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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.
You can redeem Avios for flights on far more airlines than are shown on the British Airways website. Here is our last article on the full list of airlines on which you can redeem Avios points. It .....
You can redeem Avios for flights on far more airlines than are shown on the British Airways website. Here is .....
30 Mar 202130 March 2021
What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points? This article looks at the British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus peak and off-peak Avios calendars for 2021 and 2022. Remember .....
What are the peak and off-peak dates for redeeming Avios points? This article looks at the British .....
29 Mar 202129 March 2021 • 25 comments
Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of putting the cost of gas and electricity onto an American Express card. This is unfortunate, .....
Gas and electricity is a substantial monthly outlay for most people, but it is rare that you find a way of .....
28 Mar 202128 March 2021 • 149 comments
British Airways is jumping onto the premium meal kit trend and offering you the opportunity to order its First Class meals to assemble at home. From today, you will be able to order your own BA First .....
British Airways is jumping onto the premium meal kit trend and offering you the opportunity to order its First .....
26 Mar 202126 March 2021 • 152 comments
As we covered yesterday, the big British Airways Club World sale by Goodie Direct is up and running again on eBay. Head for Points readers seem to have nearly cleared them out. There were 78 lots on .....
As we covered yesterday, the big British Airways Club World sale by Goodie Direct is up and running again on .....
26 Mar 202126 March 2021 • 3 comments
We may not have written about the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards in a long time, but the cards are still out there – albeit with a new format – with people who had them before they were .....
We may not have written about the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards in a long time, but the cards are still .....
25 Mar 202125 March 2021 • 55 comments
It’s back. After the big British Airways sell-off of First Class crockery and other items before Christmas, a sale of Club World products has turned up on eBay by a company called .....
It’s back. After the big British Airways sell-off of First Class crockery and other items before .....
24 Mar 202124 March 2021 • 21 comments
Launched at the start of March, the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier Banking and Barclays Wealth has created a lot of interest amongst Head for Points readers. If you qualify .....
Launched at the start of March, the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier Banking and .....
23 Mar 202123 March 2021 • 112 comments
If you’re ‘not the sort of person who books package holidays’, you may have given BA Holidays a wide berth. It would be a mistake. BA Holidays has three unique benefits. .....
If you’re ‘not the sort of person who books package holidays’, you may have given BA .....
23 Mar 202123 March 2021 • 73 comments
For just over a year now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Points .....
For just over a year now, SeatSpy has been a convenient way of finding reward seat availability on British .....
22 Mar 202122 March 2021 • 30 comments
After the big British Airways sell-off of First Class crockery and other items before Christmas, a sale of Club World products has turned up on eBay by a company called ‘goodie.direct’. .....
After the big British Airways sell-off of First Class crockery and other items before Christmas, a sale of .....
21 Mar 202121 March 2021 • 44 comments
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the rules regarding the claiming of compensation for cancelled flights were relaxed. Under EC261, if your flight is cancelled within 14 days of departure, you .....
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the rules regarding the claiming of compensation for cancelled .....
21 Mar 202121 March 2021 • 93 comments
The level of ‘taxes and charges’ added to long-haul Avios redemptions on British Airways is always a sore point. In general, I use a ‘finger in the air’ sum of £550 for the .....
The level of ‘taxes and charges’ added to long-haul Avios redemptions on British Airways is always .....
21 Mar 202121 March 2021 • 47 comments
This is the third part of our series on how British Airways is mispricing tickets. We have already looked at how inactive Avios members are offered lower prices on redemptions and how the BA app .....
This is the third part of our series on how British Airways is mispricing tickets. We have already looked at .....
19 Mar 202119 March 2021 • 26 comments
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