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.
Three weeks ago I wrote an article about Qantas introducing ‘status holds’ for new parents. This is a topic that interests me as I have a couple of young children and, on both .....
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10 May 201610 May 2016 • 60 comments
Tucked away in the Iberia magazine this month are details of a forthcoming Hilton HHonors promotion. You cannot register for it yet but it should be live on Thursday. For some people, .....
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8 May 20168 May 2016 • 81 comments
News in brief: British Airways FINALLY announces a wi-fi deal British Airways announced yesterday that it has reached a deal with US internet group Gogo to introduce its new generation wi-fi system on .....
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6 May 20166 May 2016 • 31 comments
News in brief: British Airways adds extra Las Vegas flights British Airways is adding three extra flights per week to its Las Vegas schedule from the start of the Winter timetable in late September. .....
News in brief: British Airways adds extra Las Vegas flights British Airways is adding three extra flights per .....
6 May 20166 May 2016 • 10 comments
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus Avios for hotel bookings made before 20th June. You must be a British Airways American .....
Hotel booking site Kaligo.com has launched a fantastic new promotion which can earn you up to 20,000 bonus .....
5 May 20165 May 2016 • 24 comments
This is my review of the Cathay Pacific lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. It was my second visit there this year and I am impressed by it. I still haven’t been in the American .....
This is my review of the Cathay Pacific lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. It was my second visit .....
1 May 20161 May 2016 • 22 comments
News in brief: British Airways reducing First Class food options According to reports on Flyertalk from a well regarded BA cabin crew member, the ‘tasting menu’ is being withdrawn from .....
News in brief: British Airways reducing First Class food options According to reports on Flyertalk from a well .....
30 Apr 201630 April 2016 • 16 comments
Today I want to take a look at how you can make substantial tax savings – although not Avios savings – when flying to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific. You can’t use a British Airways .....
Today I want to take a look at how you can make substantial tax savings – although not Avios savings .....
29 Apr 201629 April 2016 • 51 comments
British Airways has launched a ‘double Avios’ promotion covering both BA and American Airlines this Spring. It is a decent deal and may even work for some leisure travellers as well as .....
British Airways has launched a ‘double Avios’ promotion covering both BA and American Airlines .....
27 Apr 201627 April 2016 • 42 comments
British Airways and Marriott Rewards have teamed up to offer a potentially attractive Avios promotion to anyone who is not already a Marriott Rewards member. (I accept that this is not necessarily a .....
British Airways and Marriott Rewards have teamed up to offer a potentially attractive Avios promotion to .....
26 Apr 201626 April 2016 • 28 comments
I reviewed the new British Airways lounge in Dubai’s new Concourse D recently and was not hugely impressed. Reader Alastair was in Dubai a week later and decided to visit the Marhaba lounge .....
I reviewed the new British Airways lounge in Dubai’s new Concourse D recently and was not hugely .....
26 Apr 201626 April 2016 • 34 comments
British Airways has launced a new sale with offers in all travel classes. The home page for the sale is here. You can book until 17th May. On most routes you can travel up to 27th April 2017 which .....
British Airways has launced a new sale with offers in all travel classes. The home page for the sale is here. .....
23 Apr 201623 April 2016 • 29 comments
Back in February, British Airways announced an overhaul of its short haul economy fare structure yesterday. Then it all went quiet although the fares were available for purchase. This was because .....
Back in February, British Airways announced an overhaul of its short haul economy fare structure yesterday. .....
22 Apr 201622 April 2016 • 103 comments
News in brief: Nutmeg / Avios offer extended to the end of April Nutmeg is an innovative online wealth management service which offers a fully managed, discretionary, investment service at a far lower .....
News in brief: Nutmeg / Avios offer extended to the end of April Nutmeg is an innovative online wealth .....
16 Apr 201616 April 2016 • 27 comments
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