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 midnight tonight, 17th June, over 90 British Airways long-haul routes can be redeemed at 50% off, but in Economy only. Unfortunately taxes, fees and carrier charges are NOT reduced and will .....
Until midnight tonight, 17th June, over 90 British Airways long-haul routes can be redeemed at 50% off, but in .....
17 Jun 201817 June 2018 • 97 comments
Following a lot of rationalisation in recent years, Avis emerged as the sole British Airways car hire partner. Avis offers a range of benefits including free additional drivers for BA Executive Club .....
Following a lot of rationalisation in recent years, Avis emerged as the sole British Airways car hire partner. .....
17 Jun 201817 June 2018 • 16 comments
According to cabin crew website paddleyourownkanoo, British Airways has decided to let staff chillax when travelling on a non-rev (ie free or heavily discounted staff travel) ticket. This is in .....
According to cabin crew website paddleyourownkanoo, British Airways has decided to let staff chillax when .....
16 Jun 201816 June 2018 • 96 comments
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel booking site Rocketmiles. Heathrow Rewards gives you 1 point for every £1 spent in Heathrow .....
Heathrow Rewards, the Heathrow Airport shopping loyalty scheme, has an interesting partnership with hotel .....
16 Jun 201816 June 2018 • 31 comments
British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus have released their peak and off-peak Avios redemption calendars for the whole of 2019 which you can see below and in our 2nd article today. There .....
British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus have released their peak and off-peak Avios redemption .....
15 Jun 201815 June 2018 • 49 comments
If you were thinking of picking up some cheap Avios (around 1p) via the new Groupon Ireland offer, the website is now saying that the deal ends tomorrow, 14th June. It isn’t clear when on the .....
If you were thinking of picking up some cheap Avios (around 1p) via the new Groupon Ireland offer, the website .....
13 Jun 201813 June 2018 • Leave a comment
Note: I wrote this article for a magazine recently, but I thought – with a few additions – it was worth a wider airing, especially for newer HfP readers. It is written in a .....
Note: I wrote this article for a magazine recently, but I thought – with a few additions – it .....
11 Jun 201811 June 2018 • 92 comments
If you are flying in British Airways Club Europe to Madrid at any time soon, you will be pleasantly surprised by the food. For the last few weeks, Madrid has been treated as a ‘long’ .....
If you are flying in British Airways Club Europe to Madrid at any time soon, you will be pleasantly surprised .....
11 Jun 201811 June 2018 • 73 comments
I would like to claim that this story was the work of our crack team of investigative journalists, but I actually owe it to reader Jack. He posted it in the comments on Saturday night whilst I was .....
I would like to claim that this story was the work of our crack team of investigative journalists, but I .....
10 Jun 201810 June 2018 • 187 comments
Tesco is making changes to the Clubcard scheme on Monday. This does NOT impact Avios or Virgin Flying Club redemptions. It does impact all other redemptions which are based on a multiple of the face .....
Tesco is making changes to the Clubcard scheme on Monday. This does NOT impact Avios or Virgin Flying Club .....
9 Jun 20189 June 2018 • 77 comments
If you wanted to save money – a lot of money – on British Airways Club World (or any other airline) tickets by starting outside the UK then there was one piece of free software which was .....
If you wanted to save money – a lot of money – on British Airways Club World (or any other .....
8 Jun 20188 June 2018 • 73 comments
If you didn’t win a polo shirt in our recent competition, Avios partner Charles Tyrwhitt, the shirt and suit company, is giving away a free £30 one with every order of £50 or more. It is a bit .....
If you didn’t win a polo shirt in our recent competition, Avios partner Charles Tyrwhitt, the shirt and .....
7 Jun 20187 June 2018 • Leave a comment
If you had a Canadian ski holiday planned, you won’t be pleased to discover that British Airways is suspending its Calgary service for the Winter. There will be no flights from 28th October 2018 .....
If you had a Canadian ski holiday planned, you won’t be pleased to discover that British Airways is .....
7 Jun 20187 June 2018 • 33 comments
Accor has launched a new ‘double, triple or quadruple points’ promotion for stays in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This could prove to be very generous indeed, with up to 24% of .....
Accor has launched a new ‘double, triple or quadruple points’ promotion for stays in Europe, the .....
6 Jun 20186 June 2018 • 8 comments
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