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.
One of the ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ about frequent flyer miles is that it is possible to earn British Airways Avios and BA Executive Club tier .....
One of the ‘things you didn’t know you didn’t know’ about frequent flyer miles .....
6 Oct 20216 October 2021 • 11 comments
If you need a sign that airline traffic is returning to normal – or at least that the airlines hope that it is returning to normal – here it is. According to internal scheduling documents .....
If you need a sign that airline traffic is returning to normal – or at least that the airlines hope that .....
4 Oct 20214 October 2021 • 135 comments
The ‘will they, won’t they’ saga over the future of British Airways short-haul flights at Gatwick Airport has taken another twist. We had assumed that withdrawal from Gatwick was now .....
The ‘will they, won’t they’ saga over the future of British Airways short-haul flights at .....
3 Oct 20213 October 2021 • 49 comments
Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the Skytrax awards are seen as the benchmark in the industry. Whilst the Skytrax airline star .....
Qatar Airways was, yet again, the big winner at the 2021 Skytrax airline awards. For better or worse, the .....
1 Oct 20211 October 2021 • 23 comments
British Airways has started the process of moving Gatwick short-haul flights for Summer 2022 to Heathrow. This follows the decision to close the short-haul operation at London Gatwick following the .....
British Airways has started the process of moving Gatwick short-haul flights for Summer 2022 to Heathrow. This .....
1 Oct 20211 October 2021 • 56 comments
British Airways sent out an email earlier this week about Household Accounts. As we covered in our article on BA Household Accounts yesterday, you will be unable to open, close or amend a Household .....
British Airways sent out an email earlier this week about Household Accounts. As we covered in our article on .....
30 Sep 202130 September 2021 • 60 comments
How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I am spending some time over the next fortnight looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so .....
How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? I am spending some time over the next .....
30 Sep 202130 September 2021 • 18 comments
British Airways Executive Club sent out a cryptic email yesterday about Household Accounts. It said: “We wanted to let you know that we’ll shortly be carrying out some planned improvements .....
British Airways Executive Club sent out a cryptic email yesterday about Household Accounts. It said: “We .....
29 Sep 202129 September 2021 • 72 comments
British Airways has committed to a ‘no lay-offs’ policy when the Government furlough scheme ends tomorrow. This represents a step-change in employee relations from the situation over the .....
British Airways has committed to a ‘no lay-offs’ policy when the Government furlough scheme ends .....
29 Sep 202129 September 2021 • 27 comments
I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios Rewards partnership, so you can see if it is worth signing up. When we first covered this in .....
I want to spend some time today and next week looking again at the new Barclays Premier and Barclays Avios .....
26 Sep 202126 September 2021 • 26 comments
Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / Fairmont etc, has brought back its generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Accor points. You .....
Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / .....
24 Sep 202124 September 2021 • 5 comments
Five days after we exclusively broke the story that BA pilot union BALPA had refused to support the new low cost model proposed for Gatwick airport, British Airways has officially pulled the plug. All .....
Five days after we exclusively broke the story that BA pilot union BALPA had refused to support the new low .....
23 Sep 202123 September 2021 • 236 comments
On Thursday we covered the launch of the Avios and BPme Rewards partnership. You can now transfer your BPme Rewards points into Avios. The transfer rate is attractive. If you have 200 BPme Rewards .....
On Thursday we covered the launch of the Avios and BPme Rewards partnership. You can now transfer your BPme .....
22 Sep 202122 September 2021 • 36 comments
British Airways has announced another 12 months extension of elite status for some Executive Club members. The screw seems to be tightening, however. The initial extension in 2020 covered all members. .....
British Airways has announced another 12 months extension of elite status for some Executive Club members. The .....
20 Sep 202120 September 2021 • 146 comments
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