Can you spend your Avios points on flights on Malaysia Airlines? In this article I want to look at how you can use your Avios to fly with partner airlines like Malaysia Airlines. The good news is that .....

Can you spend your Avios points on flights on Malaysia Airlines? In this article I want to look at how you can .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

Many strange things happened with the extension of Reward Flight Saver Avios pricing to long haul premium cabin redemptions 18 months ago. At that time British Airways introduced the option to pay .....

Many strange things happened with the extension of Reward Flight Saver Avios pricing to long haul premium .....

20 Jun 202420 June 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments

With Easter out of the way and thoughts of summer breaks coming to the fore, I thought it was worth another look at the new routes that British Airways will fly from London Stansted in 2024. There was .....

With Easter out of the way and thoughts of summer breaks coming to the fore, I thought it was worth another .....

14 Apr 202414 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 51 comments

The news yesterday that British Airways will start offering Executive Club tier points for British Airways Premium Plus American Express spend generated a huge amount of feedback. Our article had over .....

The news yesterday that British Airways will start offering Executive Club tier points for British Airways .....

22 Nov 202322 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 118 comments

What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios in order to make a redemption booking.  It is rarely great value but if you are just .....

What is the cheapest way of buying Avios points? It is likely that, at some point, you will need to buy Avios .....

25 Feb 202525 February 2025 by Rob Burgess • 32 comments

How does a British Airways ‘Family and Friends’ list work?  And how do you create a BA ‘Family and Friends’ list?  Today I thought I’d take a look. We wrote a .....

How does a British Airways ‘Family and Friends’ list work?  And how do you create a BA .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

Can you spend your Avios points on flights on SriLankan Airlines? In this article I want to look at how you can use your Avios to fly with partner airlines like SriLankan Airlines. The good news is .....

Can you spend your Avios points on flights on SriLankan Airlines? In this article I want to look at how you .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by Rob Burgess

I was in Hamburg yesterday to attend the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo exhibition. It’s where all the aircraft seat manufacturers, as well as everyone who makes anything else which goes into an .....

I was in Hamburg yesterday to attend the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo exhibition. It’s where all the .....

29 May 202429 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

This is our review of Flagship business class on an American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER from London Heathrow to New York JFK. American Airlines is part of the BA, Iberia, Finnair and Aer Lingus .....

This is our review of Flagship business class on an American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER from London Heathrow to .....

16 Dec 202216 December 2022 by Rhys Jones • 66 comments

British Airways has launched some decent First Class flight deals to the US East Coast for autumn travel. The fares are widely available from October onwards, but this still requires a significant .....

British Airways has launched some decent First Class flight deals to the US East Coast for autumn travel. The .....

2 May 20252 May 2025 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com wouldn’t accept your booking – it’s that it was far too eager to do so, .....

British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com .....

13 Jan 202413 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. Please forward it to any friends or family who you think may be .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

20 Jul 202420 July 2024 by Rhys Jones

Thank you to the 13,000 people who completed the reader survey we ran on the site over Easter. When we did the same exercise in 2022 we only shared the results with the people who voted. This time we .....

Thank you to the 13,000 people who completed the reader survey we ran on the site over Easter. When we did the .....

23 Apr 202423 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Do you want to know how British Airways Club and the Avios scheme works? Our ‘BA Q&A’ series covers 195 key questions you may have, along with the answers. We have broken the questions .....

Do you want to know how British Airways Club and the Avios scheme works? Our ‘BA Q&A’ series .....

1 Feb 20241 February 2024 by HfP team