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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.

British Airways Terminal 5B Galleries Club lounge refresh coming to Heathrow

British Airways is refurbishing its Heathrow Terminal 5B Galleries Club lounge over the summer. Quite why it chose the summer – the busiest period of the year – to do this is a mystery .....

British Airways is refurbishing its Heathrow Terminal 5B Galleries Club lounge over the summer. Quite why it .....

by Rhys Jones

Get up to 3,000 bonus Avios if you open a Marriott Bonvoy hotel account

Marriott is running an offer for any British Airways Executive Club member without a Marriott Bonvoy account. Anyone without a Marriott Bonvoy account who signs up will be able to earn up to 3,000 .....

Marriott is running an offer for any British Airways Executive Club member without a Marriott Bonvoy account. .....

by Rhys Jones59 comments

How does Avios Balance Boost work, letting you buy Avios from 0.84p?

It’s not clear what strategy British Airways is pursuing with the direct sale of Avios. First, it launched Avios Subscription, allowing to you buy a regular monthly top up of points at an .....

It’s not clear what strategy British Airways is pursuing with the direct sale of Avios. First, it .....

by Rob Burgess150 comments

How much smaller is the British Airways long haul fleet post pandemic?

The British Airways long haul fleet is smaller than it was before the pandemic – but how much smaller? As our other article today explains, British Airways is rumoured to be leasing an A330neo .....

The British Airways long haul fleet is smaller than it was before the pandemic – but how much smaller? .....

by Rob Burgess108 comments

Air Belgium to operate British Airways Chicago flights until November

We have run another article today discussing how squeezed British Airways is for long haul aircraft, and how the situation is unlikely to be fixed until 2027. Here is one way that the airline is .....

We have run another article today discussing how squeezed British Airways is for long haul aircraft, and how .....

by Rob Burgess43 comments

Earn double Nectar points in June when you make a conversion to Avios

Avios and Nectar have launched a new promotion to promote the tie-up between the two programmes. As a reminder, you can: Conversion from Nectar are instant, whilst conversions from Avios take 10+ days .....

Avios and Nectar have launched a new promotion to promote the tie-up between the two programmes. As a .....

by Rob Burgess25 comments

How to earn and spend Avios on Vueling flights

Where does Vueling flying to from the UK? How can you earn and spend Avios with Vueling? IAG’s Spanish low cost carrier Vueling (pronounced bwelin I think) has been part of Avios for six .....

Where does Vueling flying to from the UK? How can you earn and spend Avios with Vueling? IAG’s Spanish .....

by Rob Burgess23 comments

British Airways launches twilight bag drop at Edinburgh Airport

British Airways has resumed its ‘twilight bag drop’ service at Edinburgh Airport. Ryanair has also signed up, bringing the total number of airlines offering twilight check-in to four. The .....

British Airways has resumed its ‘twilight bag drop’ service at Edinburgh Airport. Ryanair has also .....

by Rob Burgess50 comments

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