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.
British Airways Executive Club has announced the first “open to all” transfer bonus from Tesco Clubcard to Avios since, I think, July 2012. From 1st November – so DO NOT CONVERT .....
British Airways Executive Club has announced the first “open to all” transfer bonus from Tesco .....
31 Oct 201531 October 2015 • 221 comments
British Airways launched its Autumn premium cabin sale yesterday. Flights are bookable until 12th November. What is interesting about the sale is that you can book until September 2016 on many routes .....
British Airways launched its Autumn premium cabin sale yesterday. Flights are bookable until 12th November. .....
30 Oct 201530 October 2015 • 102 comments
News in brief: Large bonuses at the ba.com Gate 365 shopping channel Whilst there haven’t been any emails about this, British Airways is currently offering some very large bonuses via its Gate .....
News in brief: Large bonuses at the ba.com Gate 365 shopping channel Whilst there haven’t been any .....
30 Oct 201530 October 2015 • 12 comments
News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November – rooms from £29? IHG announced yesterday that its Winter sale will be returning on 5th November. Full details are here. This .....
News in brief: IHG’s Winter Sale to return on 5th November – rooms from £29? IHG announced .....
29 Oct 201529 October 2015 • 34 comments
British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights in the US. You can read the full announcement on ba.com .....
British Airways announced yesterday that it is to increase the cost of some Avios redemptions on American .....
29 Oct 201529 October 2015 • 38 comments
News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he had just booked a very competitive £1,015 Premium Economy fare to Sydney. This was on .....
News in brief: £1,000 Premium Economy fares to Sydney ex-Dublin Reader Paul dropped me a line to say that he .....
28 Oct 201528 October 2015 • 34 comments
Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet. Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus. Whilst British Airways has essentially abandoned .....
Vueling is the Spanish version of easyJet. Few people know that it is owned by IAG, the parent company of .....
27 Oct 201527 October 2015 • 11 comments
News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair could be the next airline on the IAG shopping list. Lo and behold, this article appeared on .....
News in brief: IAG to buy Finnair? I mentioned in a throw-away remark in a comment last week that Finnair .....
26 Oct 201526 October 2015 • 80 comments
Tesco Direct has released a number of new Clubcard offers in recent days. None of these are outstandingly generous (ie make it worthwhile to buy a product you don’t need purely for the .....
Tesco Direct has released a number of new Clubcard offers in recent days. None of these are outstandingly .....
25 Oct 201525 October 2015 • 24 comments
News in brief: British Airways cuts Sharm el Sheikh tier points A HfP reader contacted me yesterday to complain about British Airways cutting the tier points on flights to Sharm in Egypt. A quick .....
News in brief: British Airways cuts Sharm el Sheikh tier points A HfP reader contacted me yesterday to .....
23 Oct 201523 October 2015 • 50 comments
It has been seven years since British Airways threw in the towel in its attempt to persuade the business travellers of the South East to head to Gatwick and on to New York. The decision, announced .....
It has been seven years since British Airways threw in the towel in its attempt to persuade the business .....
22 Oct 201522 October 2015 • 19 comments
British Airways has launched the last of the three Gatwick flash sales that have been running throughout October. This final offer has return tickets to many destinations in EuroTraveller for just .....
British Airways has launched the last of the three Gatwick flash sales that have been running throughout .....
21 Oct 201521 October 2015 • 42 comments
News in brief: British Airways launches three new European routes British Airways has announced three new routes for next Summer: Biarritz (photo of Hotel du Palais below) – twice weekly from .....
News in brief: British Airways launches three new European routes British Airways has announced three new .....
21 Oct 201521 October 2015 • 75 comments
British Airways launched its annual ‘big discount on World Traveller tickets using Avios’ promotion yesterday. On the face of it, it sounds good: You save 40% on the standard number of .....
British Airways launched its annual ‘big discount on World Traveller tickets using Avios’ .....
20 Oct 201520 October 2015 • 59 comments
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