Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
British Airways Executive 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.
In our Beginner’s Guide to Spending Avios, we look at how you can maximise the value you get from your Avios and how to avoid high taxes and charges on flights.
You can learn more about British Airways Executive Club on the British Airways website here.
If you need to buy Avios to top up your account, the special BA site you need is here.
Until 10th July, British Airways Holidays (click here) is offering extra discounts on all packages: £25 extra discount on Flight + Car holidays to any destination for bookings with a min spend of .....
Until 10th July, British Airways Holidays (click here) is offering extra discounts on all packages: £25 extra .....
6 Jul 20186 July 2018 • Leave a comment
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus Avios for hotel bookings made before 31st August. You must be a British Airways American .....
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus .....
5 Jul 20185 July 2018 • 43 comments
If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion two weeks ago, you should now have 90,000 Avios sitting in your Iberia Plus account. Now .....
If you took part in what was (effectively) Iberia’s “buy 90,000 Avios for £200” promotion .....
5 Jul 20185 July 2018 • 173 comments
This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion. Part 1 is here. A word about peak and off peak dates Just to make life even more complex, Iberia has .....
This is Part 2 of my article on how to spend your 90,000 Avios from the recent Iberia promotion. Part 1 is .....
5 Jul 20185 July 2018 • 114 comments
British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a decent launch offer. You might not be familiar with Trip.com but it is owned by the giant .....
British Airways Executive Club has launched a new hotel booking partnership with Trip.com, and there is a .....
4 Jul 20184 July 2018 • 20 comments
I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report will follow soon once we’ve edited the accompanying video. Rather than go through .....
I was in Gatwick’s North Terminal last Thursday reviewing the new Club Aspire lounge – that report .....
2 Jul 20182 July 2018 • 121 comments
British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has started to drive you mad. This one features David Walliams, Joanna Lumley, Jourdan Dunn .....
British Airways has launched a new version of its Flying Start safety video, if the current version has .....
2 Jul 20182 July 2018 • Leave a comment
Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by British Airways and most other long-haul airlines not called Emirates, has a lot of lounges, .....
Reader Greg dropped me a note to highlight a great deal he found in Dubai. The new Concourse D, used by .....
2 Jul 20182 July 2018 • 118 comments
We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years. These generally involve buying a one-year subscription with up to 13,200 Avios points thrown in as a .....
We have seen a lot of promotions for The Economist magazine over the last couple of years. These .....
1 Jul 20181 July 2018 • 51 comments
British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland route – which was only set up in the first place to annoy Norwegian – is now .....
British Airways has announced a couple of additional route suspensions. The underperforming Gatwick to Oakland .....
28 Jun 201828 June 2018 • 76 comments
Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine partner Laithwaites, to allow you to trade your Avios for beer, wine or champagne. I thought .....
Not many people know that British Airways Executive Club has a service, in association with their wine .....
26 Jun 201826 June 2018 • 5 comments
A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts. My wife has them on her Gold card whilst I have them on my Platinum. The deals are: £35 cashback on £100 spend .....
A trio of new hotel cashback deals have appeared on many American Express accounts. My wife has them on her .....
26 Jun 201826 June 2018 • Leave a comment
Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple system. You earn 1 Shell Drivers Club point for every litre of basic fuel you buy and 2 points .....
Shell Drivers Club is a partner with both avios.com and British Airways Executive Club. It is a simple .....
25 Jun 201825 June 2018 • 39 comments
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on the bandwagon in 2015. In general, lifetime status usually requires such a high threshold that you .....
Lifetime status is a popular perk among the hotel chains. Hilton Honors was the latest to jump on the .....
18 Jun 201818 June 2018 • 25 comments
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