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.
There aren’t that many decent Avios-earning offers around at the moment – apart from the usual credit card sign-up deals – so I thought it was worth a reminder that wealth .....
There aren’t that many decent Avios-earning offers around at the moment – apart from the usual .....
29 Nov 201629 November 2016 • 18 comments
News in brief: More British Airways Black Friday deals We covered the British Airways ‘£1008 Club World’ Black Friday deal extensively last week – it is still bookable until .....
News in brief: More British Airways Black Friday deals We covered the British Airways ‘£1008 Club .....
27 Nov 201627 November 2016 • 51 comments
Long term readers of Head for Points will have lived through the acquisition of bmi British Midland (as was) by British Airways and the integration of Diamond Club into British Airways Executive Club. .....
Long term readers of Head for Points will have lived through the acquisition of bmi British Midland (as was) .....
27 Nov 201627 November 2016 • 35 comments
There are two stories here, with the tenuous link that both have reduced the options you have for redeeming your Avios points. Flybe and Loganair end franchise deal in Scotland Loganair operates .....
There are two stories here, with the tenuous link that both have reduced the options you have for redeeming .....
26 Nov 201626 November 2016 • 28 comments
News in brief: £301 British Airways deal to Abu Dhabi British Airways added an extra Black Friday deal yesterday – economy flights to Abu Dhabi for £301. This is a very good price if you are .....
News in brief: £301 British Airways deal to Abu Dhabi British Airways added an extra Black Friday deal .....
26 Nov 201626 November 2016 • 52 comments
British Airways has launched its Black Friday deals – and they are pretty good. How does a £1008 Club World trip sound? These deals can be found on the special BA Black Friday page here. .....
British Airways has launched its Black Friday deals – and they are pretty good. How does a £1008 Club .....
24 Nov 201624 November 2016 • 101 comments
Our usual 3rd article today will not appear until 8.30am. This is because it covers BA’s Black Thursday (and Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday) offers and I can’t write about them .....
Our usual 3rd article today will not appear until 8.30am. This is because it covers BA’s Black .....
24 Nov 201624 November 2016 • 19 comments
News in brief: Good SPG Moments auction ending today There is an attractive SPG Moments auction ending today which, so far, has attracted very little interest. It is one of those auctions where the .....
News in brief: Good SPG Moments auction ending today There is an attractive SPG Moments auction ending today .....
24 Nov 201624 November 2016 • 44 comments
News in brief: Bid for BA tickets to New Orleans on a preview flight British Airways is launching a new service to New Orleans on 27th March as I covered here. On 24th February, however, there is .....
News in brief: Bid for BA tickets to New Orleans on a preview flight British Airways is launching a new .....
23 Nov 201623 November 2016 • 30 comments
airberlin is a partner with British Airways in the oneworld alliance. This means that anyone who has status with airberlin will receive reciprocal status benefits with BA, and vice versa. Why does .....
airberlin is a partner with British Airways in the oneworld alliance. This means that anyone who has status .....
22 Nov 201622 November 2016 • 144 comments
It is a couple of weeks since I first mentioned this, so I thought it was worth a reminder that wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer, just a month after the .....
It is a couple of weeks since I first mentioned this, so I thought it was worth a reminder that wealth .....
20 Nov 201620 November 2016 • 5 comments
On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points when booking a package holiday via avios.com. The changes to avios.com redemptions on January .....
On Thursday I wrote about how, from January 1st, you will no longer be able to earn or redeem Avios points .....
19 Nov 201619 November 2016 • 47 comments
The two TSB Avios credit cards were removed from the market this week. They no longer appear on the avios.com or TSB websites. TSB gave Head for Points the following statement last night: We can .....
The two TSB Avios credit cards were removed from the market this week. They no longer appear on the .....
19 Nov 201619 November 2016 • 28 comments
According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card fees on bookings from 14th December. The current charge is a flat fee of £5 per booking, .....
According to reports in Business Traveller, British Airways is changing the way it calculates credit card .....
18 Nov 201618 November 2016 • 115 comments
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