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.
The changes to, and devaluation of, Avios / British Airways Executive Club announced yesterday are hugely complex and the three articles today are simply scratching the surface. I will return to .....
The changes to, and devaluation of, Avios / British Airways Executive Club announced yesterday are hugely .....
29 Jan 201529 January 2015 • 205 comments
In what is clearly a co-ordinated plan by British Airways, they announced massive changes to British Airways Executive Club just minutes after I boarded an eight hour flight 🙂 They forgot, though, .....
In what is clearly a co-ordinated plan by British Airways, they announced massive changes to British Airways .....
28 Jan 201528 January 2015 • 187 comments
Yes, it’s true. But only by a bit. It’s a start, though. I reported two weeks ago about how British Airways has scrapped ALL fuel surcharges on short-haul redemptions. This means .....
Yes, it’s true. But only by a bit. It’s a start, though. I reported two weeks ago about how .....
28 Jan 201528 January 2015 • 85 comments
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up promotional bonus in conjunction with Etihad Guest, although you can redeem the bonus with .....
Heathrow Rewards – the loyalty scheme for Heathrow’s duty free shops – has launched a new sign-up .....
27 Jan 201527 January 2015 • 29 comments
Preferred Hotels Group is not a hotel chain. It is, effectively, a marketing consortium made up of a number of independent hotels from around the world. Whilst it is one of the British Airways .....
Preferred Hotels Group is not a hotel chain. It is, effectively, a marketing consortium made up of a .....
27 Jan 201527 January 2015 • Leave a comment
Most readers of Head for Points will know that you can redeem Avios points sitting in a British Airways Executive Club account for any of the 15 airlines and their subsidiaries within the oneworld .....
Most readers of Head for Points will know that you can redeem Avios points sitting in a British Airways .....
26 Jan 201526 January 2015 • 25 comments
This is your final reminder that the British Airways Winter Sale ends at midnight tomorrow, Tuesday. The ‘travel by’ date varies based on a complicated matrix of travel class, departure .....
This is your final reminder that the British Airways Winter Sale ends at midnight tomorrow, Tuesday. The .....
26 Jan 201526 January 2015 • 8 comments
British Airways has launched a promotion in association with Canadian hotel group Fairmont. It is offering a discount of up to 25% or a free night, depending on where and for how long you stay. .....
British Airways has launched a promotion in association with Canadian hotel group Fairmont. It is offering a .....
25 Jan 201525 January 2015 • 18 comments
The current IHG Rewards Club (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) promotion is called ‘Set Your Sights’. I wrote a full explanation here. It runs until 30th April and .....
The current IHG Rewards Club (Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental etc) promotion is called ‘Set .....
21 Jan 201521 January 2015 • 39 comments
British Airways announced yesterday that it will be moving its operation at London Gatwick to the South Terminal in November 2016. This move has been on the cards for some time. It has been driven .....
British Airways announced yesterday that it will be moving its operation at London Gatwick to the South .....
20 Jan 201520 January 2015 • 47 comments
Back in December I outlined the benefits that Gold Guest List members get from British Airways. This is the exclusive club for anyone who earns over 3,000 tier points per year. You can read more .....
Back in December I outlined the benefits that Gold Guest List members get from British Airways. This is the .....
19 Jan 201519 January 2015 • 22 comments
British Airways and Hilton HHonors have launched a new promotion that will run from now until April 30th. Ironically, we don’t yet know what the official Hilton HHonors promotion will be once .....
British Airways and Hilton HHonors have launched a new promotion that will run from now until April 30th. .....
18 Jan 201518 January 2015 • 26 comments
British Airways has launched a January Avios redemption sale. It is rather modest in scope – certainly nothing like what we saw last January – but it may work for you. The following .....
British Airways has launched a January Avios redemption sale. It is rather modest in scope – certainly .....
17 Jan 201517 January 2015 • 31 comments
Just after Christmas, British Airways scrapped fuel surcharges on its short-haul flights. They didn’t tell anyone and no-one noticed. Even on Flyertalk, just about no-one .....
Just after Christmas, British Airways scrapped fuel surcharges on its short-haul flights. They didn’t .....
15 Jan 201515 January 2015 • 49 comments
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