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.
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6 Oct 20166 October 2016 • 13 comments
Avios.com and British Airways Executive Club both launched an interesting new promotion yesterday which could get you 1,000 Avios in each scheme. Full details are here on avios.com. You will receive .....
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4 Oct 20164 October 2016 • 184 comments
If you want to add 18,000 Avios to your balance (and who wouldn’t), there is a new competition over on the British Airways website this week. In association with British Airways partner Avis .....
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4 Oct 20164 October 2016 • 53 comments
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1 Oct 20161 October 2016 • 107 comments
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30 Sep 201630 September 2016 • 119 comments
As a follow up to my main story below on charging for food and drink on board, BA has now sent me some sample ‘pay with Avios’ prices: Mature cheddar cheese ploughman’s – £3 .....
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29 Sep 201629 September 2016 • 77 comments
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29 Sep 201629 September 2016 • 67 comments
Tomorrow was meant to be the last day to pick up 4,500 cheap Avios points via The Sunday Times Travel Magazine. However, due to what I can only imagine was insane demand from Head for Points readers, .....
Tomorrow was meant to be the last day to pick up 4,500 cheap Avios points via The Sunday Times Travel .....
29 Sep 201629 September 2016 • 41 comments
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28 Sep 201628 September 2016 • 83 comments
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27 Sep 201627 September 2016 • 97 comments
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26 Sep 201626 September 2016 • 112 comments
TopCashback is a site which allows you to earn a small amount of cashback from your day to day shopping by clicking through to participating online shops from its site. It is very similar to .....
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25 Sep 201625 September 2016 • 63 comments
In my discussion of the implications of Marriott’s decision to transfer Starwood Preferred Guest points into Marriott Rewards at the ratio of 1:3, I said that Marriott Travel Packages looked a .....
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25 Sep 201625 September 2016 • 40 comments
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