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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.

You can now convert Reward Gateway points into Avios

Reward Gateway is an employee rewards platform used by many large companies to offer special deals and discounts to their staff. Over 6.5 million employees globally have access to Reward Gateway. As .....

Reward Gateway is an employee rewards platform used by many large companies to offer special deals and .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

Why is British Airways trashing the value of Avios in its own emails?

A common theme across numerous articles in recent weeks has been questioning why British Airways seems determined to give the impression that it has trashed the value of Avios – even when, if .....

A common theme across numerous articles in recent weeks has been questioning why British Airways seems .....

by Rob Burgess69 comments

British Airways launches flights from London Heathrow to Florence

British Airways has announced a new daily service from London Heathrow to Florence, starting on 26th April 2023. It will be a Terminal 5 flight, presumably designed to maximise connections from North .....

British Airways has announced a new daily service from London Heathrow to Florence, starting on 26th April .....

by Rob Burgess53 comments

BA Holidays extends its ‘double tier points’ offer to December 2023

If you had been worrying about how you are going to retain or earn British Airways Executive Club status next year, BA Holidays can help. BA Holidays has extended its double tier points offer by .....

If you had been worrying about how you are going to retain or earn British Airways Executive Club status next .....

by Rob Burgess87 comments

BA news: two City Airport routes dropped, flights to Newcastle trimmed

News in brief: BA CityFlyer cancels two routes As part of these changes to the BA CityFlyer operations, two routes from London City Airport have been cut: This is on top of the previously reported .....

News in brief: BA CityFlyer cancels two routes As part of these changes to the BA CityFlyer operations, two .....

by Rob Burgess37 comments

Last call for the Avios / Pret A Manger offer – buy a gift card?

Since late October, you have been able to earn 5 Avios per £1 spent in Pret A Manger stores. This has been a card linked offer. It means that you need to visit this page of ba.com and .....

Since late October, you have been able to earn 5 Avios per £1 spent in Pret A Manger stores. This has .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

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