is your final reminder that July 13th is the last day to instigate a transfer of hotel loyalty points to .....
12 Jul 201412 July 2014 • 2 comments
Today I am running a guest article from Head for Points reader Sam on travelling with infants on British Airways. Whilst I also have two young kids, Sam has more than me – including twins! .....
Today I am running a guest article from Head for Points reader Sam on travelling with infants on British .....
11 Jul 201411 July 2014 • 54 comments
One of the lesser-known benefits of British Airways Executive Club Gold status is that you receive nearly-top-tier status with the Langham hotel chain. In this post I will explain more about how the .....
One of the lesser-known benefits of British Airways Executive Club Gold status is that you receive .....
9 Jul 20149 July 2014 • 7 comments
A quick reminder that the current Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus, in conjunction with British Airways, ends on the 14th. You will receive 1,000 Heathrow Rewards points – convertible into 1,000 .....
A quick reminder that the current Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus, in conjunction with British Airways, ends on .....
9 Jul 20149 July 2014 • 4 comments
American Airlines recently launched a new interactive map to help people find reward seats. It is pretty effective and it would be good to see British Airways launch something similar. Until they .....
American Airlines recently launched a new interactive map to help people find reward seats. It is pretty .....
7 Jul 20147 July 2014 • 21 comments
During July I will be updating the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series of articles that I first ran last year. These cover the best ways to earn Avios from car hire and hotels and how to save .....
During July I will be updating the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series of articles that I first ran last .....
6 Jul 20146 July 2014 • 17 comments
This post is a reminder that the current British Airways World Traveller and World Traveller Plus sale is coming to an end. Tickets must be booked by Tuesday. Remember that travel can be .....
This post is a reminder that the current British Airways World Traveller and World Traveller Plus sale is .....
5 Jul 20145 July 2014
I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app. This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, impressively quickly, reward flight availability on British Airways flights. This app is not .....
I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app. This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, .....
2 Jul 20142 July 2014 • 86 comments
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