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.
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in association with Etihad Guest. This is one of the most generous sign-up .....
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....
27 Jan 201727 January 2017 • 112 comments
Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their PointsMAX scheme. Agoda is a Hotels.com-style hotel booking website, originally launched .....
Avios has teamed up with hotel booking site Agoda to offer additional points on hotel bookings made via their .....
27 Jan 201727 January 2017 • 45 comments
This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. As I wrote in my companion article to this one, British Airways has not been allowed to .....
This is my review of the British Airways temporary Speedbird Lounge in Gatwick Airport’s South terminal. .....
26 Jan 201726 January 2017 • 54 comments
Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good news is that check in seemed to be working fine when I was there, with no sign of delays. .....
Wednesday was the day that British Airways moved its Gatwick operations over to the South Terminal. The good .....
25 Jan 201725 January 2017 • 56 comments
As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this year, I wanted to take another quick look today at something which even old hands can .....
As it’s January, and the site has a lot of new readers looking to get more value from their travel this .....
25 Jan 201725 January 2017 • 41 comments
According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it appears that Manchester Airport prematurely announced that British Airways will be running .....
According to reports on Flyertalk, and whilst these flights are NOT yet available for booking at ba.com, it .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 32 comments
News in brief: 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying Tesco PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use Tesco’s mobile payment app PayQwiq in EVERY Tesco store. If you haven’t .....
News in brief: 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin miles for trying Tesco PayQwiq From yesterday, you can now use .....
24 Jan 201724 January 2017 • 89 comments
News in brief: Double Avios and 10% off at Bicester Village Until 10th February, you will receive double Avios (10 for every £4 spent) when you visit the Bicester Village designer shopping outlet in .....
News in brief: Double Avios and 10% off at Bicester Village Until 10th February, you will receive double .....
23 Jan 201723 January 2017 • 53 comments
In this article yesterday I asked for your help in confirming whether Accor had cut their transfer rate into Avios or whether it was a typo. It seems to be a typo on their website, luckily. This .....
In this article yesterday I asked for your help in confirming whether Accor had cut their transfer rate into .....
21 Jan 201721 January 2017 • 34 comments
Ever since ‘part pay with Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and experimenting …. and experimenting. There have been constant changes to: the .....
Ever since ‘part pay with Avios’ was launched, British Airways has been experimenting …. and .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 50 comments
News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion. This offers you potentially 6,000 Avios or €120 of hotel credit for making 3 x 2-night stays. What .....
News in brief: Important Accor promotion update Yesterday I wrote about the new Accor promotion. This offers .....
20 Jan 201720 January 2017 • 12 comments
Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a potentially generous new promotion. You will earn €120 of Accor hotel vouchers or 6,000 Avios (or .....
Accor hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman etc, has launched a .....
19 Jan 201719 January 2017 • 19 comments
The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British Airways. It is surprisingly accurate – by the standards of mainstream publications .....
The website of Forbes magazine published an interesting article yesterday on the current state of British .....
19 Jan 201719 January 2017 • 175 comments
Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite having four Club World tickets booked, we arrived at Dubai Airport to find that an aircraft .....
Long term readers of Head for Points will remember my trip home from the Middle East at Easter 2013. Despite .....
18 Jan 201718 January 2017 • 235 comments
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