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British Airways and Avios

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.

If you are interested in earning Avios from credit cards, you should read this article comparing all the Avios-earning credit cards.

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.

It’s back: Get up to 50,000 Avios for investing with Nutmeg

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Advertorial This is an advertisement for Nutmeg Saving and Investment Limited (“Nutmeg”). Nutmeg has .....

27 Nov 201727 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

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LAST CALL: 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles with £12 NOW TV box

We try to keep Tesco Direct deals on our sister site Shopper Points these days, but this offer is so good that we thought it was worth a bigger audience over here.  I am giving it another mention .....

We try to keep Tesco Direct deals on our sister site Shopper Points these days, but this offer is so good that .....

26 Nov 201726 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 100 comments

How to use Avios for domestic Japanese flights – with no taxes

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for anyone planning a trip to Japan and I like to revisit it every 18 months or so for the benefit of .....

We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before.  However, it contains valuable advice for anyone .....

21 Nov 201721 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

British Airways BA A350 inflight

Booking Reward Flight Saver on BA ‘Fifth Freedom’ routes

I have written many articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver flights, where British Airways caps your ‘taxes and charges’ fee at £35 return for economy, £50 return for business or .....

I have written many articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver flights, where British Airways caps your .....

21 Nov 201721 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

BA 747 retirement Concorde tail

British Airways to start boarding passengers by group from 12th December

Following numerous trials, British Airways has finally decided to push ahead with boarding in groups.  The new process will go live on 12th December. Your boarding pass will now carry a group .....

Following numerous trials, British Airways has finally decided to push ahead with boarding in groups.  The .....

18 Nov 201718 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 130 comments

Has the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card suffered a major data breach?

There were many reports on Head for Points yesterday, in the comments, from readers who have seen fake transactions appearing on their Lloyds Avios Rewards credit cards.  It appears that there has .....

There were many reports on Head for Points yesterday, in the comments, from readers who have seen fake .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 157 comments

Is the Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport worth a look?

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Revolut targetting the travelling public, is there any future for increasingly ‘old school’ products such as the Avios Multi-Currency .....

With new overseas payment products such as Curve and Revolut targetting the travelling public, is there any .....

17 Nov 201717 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

British Airways BA A380 flying

Bits: BA taking 4 ex-Singapore A380’s?, Virgin Trains discounts

News in brief: British Airways to take four A380’s from Singapore Airlines? A couple of weeks I wrote about the amazing new First Class Suites being fitted to the new A380 aircraft being .....

News in brief: British Airways to take four A380’s from Singapore Airlines? A couple of weeks I wrote .....

16 Nov 201716 November 2017 by Rob Burgess • 115 comments

Tesco Clubcard

1200 Avios, 1250 Virgin miles or £15 Uber credit with a £12.50 NOW TV box

We try to keep Tesco Direct deals on our sister site Shopper Points these days, but this offer is so good that we thought it was worth a bigger audience over here. Tesco Direct has dropped the price .....

We try to keep Tesco Direct deals on our sister site Shopper Points these days, but this offer is so good that .....

14 Nov 201714 November 2017 by Anika Burnett • 128 comments

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