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.
View from the Wing reports on a potential US lawsuit against BA due to the high level of taxes and surcharges on Avios redemptions ….. Whilst it is easy to shout ‘mad Americans!’, .....
View from the Wing reports on a potential US lawsuit against BA due to the high level of taxes and surcharges .....
20 Jul 201220 July 2012
Well, sadly not quite Goodbye. But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last set of bonus Avios points from this promotion have just posted, covering the first two .....
Well, sadly not quite Goodbye. But near enough. The good – frankly, great – news is that my last .....
10 Jul 201210 July 2012
This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every .....
This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest .....
5 Jul 20125 July 2012
Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios credit cards have not received an email about it, and the promotion requires you to .....
Just a quick heads up about this promotion, since it seems that a lot of people who hold the Lloyds TSB Avios .....
4 Jul 20124 July 2012
…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to transfer BMI Diamond Club miles into British Airways Executive Club Avios, and vice versa. .....
…. cometh the surprise. July 3rd is the big day, the day that BA promised that we would be able to .....
3 Jul 20123 July 2012 • 2 comments
On July 3rd, if all goes to plan, BA will launch the tool to allow you to transfer your BMI Diamond Club miles across into BAEC Avios. It will also allow you to transfer in the other direction, .....
On July 3rd, if all goes to plan, BA will launch the tool to allow you to transfer your BMI Diamond Club miles .....
29 Jun 201229 June 2012
I spent yesterday afternoon at Taste of London, the restaurant festival in Regents Park which runs through to Sunday. For those not familiar with it, there are about 30 tents occupied by top London .....
I spent yesterday afternoon at Taste of London, the restaurant festival in Regents Park which runs through to .....
23 Jun 201223 June 2012
Should you be unlucky enough to have a stash of Flying Blue miles, Gary has details of the routes offering a 50% discount on redemptions during July and August. Paid to Shop (registration .....
Should you be unlucky enough to have a stash of Flying Blue miles, Gary has details of the routes offering a .....
23 Jun 201223 June 2012
Cashback website Quidco has substantially improved its BA offering. It now pays cashback on almost all BA flights booked via its link, at 1.5% for short-haul and 2% for long-haul. All travel .....
Cashback website Quidco has substantially improved its BA offering. It now pays cashback on almost all BA .....
20 Jun 201220 June 2012
In my BMI piece on Friday, I wrote this: One other interesting titbit has appeared on the BMI website, but was not in the newsletter: “Please note, we are implementing a “status freeze”, .....
In my BMI piece on Friday, I wrote this: One other interesting titbit has appeared on the BMI website, but was .....
17 Jun 201217 June 2012
BMI Diamond Club members received an e-mail yesterday confirming what most people already knew – that holders of Lifetime Gold status under BMI were getting nothing special from BA, that BMI .....
BMI Diamond Club members received an e-mail yesterday confirming what most people already knew – that .....
15 Jun 201215 June 2012
Lee_Again at Flyertalk reminds me (before the thread disintegrates into ranting in the way that Flyertalk threads often do ….!) of one of the little known quirks of flying BA from Heathrow .....
Lee_Again at Flyertalk reminds me (before the thread disintegrates into ranting in the way that Flyertalk .....
13 Jun 201213 June 2012 • 2 comments
This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Click on ‘avios.com non-travel partners’ under Categories to see the other entries. Shell Drivers Club is the loyalty scheme for .....
This is another post in our series on avios.com partners. Click on ‘avios.com non-travel .....
12 Jun 201212 June 2012
A new partner award chart has quietly appeared on the BMI website. Now, this is odd. Remember that from 3rd July, Avios and Diamond Club miles will be interchangeable. What is the .....
A new partner award chart has quietly appeared on the BMI website. Now, this is odd. Remember that from .....
12 Jun 201212 June 2012
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