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.
2,000 Avios for £8.74 is not a bad deal. And you don’t even need to leave the house for this one, should you be sick of visiting Tesco stores trying to find 3V cards …. You can even get .....
2,000 Avios for £8.74 is not a bad deal. And you don’t even need to leave the house for this one, .....
22 May 201322 May 2013 • 77 comments
British Airways has just announced plans to fly to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands from October 26th. This is obviously an interesting new Avios redemption option. They are, to put it mildly, not .....
British Airways has just announced plans to fly to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands from October 26th. This .....
22 May 201322 May 2013 • 13 comments
Barclaycard has launched a range of special deals called Bespoke Offers, which are currently being promoted in TV ads. Weirdly, to put it mildly, you do NOT have to have a Barclaycard to take .....
Barclaycard has launched a range of special deals called Bespoke Offers, which are currently being .....
21 May 201321 May 2013 • 22 comments
From April 6th, UK companies have been banned from imposing excessive credit card surcharges on customers. The airline industry has, of course, been one of the worst offenders here, but has anything .....
From April 6th, UK companies have been banned from imposing excessive credit card surcharges on customers. The .....
20 May 201320 May 2013 • 13 comments
On Business is the British Airways reward programme for companies. It allows businesses – even one-man bands, as long as they are registered at Companies House – to collect points for .....
On Business is the British Airways reward programme for companies. It allows businesses – even one-man .....
19 May 201319 May 2013 • 4 comments
Via the Evening Standard this week, British Airways has been promoting some discounted European flights in business class from London City Airport. Full details are here. The good news is that you .....
Via the Evening Standard this week, British Airways has been promoting some discounted European flights in .....
18 May 201318 May 2013 • 11 comments
Avios is giving away 20,000 Avios points in a competition to predict the winner of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. The competition is being run via Facebook, so you will need an account .....
Avios is giving away 20,000 Avios points in a competition to predict the winner of Saturday’s Eurovision .....
17 May 201317 May 2013 • 8 comments
British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park (see my Taste of London article here on why you may or may not want to visit!) with a .....
British Airways is celebrating its sponsorship of the Taste of London 2013 restaurant festival in Regents Park .....
17 May 201317 May 2013 • 14 comments
Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals being offered by avios.com when you use them to book a package holiday. The first thing to .....
Two Head for Points readers both contacted me separately in recent weeks to point out the excellent deals .....
16 May 201316 May 2013 • 15 comments
If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA was writing to you with details of enhanced benefits on the cards. You probably thought that .....
If you hold one of the old BMI credit cards, you probably had a text message recently telling you that MBNA .....
15 May 201315 May 2013 • 61 comments
Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) they actually shop in Tesco! British Airways is providing one of the six initial offers. .....
Clubcard Perks is a new Tesco initiative to bring extra benefits to Clubcard holders, however often (or not) .....
14 May 201314 May 2013 • 15 comments
British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios points this quarter. If you convert £5 or more of Tesco Clubcard vouchers to Avios (via .....
British Airways has launched a tiny bribe to encourage people to convert their Tesco Clubcard vouchers to .....
14 May 201314 May 2013 • 59 comments
Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios when you book yourself on the American Airlines new service between Dublin and New York .....
Now here is a slightly odd one. British Airways (note, BA and not AA) is offering 10,000 or 20,000 bonus Avios .....
13 May 201313 May 2013 • 3 comments
Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely presented and well written although (as with most hotel guide books) they never tell you that .....
Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely .....
13 May 201313 May 2013 • 1 comment
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