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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.

How to earn and spend Avios on Vueling flights

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, took full control of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling this week.  See the Bloomberg story here.  The cost was €123m to take .....

International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways, took full control of Spanish low-cost airline .....

by Rob Burgess4 comments

Win a whole British Airways plane to take you and 49 friends to Madrid

British Airways and the Evening Standard have launched another of their competitions to celebrate 10 years of BA flights from London City Airport. This week, they are again giving away an entire .....

British Airways and the Evening Standard have launched another of their competitions to celebrate 10 years of .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

You can still get £15 of free stuff from Starbucks in Heathrow T5C

When we flew out to Dubai at Easter, we departed from Terminal 5C, the newest satellite terminal.  (This will be the A380 terminal, as soon as the flights start in October.) This was, oddly, my first .....

When we flew out to Dubai at Easter, we departed from Terminal 5C, the newest satellite terminal.  (This will .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

Earn bonus Avios on airport parking with Holiday Extras

Via avios.com (so the Avios earned will go into an avios.com account, not a BA one), Holiday Extras is offering bonus points if you pre-book your airport parking through them. Holiday Extras offer .....

Via avios.com (so the Avios earned will go into an avios.com account, not a BA one), Holiday Extras is .....

by Rob Burgess2 comments

Win a British Airways plane for 50 people to Amsterdam

British Airways and the Evening Standard have launched the latest of their competitions to celebrate 10 years of BA flights from London City Airport. This week, it is another monster prize – a .....

British Airways and the Evening Standard have launched the latest of their competitions to celebrate 10 years .....

by Rob Burgess

Genuine last minute British Airways bargains as it launches #helloweekend

British Airways has launched a new promotion called “Hello Weekend”, although they are trying to be funky and are referring to it as #helloweekend! What they are doing, basically, is .....

British Airways has launched a new promotion called “Hello Weekend”, although they are trying to .....

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Use your Avios to enjoy a cheap repositioning cruise

Cruising does not fall under the usual remit of Head for Points – there are specialist sites and forums such as CruiseCritic dedicated to the subject if you are interested. However, Head .....

Cruising does not fall under the usual remit of Head for Points – there are specialist sites and forums .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

How to redeem your Avios on Air Malta

When the Avios scheme was launched in late 2011, avios.com brought in a range of new airline partners alongside BA, Iberia and American Airlines. As per this page, it is a little known fact that you .....

When the Avios scheme was launched in late 2011, avios.com brought in a range of new airline partners .....

by Rob Burgess15 comments

Win two British Airways flights to Menorca, plus three nights in a hotel

As part of the celebration of 10 years of flying from London City Airport, British Airways has launched another competition in conjunction with the London Evening Standard. This week, BA is giving .....

As part of the celebration of 10 years of flying from London City Airport, British Airways has launched .....

by Rob Burgess

Earning Avios for paying your council tax and other utilities

One of the joys that greeted me on our return from Dubai was our council tax bill for 2013/2014. Earning Avios or other points by paying your day-to-day bills is something which a lot of people .....

One of the joys that greeted me on our return from Dubai was our council tax bill for 2013/2014. Earning Avios .....

by Rob Burgess68 comments

Earn 50% bonus Avios via the BA e-store until 21st April

The British Airways Executive Club e-store is offering a 50% bonus when you use it for your shopping over the next 12 days. Full details can be found here. John Lewis and Apple Store jump out as being .....

The British Airways Executive Club e-store is offering a 50% bonus when you use it for your shopping over the .....

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British Airways releases pictures of the first A380 in full livery

The first British Airways A380 has just left the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg and BA has released a few pictures. The plane is due to be handed over to BA in July, with Los Angeles being the first .....

The first British Airways A380 has just left the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg and BA has released a few .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

How to get 5,000+ extra Avios when applying for the Lloyds TSB Avios cards

Yesterday I wrote a long post about the new bonus on the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards.  You will get 15,000 Avios for taking out the free cards, and 20,000 Avios for the ‘Premium’ .....

Yesterday I wrote a long post about the new bonus on the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios credit cards.  You will get .....

by Rob Burgess1 comment

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