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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.

Receive a 50% bonus when you buy Avios – worth it?

British Airways has launched (yet another) aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal which expires on Friday 30th. You need to visit ba.com via this page in order to buy. .....

British Airways has launched (yet another) aggressive ‘buy Avios’ offer. It is a short term deal .....

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Bits: Norwegian launches Buenos Aires, two Avios wine deals ending

News in brief: Norwegian launches Buenos Aires from Gatwick If you follow our Instagram feed, you’ll know that Anika is currently in New York testing out Norwegian’s Premium cabin.  We .....

News in brief: Norwegian launches Buenos Aires from Gatwick If you follow our Instagram feed, you’ll .....

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What is worth booking in the new British Airways sale?

British Airways has launched a new sale, with deals in World Traveller,  World Traveller Plus, Club World and First.  There are also some Club Europe and BA Holidays deals available. The home page .....

British Airways has launched a new sale, with deals in World Traveller,  World Traveller Plus, Club World .....

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Bits: BA launches two new ski routes, BA drops two routes, Scottish APD cut

News in brief: British Airways launches two new ski routes British Airways has announced two new routes from Heathrow to Grenoble and Turin in time for the Winter 2017 ski season. These routes already .....

News in brief: British Airways launches two new ski routes British Airways has announced two new routes from .....

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Get a £50 gift card with the £150 Tesco Premium Credit Card – worth it?

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The representative APR is 56.5% variable, including the £150 fee, assuming a £1200 credit .....

Back in June 2016, Tesco launched the Tesco Premium Credit Card. You can check out the details here.  The .....

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Bits: more on the HSBC Premier deal, Qatar Airways / HfP competition winner

News in brief: More on the HSBC Premier deal from yesterday I did a long article yesterday on the new sign-up bonus on the HSBC Premier credit card: the free card is now offering 5,000 airline miles .....

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Bits: bonus miles with Kaligo hotels, Emirates scraps free wi-fi

News in brief: New Kaligo.com hotel deals for bonus miles Hotel booking group Kaligo.com is currently running a very generous Avios promotion.   You will receive 5,000 Avios with £500 of cumulative .....

News in brief: New Kaligo.com hotel deals for bonus miles Hotel booking group Kaligo.com is currently running .....

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