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.
In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor made the surprise announcement that Air Passenger Duty would be scrapped for children aged 2-12 years old from 1 May 2015. This only applies to economy .....
In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor made the surprise announcement that Air Passenger Duty would be .....
14 Jan 201514 January 2015 • 21 comments
For just three days, of which today – Thursday 8th – is the last day, British Airways has knocked an additional £50 or £100 off British Airways Holidays prices in the BA January sale. .....
For just three days, of which today – Thursday 8th – is the last day, British Airways has knocked .....
8 Jan 20158 January 2015 • 10 comments
Yes, you read that correctly. This week on Head for Points we are giving away 100,000 Avios points in association with the new British Airways Executive Club hotel booking partner Kaligo. There is .....
Yes, you read that correctly. This week on Head for Points we are giving away 100,000 Avios points in .....
5 Jan 20155 January 2015 • 96 comments
TopCashback, like Quidco, is a site which allows you to earn a small amount of cashback on your day to day shopping by clicking through to participating merchants. You can join TopCashback via my .....
TopCashback, like Quidco, is a site which allows you to earn a small amount of cashback on your day to day .....
4 Jan 20154 January 2015 • 17 comments
If you were planning on heading into a remote jungle on Monday, miles from an internet connection, I seriously recommend that you change your plans. Because, at 7am on Monday, I am starting the New .....
If you were planning on heading into a remote jungle on Monday, miles from an internet connection, I seriously .....
3 Jan 20153 January 2015 • 82 comments
I occasionally get asked for a full list of Avios airlines, or whether there is somewhere online that has a full list of Avios redemption partners. The bottom line is that there isn’t one, .....
I occasionally get asked for a full list of Avios airlines, or whether there is somewhere online that has a .....
2 Jan 20152 January 2015 • 35 comments
‘Sale’ emails have started to arrive in my inbox from various airlines. I haven’t had the time to look into all of these deals in great detail but here are a few summaries: .....
‘Sale’ emails have started to arrive in my inbox from various airlines. I haven’t had the .....
29 Dec 201429 December 2014 • 4 comments
Back in June I shared some pictures of the very impressive new Qantas business class lounge which had opened in Los Angeles International Airport. This is the new lounge for Qantas, BA, airberlin, .....
Back in June I shared some pictures of the very impressive new Qantas business class lounge which had opened .....
28 Dec 201428 December 2014 • 7 comments
Emirates announced just before Christmas that it was launching a third daily service into Birmingham International from 1st August 2015. Operated by a Boeing 777, it will be the first EK service out .....
Emirates announced just before Christmas that it was launching a third daily service into Birmingham .....
27 Dec 201427 December 2014 • 68 comments
Because you can book redemption flights on Iberia via ba.com, the vast majority (99%?) of British Airways Executive Club members who want an Iberia long-haul flight do it that way. They are making .....
Because you can book redemption flights on Iberia via ba.com, the vast majority (99%?) of British Airways .....
27 Dec 201427 December 2014 • 17 comments
I wrote about some of the short-haul Club Europe discounts available in the current British Airways sale over the weekend. The long-haul deals out of London are decidedly average. However, if .....
I wrote about some of the short-haul Club Europe discounts available in the current British Airways sale over .....
24 Dec 201424 December 2014 • 73 comments
The launch of the British Airways Winter Sale was overshadowed by the Air Traffic Control meltdown which occurred on the same day. Aviation is always a tricky business to manage at the best of .....
The launch of the British Airways Winter Sale was overshadowed by the Air Traffic Control meltdown which .....
21 Dec 201421 December 2014 • 27 comments
British Airways has agreed a new partnership with VitalityHealth and VitalityLife. These are the new names from PruHealth and PruProtect, the private health insurance brands. You have probably .....
British Airways has agreed a new partnership with VitalityHealth and VitalityLife. These are the new names .....
20 Dec 201420 December 2014 • 8 comments
British Airways’s parent company, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, announced yesterday that it had made a takeover approach to Aer Lingus. The board of Aer Lingus rejected the .....
British Airways’s parent company, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, announced yesterday that .....
19 Dec 201419 December 2014 • 32 comments
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