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.
If you took part in the Avios / Nectar launch promotion, take a look at your British Airways Executive Club account. Avios was offering a bonus of 500 points if you transferred 1,600 Nectar points .....
If you took part in the Avios / Nectar launch promotion, take a look at your British Airways Executive Club .....
12 Mar 202112 March 2021 • 100 comments
A few readers have been in touch in recent weeks to highlight weird pricing behaviour by British Airways. What was confusing is that I assumed there would be a common theme, but there isn’t. .....
A few readers have been in touch in recent weeks to highlight weird pricing behaviour by British Airways. What .....
11 Mar 202111 March 2021 • 65 comments
It looks like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A318 won’t be the last fleet casualties at British Airways. According to Simple Flying, BA CityFlyer has decided to get rid of its six Embraer E170 .....
It looks like the Boeing 747 and Airbus A318 won’t be the last fleet casualties at British Airways. .....
11 Mar 202111 March 2021 • 44 comments
We were, to put it mildly, a little surprised when British Airways announced that it was opening 11 routes from Southampton Airport this Summer. Southampton was, as the picture below shows, a major .....
We were, to put it mildly, a little surprised when British Airways announced that it was opening 11 routes .....
10 Mar 202110 March 2021 • 25 comments
British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full year. British Airways last extended elite status in June 2020. With travel not resuming .....
British Airways has announced a second extension of elite status for some Executive Club members by a full .....
9 Mar 20219 March 2021 • 133 comments
This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. It has been 18 months since we last mentioned Midpoint on HfP and, as feedback about .....
This articles shows how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....
9 Mar 20219 March 2021 • 21 comments
The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 farewell event before Christmas, the airline was hoping to be back .....
The timetable for the reopening of Terminal 3 keeps slipping back, unsurprisingly. When we attended the Virgin .....
8 Mar 20218 March 2021 • 35 comments
Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and electricity supply over to their 2 year Fix & Reward tariff. You will collect 10,000 bonus Nectar .....
Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and .....
8 Mar 20218 March 2021 • 24 comments
Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at SITA, an IT provider to the airline industry. If you didn’t get it, it said: .....
Many HfP readers will have received an email from British Airways on Friday night concerning a data breach at .....
7 Mar 20217 March 2021 • 46 comments
Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner. Whilst you have been able to earn Avios for the past couple of years, many people still seen unaware of the .....
Best Western is the most recent major hotel chain to become a British Airways partner. Whilst you have .....
7 Mar 20217 March 2021 • 28 comments
If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have received an email this week asking for details of your mental health. As I understand it, .....
If you signed up to the class action lawsuit against British Airways over the 2018 data breach, you may have .....
6 Mar 20216 March 2021 • 92 comments
British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most of which are PCR testing providers. It has now announced a new partnership with Qured .....
British Airways has partnered with a number of Covid testing companies since the start of the pandemic, most .....
5 Mar 20215 March 2021 • 118 comments
How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week to the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme from Barclays Premier Banking. Our overview of .....
How does the upgrade voucher issued by Barclays Avios Rewards work? We are dedicating a lot of space this week .....
4 Mar 20214 March 2021 • 102 comments
Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The limit has shot up from 40,000 Nectar points (£200 of value) to 100,000 Nectar points (£500 .....
Argos and Habitat appear to have raised the number of Nectar points you can spend in one transaction. The .....
4 Mar 20214 March 2021 • 48 comments
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