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.
British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based food service from 1st February. These are: Baltimore Boston Chicago Dubai Hong Kong .....
British Airways has confirmed internally that ten new routes are due to get the new Club World trolley-based .....
27 Jan 201827 January 2018 • 61 comments
British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from the end of February. The airline has said that this is down to “matching flights to .....
British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from .....
27 Jan 201827 January 2018 • 71 comments
This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. What is Midpoint? Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making international payments. They .....
This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....
26 Jan 201826 January 2018 • 47 comments
Whilst BA has yet to make an announcement, Aer Lingus will be flying some Dublin and Hamburg flights from February on behalf of British Airways. I assume that these will be ‘economy only’ .....
Whilst BA has yet to make an announcement, Aer Lingus will be flying some Dublin and Hamburg flights from .....
26 Jan 201826 January 2018 • 40 comments
If your kids have been badgering you for a trip to Disney, this could be your chance. A huge amount of Avios reward availability to Orlando has opened up. On some days, for example 21st August, I .....
If your kids have been badgering you for a trip to Disney, this could be your chance. A huge amount of Avios .....
25 Jan 201825 January 2018 • 75 comments
It is a now a week since British Airways launched its improved World Traveller long haul economy food offering. I’m pleased to say that the response from Head for Points readers who have tried .....
It is a now a week since British Airways launched its improved World Traveller long haul economy food .....
25 Jan 201825 January 2018 • 36 comments
Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every other branded mail-order operation), has been a BAEC partner .....
Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club .....
25 Jan 201825 January 2018 • 11 comments
The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone will learn something from them. Click here to see the other articles. What flights can you .....
The “Avios Redemption University” series is a good starting point for beginners, although I hope everyone .....
24 Jan 201824 January 2018 • 55 comments
For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the booking process. Whilst this is a perfectly logical time to try to catch a new customer, the .....
For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the .....
24 Jan 201824 January 2018 • Leave a comment
American Airlines now has a very good business class product on its London to New York route. It is a herringbone layout and looks like this: …. on the new Boeing 777-300ER (77W in AA .....
American Airlines now has a very good business class product on its London to New York route. It is a .....
24 Jan 201824 January 2018 • 65 comments
Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional tranche of A380 aircraft. There could be some truth in this. IAG has said that it would be .....
Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional .....
22 Jan 201822 January 2018 • 55 comments
Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from Manchester in Club Europe. You need to use code BAMAN15 on ba.com. There is a snag of course. .....
Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from .....
21 Jan 201821 January 2018 • Leave a comment
Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer timetable on 25th March, it will add a 5th daily Heathrow frequency instead, departing at .....
Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer .....
21 Jan 201821 January 2018 • Leave a comment
News in brief: Melia extends its ‘triple Avios’ promotion – get 9 Avios per €1 Over Christmas I ran a long article on changes to way that you earn Avios when staying at any of the .....
News in brief: Melia extends its ‘triple Avios’ promotion – get 9 Avios per €1 Over .....
20 Jan 201820 January 2018 • 33 comments
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