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.
This morning we launched our biggest ever Head for Points competition. Together with Barclaycard, we are giving away FOUR MILLION AVIOS to four lucky Head for Points readers who apply for a .....
This morning we launched our biggest ever Head for Points competition. Together with Barclaycard, we are .....
7 Feb 20237 February 2023 • 19 comments
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 .....
6 Feb 20236 February 2023 • 41 comments
As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected European flights this Spring. This is not the first time this has happened – during .....
As spotted by Simple Flying, British Airways is bringing its long haul Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft to selected .....
5 Feb 20235 February 2023 • 76 comments
Got an SME? For the last few weeks we have been running a special sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. The offer is exclusive to you as a Head for Points reader. You .....
Got an SME? For the last few weeks we have been running a special sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business .....
4 Feb 20234 February 2023 • 3 comments
Tomorrow (Saturday) is your last day to take advantage of our new exclusive HfP offer from Capital on Tap. If you are a business owner, you can take advantage of Capital on Tap’s latest offer to .....
Tomorrow (Saturday) is your last day to take advantage of our new exclusive HfP offer from Capital on Tap. If .....
3 Feb 20233 February 2023 • 2 comments
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic made announcements on Thursday about their long-awaited return to mainland China. At present, a negative PCR test is required to enter China – although .....
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic made announcements on Thursday about their long-awaited return to .....
3 Feb 20233 February 2023 • 56 comments
You may remember Speedbird 100, the special IPA created by Brewdog in 2019 as part of the British Airways 100th anniversary celebrations. Speedbird is coming back, in the form of Speedbird OG. Brewdog .....
You may remember Speedbird 100, the special IPA created by Brewdog in 2019 as part of the British Airways .....
3 Feb 20233 February 2023
If you have an American Express card which earns Membership Rewards points, you can (if targetted) get a 50% bonus when you redeem your Membership Rewards points to cover the cost of flights on .....
If you have an American Express card which earns Membership Rewards points, you can (if targetted) get a 50% .....
2 Feb 20232 February 2023 • 22 comments
Reader stankpa flagged up that a lot of First Class and Business Class availability to Johannesburg on Avios had appeared. She wasn’t wrong. Take a look at the screenshot below from SeatSpy, our .....
Reader stankpa flagged up that a lot of First Class and Business Class availability to Johannesburg on Avios .....
1 Feb 20231 February 2023 • 42 comments
Having status is good, but maximising the amount of time you will have that status is even better. This isn’t as simple as it seems with British Airways because your membership year is fixed on .....
Having status is good, but maximising the amount of time you will have that status is even better. This .....
1 Feb 20231 February 2023 • 82 comments
Looking at reports, people who signed up to the new British Airways / Uber partnership last Autumn should have received their 250 bonus Avios yesterday. Unless, that is, BA and Uber chose to unlink .....
Looking at reports, people who signed up to the new British Airways / Uber partnership last Autumn should have .....
27 Jan 202327 January 2023 • 93 comments
With no fanfare, the Avios-earning partnership with menswear retailer Hackett has ended. This partnership replaced an earlier one with Charles Tyrwhitt. The Hackett offering was a decent one but .....
With no fanfare, the Avios-earning partnership with menswear retailer Hackett has ended. This partnership .....
27 Jan 202327 January 2023 • 29 comments
To promote the current British Airways sale, BA has launched a competition to win 300,000 Avios. There are 10 prizes up for grabs. The good news is that it literally only takes a few seconds to enter. .....
To promote the current British Airways sale, BA has launched a competition to win 300,000 Avios. There are 10 .....
26 Jan 202326 January 2023 • 146 comments
An interesting new way to use your Avios for a non-flight redemption has just launched. You can now use your Avios to pay, in full or in part, for purchases at virtually every shop and restaurant at .....
An interesting new way to use your Avios for a non-flight redemption has just launched. You can now use your .....
25 Jan 202325 January 2023 • 49 comments
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