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.
You may have noticed that British Airways has been carrying out a number of trials at Heathrow over the last few months to smooth the boarding process. Fundamentally, there have been three issues (as .....
You may have noticed that British Airways has been carrying out a number of trials at Heathrow over the last .....
29 Jul 201529 July 2015 • 60 comments
Yesterday I published a table of Avios pricing for all British Airways routes, in all classes. See here. The article seemed to go down very well. Some people wanted access to the data so they .....
Yesterday I published a table of Avios pricing for all British Airways routes, in all classes. See here. The .....
28 Jul 201528 July 2015 • 14 comments
It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many Avios are required for a particular route. You need to go to ba.com, track down the ‘Avios Spending Calculator’ page and then type in your .....
It is surprisingly tricky to find out how many Avios are required for a particular route. You need to go to .....
27 Jul 201527 July 2015 • 52 comments
I would be fibbing if I said that I had never bought any duty free items on a flight, but I’m rarely in the mood – especially when trying to keep two children under control. The .....
I would be fibbing if I said that I had never bought any duty free items on a flight, but I’m rarely in .....
26 Jul 201526 July 2015 • 19 comments
News in brief: British Airways drops Entebbe and Almaty British Airways has announced two route suspensions. Flights to Entebbe in Uganda will cease on October 2nd as they ‘are no longer .....
News in brief: British Airways drops Entebbe and Almaty British Airways has announced two route suspensions. .....
25 Jul 201525 July 2015 • 8 comments
If you like the idea of getting away from a cold English Winter to the sunnier climes of Los Angeles, help may be at hand. British Airways is, yet again, quietly easing out excess capacity by selling .....
If you like the idea of getting away from a cold English Winter to the sunnier climes of Los Angeles, help may .....
24 Jul 201524 July 2015 • 74 comments
British Airways has launched an interesting – and slightly risky! – promotion in association with its transatlantic partner American Airlines. Between now and October 31st, you will .....
British Airways has launched an interesting – and slightly risky! – promotion in association with .....
24 Jul 201524 July 2015 • 16 comments
News in brief: More BA PR silliness …. It is that time of year when the newspapers are desperate for coverage to fill their pages during a quiet Summer. British Airways is doing its bit with .....
News in brief: More BA PR silliness …. It is that time of year when the newspapers are desperate for .....
23 Jul 201523 July 2015 • 23 comments
Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature of the programme. Whilst upgrades from World Traveller / Economy are restricted to full fare tickets – although .....
Being able to upgrade British Airways tickets using Avios is a well known feature of the programme. Whilst .....
23 Jul 201523 July 2015 • 13 comments
If you were planning to book a British Airways World Traveller or World Traveller Plus ticket in the next few days, don’t forget that today is the last day of the current BA sale. Depending on .....
If you were planning to book a British Airways World Traveller or World Traveller Plus ticket in the next few .....
21 Jul 201521 July 2015 • 5 comments
Historically, British Airways has been very casual about people who dropped the final segment on an ex-EU long haul flight. What I mean, in plain English, is that if you booked a Club World ticket .....
Historically, British Airways has been very casual about people who dropped the final segment on an ex-EU long .....
20 Jul 201520 July 2015 • 89 comments
British Airways has extended its current crazy deal to Hong Kong by another week, until this Friday. This is NOT a fare mistake. It is a published fare with detailed fare rules. Below is an updated .....
British Airways has extended its current crazy deal to Hong Kong by another week, until this Friday. This is .....
20 Jul 201520 July 2015 • 38 comments
There are a lot of offers around at the moment offering bonus Avios points on your hotel stays. In general, these rely on you turning down hotel loyalty points and asking to receive a one-off Avios .....
There are a lot of offers around at the moment offering bonus Avios points on your hotel stays. In general, .....
19 Jul 201519 July 2015 • 5 comments
News in brief: More British Airways routes get a 787 – check your bookings I got a notification yesterday via the My Flights app that my British Airways booking to Abu Dhabi next Easter had .....
News in brief: More British Airways routes get a 787 – check your bookings I got a notification .....
17 Jul 201517 July 2015 • 40 comments
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