Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

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 – 10,000 Avios for opening an ISA with Nutmeg

Wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer, just a month after the previous offer closed.  You will receive up to 10,000 Avios points when you open a Stocks & Shares .....

Wealth management group Nutmeg has brought back its generous Avios offer, just a month after the previous .....

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Cheap airline miles, including Avios, via half-price Starwood points

Starwood is offering an exceptional, but targetted, deal at the moment – a 50% discount when you buy 5,000+ Starwood Preferred Guest points. You need to log in here to see what discount is .....

Starwood is offering an exceptional, but targetted, deal at the moment – a 50% discount when you buy .....

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Bits: seven new BA short haul routes, the best Virgin Atlantic redemption

News in brief: New BA short haul routes British Airways has added seven new short haul routes from London Heathrow to their Summer 2017 season. Included is one of the most gorgeous cities I’ve .....

News in brief: New BA short haul routes British Airways has added seven new short haul routes from London .....

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BA removes Qatar ‘R’ business class from tier point and Avios earning

This week saw the launch of the British Airways / Qatar Airways revenue sharing deal on routes from the UK to Doha which I discussed here.  This means that BA and Qatar are effectively operating as .....

This week saw the launch of the British Airways / Qatar Airways revenue sharing deal on routes from the UK to .....

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Bits: more luggage on BA via a travel agent?, Qatar launching Dublin flights

News in brief: BA offering bigger baggage allowances via some travel agents A HfP reader who travels to India on a regular basis dropped me a note with an interesting observation. The current free .....

News in brief: BA offering bigger baggage allowances via some travel agents A HfP reader who travels to India .....

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Bits: bonus Avios with Kaligo.com, 1200 Avios with Tesco’s NOW TV deal

News in brief: Bonus Avios booking hotels with Kaligo.com Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has been fairly quiet on the promotional front recently, following a number of very generous offers in 2015. .....

News in brief: Bonus Avios booking hotels with Kaligo.com Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has been fairly quiet .....

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£100 back on £500 BA spend (should include Avios taxes) with new Amex offer

For the first time I can remember, British Airways has launched a cashback deal with American Express.  It is surprisingly generous and set at just the right level for anyone planning a Club World .....

For the first time I can remember, British Airways has launched a cashback deal with American Express.  It is .....

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