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.
If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass card from American Express Platinum or via a Lounge Club card from American Express Gold, .....
If you don’t have airport lounge access via your flight ticket, your elite status, via a Priority Pass .....
9 May 20179 May 2017 • 24 comments
If you read Head for Points on a regular basis you will know that British Airways is gearing up for the roll-out of wi-fi on its long-haul fleet very soon. It is also coming to short-haul but with a .....
If you read Head for Points on a regular basis you will know that British Airways is gearing up for the .....
7 May 20177 May 2017 • 121 comments
We have been looking at a few niche Avios partners recently. In one of the odder and lesser known Avios partnerships, London-focussed estate agent Chestertons is offering Avios points to anyone who .....
We have been looking at a few niche Avios partners recently. In one of the odder and lesser known Avios .....
7 May 20177 May 2017 • 14 comments
British Airways has launched a new luxury sale, with deals in Club World and First. There are also some Club Europe and BA Holidays deals – including additional BA Holidays discounts .....
British Airways has launched a new luxury sale, with deals in Club World and First. There are also .....
6 May 20176 May 2017 • 46 comments
News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios with a £25 NOW TV box Tesco Direct is giving away 500 Clubcard points (1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles) with a £25 NOW TV box. NOW TV is very similar to Google .....
News in brief: Get 1,200 Avios with a £25 NOW TV box Tesco Direct is giving away 500 Clubcard points (1,200 .....
6 May 20176 May 2017 • 35 comments
One of the more positive British Airways developments this year has been the launch of Club Europe business class on domestic flights. You can argue that this was forced on British Airways as a way of .....
One of the more positive British Airways developments this year has been the launch of Club Europe business .....
5 May 20175 May 2017 • 89 comments
News in brief: Win 50 x 18,000 Avios with Tesco There is no transfer bonus for Tesco Clubcard to Avios conversions this quarter. Instead, if you convert into British Airways Executive Club, there is a .....
News in brief: Win 50 x 18,000 Avios with Tesco There is no transfer bonus for Tesco Clubcard to Avios .....
5 May 20175 May 2017 • 48 comments
There you go, you see. You bang on about something for long enough and people eventually listen. For a couple of years, Head for Points has been banging the drum for British Airways Executive .....
There you go, you see. You bang on about something for long enough and people eventually listen. For a .....
4 May 20174 May 2017 • 95 comments
News in brief: Decent SWISS sale out of Italy SWISS business class and, in particular, first class has an excellent reputation. I was one of the last people to redeem for Swiss First .....
News in brief: Decent SWISS sale out of Italy SWISS business class and, in particular, first class has an .....
4 May 20174 May 2017 • 71 comments
News in brief: Tweak to the Avios / Caffe Nero in-store cashback deal As we wrote back in December, you can now earn Avios when you buy coffee or a snack at Caffe Nero. This is an in-store cashback .....
News in brief: Tweak to the Avios / Caffe Nero in-store cashback deal As we wrote back in December, you can .....
3 May 20173 May 2017 • 64 comments
Back at the British Airways press event in early April – which now feels like a l-o-n-g time ago – Chairman and CEO Alex Cruz made some passing remarks about reversing some of the cuts on .....
Back at the British Airways press event in early April – which now feels like a l-o-n-g time ago – .....
2 May 20172 May 2017 • 94 comments
When I cover miles and points credit cards on Head for Points, there is a point which I always try to ram home. In general, miles and points credit cards are not suitable for you if you do not .....
When I cover miles and points credit cards on Head for Points, there is a point which I always try to ram .....
2 May 20172 May 2017 • 15 comments
Regular readers will know that I hold the Lloyds Bank credit card operation in contempt. It regularly manages to achieve levels of incompetence which other banks simply couldn’t match if they .....
Regular readers will know that I hold the Lloyds Bank credit card operation in contempt. It regularly .....
30 Apr 201730 April 2017 • 169 comments
News in brief: HfP reader wins Iberia’s Facebook competition A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a competition that Iberia was running on Facebook to win 120,000 Avios points. There were only 188 .....
News in brief: HfP reader wins Iberia’s Facebook competition A couple of weeks ago I mentioned a .....
30 Apr 201730 April 2017 • 41 comments
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