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British Airways and Avios

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.

If you are interested in earning Avios from credit cards, you should read this article comparing all the Avios-earning credit cards.

You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.

Last chance: get 1,000 Avios for joining Heathrow Rewards and spending £25

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 .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

New Avios flight finder tool – pick a date, see what cities are available

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 .....

by Rob Burgess21 comments

TopCashback offering £20 on the £24 Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card

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 .....

by Rob Burgess17 comments

‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale now on – city list revealed

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their ‘50% off’ Avios redemptions sale yesterday. This will only apply to World Traveller .....

As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their .....

by Rob Burgess36 comments

New Avios collection partner announced: Dixons Travel

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios points on all of your duty free electrical purchases in Heathrow Terminal 5. Coupled with the .....

Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios .....

by Rob Burgess32 comments

British Airways announces new Dublin route from City Airport

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights will start on October 26th – the same day that the Dublin service from Heathrow moves .....

British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport.  Flights .....

by Rob Burgess12 comments

A new Avios travel app for iOS – Avios Flight Finder

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – Avios Flight Finder.  It is not available on Android at the moment unfortunately. It does .....

If you have an iPhone or iPad there is a new (beta) Avios travel app now available in the App Store – .....

by Rob Burgess66 comments

EXCLUSIVE: ‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale starts Monday

An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that British Airways will be launching a ‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale on Monday. This .....

An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that .....

by Rob Burgess45 comments

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