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.
Today I am launching another special promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head for Points readers. Regular readers will know that we did something similar in March which .....
Today I am launching another special promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com which is EXCLUSIVE to Head .....
11 May 201511 May 2015 • 41 comments
Until 13th July, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus (10% with Starwood) if you transfer hotel points from seven major loyalty schemes into Avios. Etihad Guest is offering a similar deal until .....
Until 13th July, British Airways is offering a 25% bonus (10% with Starwood) if you transfer hotel points from .....
9 May 20159 May 2015 • 11 comments
The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) has been running for six months now. You now earn Avios points when you fly with Flybe – and, .....
The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) has been running .....
8 May 20158 May 2015 • 2 comments
There are a number of bonus offers available at the moment for buying points. In general, this is never a great idea unless you only need a small number to top off your account or you need the miles .....
There are a number of bonus offers available at the moment for buying points. In general, this is never a .....
8 May 20158 May 2015 • 6 comments
Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for Points readers. The first bit of news is not hugely surprising. Emirates Skywards has joined .....
Here is an odd one I didn’t see coming – but which could be very handy for a lot of Head for .....
6 May 20156 May 2015 • 18 comments
On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem important. Few people even know that Alaska (which is not a oneworld member) is a BA partner .....
On the face of it, the fact that Alaska Airways has cut the credit it gives for BA flights does not seem .....
3 May 20153 May 2015 • 16 comments
British Airways rolled out its Bank Holiday Sale yesterday, which is actually available for booking until May 19th. Depending on where you want to go, you can book for travel up to February 2016. The .....
British Airways rolled out its Bank Holiday Sale yesterday, which is actually available for booking until May .....
1 May 20151 May 2015 • 34 comments
This page contains links to the ‘buy miles’ or ‘buy points’ sections of the major airline and hotel schemes. Click on the link to be taken directly to the ‘buy’ .....
This page contains links to the ‘buy miles’ or ‘buy points’ sections of the major .....
30 Apr 201530 April 2015 • Leave a comment
My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we expected. Except one thing. As you will know if you followed my articles on the changes, .....
My main article today summarises all of the Avios changes that took place yesterday. Everything is as we .....
29 Apr 201529 April 2015 • 64 comments
One of the few upsides from the Avios devaluation, which went live yesterday, is that British Airways seems to have managed to get their IT right first time. This article is a summary of what has .....
One of the few upsides from the Avios devaluation, which went live yesterday, is that British Airways seems to .....
29 Apr 201529 April 2015 • 31 comments
The major changes to the Avios scheme went live at midnight last night. I didn’t do an article today because I want to see how the actual changes compare to what we believed British Airways was .....
The major changes to the Avios scheme went live at midnight last night. I didn’t do an article today .....
28 Apr 201528 April 2015 • 112 comments
Practical ‘how I used my miles’ stories seem to be popular with HfP readers, so when reader Rick sent an email to show me a complex trip he had booked, I asked if I could run it as an .....
Practical ‘how I used my miles’ stories seem to be popular with HfP readers, so when reader Rick .....
26 Apr 201526 April 2015 • 48 comments
Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from Pier C at Heathrow Terminal 5, you were stuffed in terms of lounge access because BA .....
Some news in brief: £15 of free Starbucks in Heathrow Terminal 5C scrapped If you had a flight departing from .....
26 Apr 201526 April 2015 • 11 comments
Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to follow Qatar Airways into ultra-low pricing? I’m not sure what other explanation there .....
Perhaps it is the fact that Qatar now owns 10% of BA’s parent company that is encouraging BA to .....
25 Apr 201525 April 2015 • 95 comments
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