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.
It is a long time since I looked at this topic, so I have decided to take another look at the vexing and unanswerable question – ‘What is the value of an Avios point?‘. If you .....
It is a long time since I looked at this topic, so I have decided to take another look at the vexing and .....
15 Jun 201415 June 2014 • 44 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 .....
14 Jun 201414 June 2014 • 21 comments
A few years ago, British Airways brought in a concept called ‘Corporate Individual Value’. It is an attempt to distil your importance to BA into a single number. It is a pretty rough and .....
A few years ago, British Airways brought in a concept called ‘Corporate Individual Value’. It is .....
9 Jun 20149 June 2014 • 42 comments
Avios Suitcase is a Facebook game that can be played by anyone with a Facebook and an avios.com (not ba.com) account. You earn points for completing a series of social media tasks. If you have not .....
Avios Suitcase is a Facebook game that can be played by anyone with a Facebook and an avios.com (not ba.com) .....
5 Jun 20145 June 2014 • 18 comments
‘RevMan’ (ie revenue management) as it is called in the trade, is by nature part science and part instinct. Any idiot can fill a plane if they charge ultra-low fares. The real skill is .....
‘RevMan’ (ie revenue management) as it is called in the trade, is by nature part science and part .....
3 Jun 20143 June 2014 • 75 comments
You really do learn something new every day in this game. printed.com is an online printing company specialising in pretty much everything: leaflets business cards stickers postcards display boards .....
You really do learn something new every day in this game. printed.com is an online printing company .....
3 Jun 20143 June 2014 • 1 comment
I wrote a few weeks ago about the current aggressive pricing that British Airways is offering from various European starting points. This saw fares as low as £1,100 for Club World return flights to .....
I wrote a few weeks ago about the current aggressive pricing that British Airways is offering from various .....
2 Jun 20142 June 2014 • 14 comments
On Saturday, I ran an article asking if anyone knew what the ‘bigreward.avios.com’ website was meant to be about. All the site had was a holding message saying that something .....
On Saturday, I ran an article asking if anyone knew what the ‘bigreward.avios.com’ website was .....
29 May 201429 May 2014 • 39 comments
If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport in recent weeks. I thought it was worth taking a look. The card is a more .....
If you follow any of the Avios social media feeds, you will seen a few plugs for the new Avios Multi-Currency .....
25 May 201425 May 2014 • 15 comments
The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly on the wall series on British Airways. It will be broadcast on June 2, June 9 and June 16 .....
The BBC has finally released the transmission dates for ‘A Very British Airline’, a three part fly .....
25 May 201425 May 2014 • 13 comments
Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: ….. which comes from this website here. Please post below if you know. Otherwise it looks as if we will have to wait until Wednesday .....
Don’t ask me, because I honestly don’t know. See: ….. which comes from this website here. .....
24 May 201424 May 2014 • 11 comments
Heathrow Airport has announced the opening of the new walkway between the two Terminal 5 satellite terminals – 5B and 5C – and the main 5A building. There is a separate arrivals and .....
Heathrow Airport has announced the opening of the new walkway between the two Terminal 5 satellite terminals .....
22 May 201422 May 2014 • 31 comments
The general mantra about using airline miles goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a waste of miles’. In general, of course, this is true. I was looking at a Lufthansa .....
The general mantra about using airline miles goes like this – ‘redeeming for Economy flights is a .....
21 May 201421 May 2014 • 66 comments
Most people know that – if you redeem your Avios points via avios.com and not ba.com – you can redeem for flights on Air Malta. Aurigny, the Channel Islands airline, Flybe and Monarch .....
Most people know that – if you redeem your Avios points via avios.com and not ba.com – you can .....
20 May 201420 May 2014 • 25 comments
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