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.
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
If you were following the tale of my Lloyds TSB Avios credit card I am pleased to say that the Avios from Statement 3 have just posted – 730,000!! This is, to put it mildly, not a bad result. .....
If you were following the tale of my Lloyds TSB Avios credit card I am pleased to say that the Avios from .....
8 Jun 20128 June 2012
If you are not a member of the BAA WorldPoints frequent shopping scheme, there are currently two decent bonuses running. If you are a member, you could sign up another family member as long as they .....
If you are not a member of the BAA WorldPoints frequent shopping scheme, there are currently two decent .....
8 Jun 20128 June 2012
As the oil price drops back below $100 a barrel, you may well begin to wonder when British Airways will be reducing the fuel surcharges which (together with Air Passenger Duty) add such a whack to .....
As the oil price drops back below $100 a barrel, you may well begin to wonder when British Airways will be .....
7 Jun 20127 June 2012
British Airways is in the process of launching its Summer sale, and the fares look pretty aggressive – certainly more so than I’ve seen for a couple of years. There is no simple list at .....
British Airways is in the process of launching its Summer sale, and the fares look pretty aggressive – .....
6 Jun 20126 June 2012
For all the debates you can have about what miles are worth, you sometimes find yourself grateful that you have them at all. I was up at 5am yesterday morning entertaining my wide-awake young son .....
For all the debates you can have about what miles are worth, you sometimes find yourself grateful that you .....
4 Jun 20124 June 2012
The forthcoming potential to merge Avios and BMI Diamond Club miles from 3rd July has thrown up some interesting arbitrage opportunities. One is the conversion rate for BAA WorldPoints, the .....
The forthcoming potential to merge Avios and BMI Diamond Club miles from 3rd July has thrown up some .....
2 Jun 20122 June 2012
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