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.
A couple of weeks ago we covered BA’s decision to run, for cargo purposes, Boeing 787 long-haul aircraft on European routes. The story was picked up elsewhere including by The Independent. The .....
A couple of weeks ago we covered BA’s decision to run, for cargo purposes, Boeing 787 long-haul aircraft .....
23 Aug 202123 August 2021 • 30 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 .....
22 Aug 202122 August 2021 • 66 comments
If you are opted in to British Airways Executive Club marketing emails, you will have received a very interesting offer in your inbox yesterday. If you book a BA flight for cash by midnight on Monday, .....
If you are opted in to British Airways Executive Club marketing emails, you will have received a very .....
21 Aug 202121 August 2021 • 488 comments
HSBC has launched a secret 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. I say ‘secret’ because no announcement has been made. HSBC has form on this front, .....
HSBC has launched a secret 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card points to Avios. I say .....
21 Aug 202121 August 2021 • 68 comments
Back in May, British Airways announced that it was going to launch a 3-month trial of ‘queueless check-in’, which would allow you to pre-book a check-in slot before you arrived at the .....
Back in May, British Airways announced that it was going to launch a 3-month trial of ‘queueless .....
20 Aug 202120 August 2021 • 33 comments
News in brief: New American Express cashback deal with Boots Whilst it won’t save you a huge amount of cash, unless you stock up on premium cosmetics, American Express is offering 7% to 10% .....
News in brief: New American Express cashback deal with Boots Whilst it won’t save you a huge amount of .....
18 Aug 202118 August 2021 • 27 comments
An intriguing claim of espionage has been made in the normally sedate world of airline reward flight availability tools. SeatSpy is a very useful website for anyone searching for British Airways and .....
An intriguing claim of espionage has been made in the normally sedate world of airline reward flight .....
17 Aug 202117 August 2021 • 56 comments
Looking at reader reports there are, at the moment, big delays in getting through to British Airways on the telephone if you don’t have elite status. Even if you do have a Gold card, service .....
Looking at reader reports there are, at the moment, big delays in getting through to British Airways on the .....
16 Aug 202116 August 2021 • 159 comments
News in brief: British Airways flyers now have a lounge at Newcastle The British Airways lounge at Newcastle Airport was a casualty of coronavirus. The lounge was closed permanently and has already .....
News in brief: British Airways flyers now have a lounge at Newcastle The British Airways lounge at Newcastle .....
16 Aug 202116 August 2021 • 10 comments
British Airways has launched its first luxury flight sale of the year. It is also offering some good savings on BA Holidays packages which include a Business Class flight. Details are here. These .....
British Airways has launched its first luxury flight sale of the year. It is also offering some good savings .....
15 Aug 202115 August 2021 • 38 comments
People who signed up for the British Airways data breach lawsuit via PGMBM, the biggest of the law firms taking part, received their settlement notices yesterday. We are not allowed to disclose the .....
People who signed up for the British Airways data breach lawsuit via PGMBM, the biggest of the law firms .....
13 Aug 202113 August 2021 • 144 comments
The new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier seems to be proving popular with Head for Points readers. The lure of an annual British Airways upgrade voucher is, unsurprisingly, .....
The new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier seems to be proving popular with Head for Points .....
10 Aug 202110 August 2021 • 48 comments
Yes, a cheery subject for a Monday but with coronavirus still on the loose …… (JOKE). More seriously, this is a topic that rarely comes up but does impact quite a few people, especially .....
Yes, a cheery subject for a Monday but with coronavirus still on the loose …… (JOKE). More .....
9 Aug 20219 August 2021 • 89 comments
With Dubai now added to the Amber travel list, allowing fully vaccinated travellers to visit without quarantine on their return, British Airways Holidays has added Dubai to its current beach sale. .....
With Dubai now added to the Amber travel list, allowing fully vaccinated travellers to visit without .....
7 Aug 20217 August 2021
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