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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.

News: did you sign up for our BA Prepaid Mastercard offer?, earn 8x Avios at eBay

News in brief: An update for anyone who signed up for our BA Prepaid Mastercard offer Over late July and early August, we ran a promotion with British Airways to offer 3,000 Avios when you signed up .....

News in brief: An update for anyone who signed up for our BA Prepaid Mastercard offer Over late July and early .....

by Rob Burgess

Review: the British Airways arrivals lounge at London Heathrow Terminal 5

This is our review of the landside British Airways arrivals lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK.  You can see all of the lounge .....

This is our review of the landside British Airways arrivals lounge in Heathrow Terminal 5. It is part of our .....

by Rhys Jones52 comments

How to check the balance of your British Airways eVoucher online

Do you have a British Airways eVoucher or Future Travel Voucher from the pandemic, and want to know how much money is left on it? Better late than never, British Airways has finally introduced the .....

Do you have a British Airways eVoucher or Future Travel Voucher from the pandemic, and want to know how much .....

by Rob Burgess78 comments

Which British Airways lounges have pre-flight dining?

British Airways has been offering pseudo-table service at many of its lounges since covid forced it to roll out QR-code ordering, but this had long been preceded by something it calls .....

British Airways has been offering pseudo-table service at many of its lounges since covid forced it to roll .....

by Rhys Jones54 comments

British Airways launches flights to Aruba and Georgetown

British Airways has been filing its schedules for 2023 this week, and as part of that it has launched a number of new routes. Ski flights from Gatwick (click to read) have relaunched, as have a number .....

British Airways has been filing its schedules for 2023 this week, and as part of that it has launched a number .....

by Rhys Jones38 comments

British Airways adds Lyon flights back to the Heathrow schedule

We ran an article on Monday about British Airways opening up its Salzburg and Geneva routes from Gatwick for Winter 2022 / Spring 2023. Avios seats were wide open at the time of writing – indeed .....

We ran an article on Monday about British Airways opening up its Salzburg and Geneva routes from Gatwick for .....

by Rob Burgess

How to upgrade your British Airways flights using American Airlines miles

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer miles. Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature .....

This article looks at how to upgrade British Airways flights using American Airlines AAdvantage frequent flyer .....

by Rob Burgess20 comments

You DO earn Avios flying between the UK and USA on JetBlue – take a look

There are already lots of ways of earning Avios when flying directly from the UK to the US. The two obvious routes are with British Airways and American Airlines, who operate a joint venture on US .....

There are already lots of ways of earning Avios when flying directly from the UK to the US. The two obvious .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

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