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.
With the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow now fully operational – albeit, unknown to most people, still using the old Terminal 1 baggage system so far – British Airways has published the .....
With the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow now fully operational – albeit, unknown to most people, still using .....
17 Nov 201417 November 2014 • 24 comments
British Airways has announced a new route to Krakow in Poland, with flights commencing on May 1st. Krakow is a lovely city – if you haven’t managed to get there yet then you should put it .....
British Airways has announced a new route to Krakow in Poland, with flights commencing on May 1st. Krakow is a .....
15 Nov 201415 November 2014 • 16 comments
A lot of Head for Points readers earned 1,000 – 1,200 Shangri-La Golden Circle points in a promotion they ran last October. The reason this offer was so popular is that 1,000 points could be .....
A lot of Head for Points readers earned 1,000 – 1,200 Shangri-La Golden Circle points in a promotion .....
14 Nov 201414 November 2014 • 47 comments
Ever since Lloyds Bank relaunched its Avios cards as the Avios Rewards and Premier Avios Rewards cards last year, there has never been a sign-up bonus. This may account for the fairly muted reaction .....
Ever since Lloyds Bank relaunched its Avios cards as the Avios Rewards and Premier Avios Rewards cards last .....
9 Nov 20149 November 2014 • 1 comment
I dropped in an additional post yesterday to publicise the ‘flash’ sale that British Airways had launched with no notice and no fanfare. I have now had some time to write a longer .....
I dropped in an additional post yesterday to publicise the ‘flash’ sale that British Airways had .....
7 Nov 20147 November 2014 • 30 comments
British Airways gave me a bit of a surprise this morning by launching a ‘flash’ redemption sale via an announcement on the ‘offers’ page of ba.com. This is a very quick post as .....
British Airways gave me a bit of a surprise this morning by launching a ‘flash’ redemption sale .....
6 Nov 20146 November 2014 • 40 comments
The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) started last Monday. If you fly on Flybe going forward, you will be able to collect a relatively modest .....
The partnership between Flybe and Avios (ie avios.com and not British Airways Executive Club) started last .....
3 Nov 20143 November 2014 • 7 comments
There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them or add to them. This is most likely to happen with secondary programmes where you once .....
There is nothing more frustrating than finding that your miles have expired when you finally come to use them .....
2 Nov 20142 November 2014 • 58 comments
British Airways has announced a new service to Bilbao in Spain from 29th March. Operating from Heathrow Terminal 5, there will be two flights per day. The flight times are excellent for a short .....
British Airways has announced a new service to Bilbao in Spain from 29th March. Operating from Heathrow .....
2 Nov 20142 November 2014 • 13 comments
One of the interesting quirks of the Avios reward scheme is the way in which you can use it to generate free domestic redemption flights. When I say free, I mean totally free – no Avios and no .....
One of the interesting quirks of the Avios reward scheme is the way in which you can use it to generate free .....
31 Oct 201431 October 2014 • 40 comments
As most people know, children cannot join British Airways Executive Club in their own right. There is, however, no need to miss out on any Avios points when your children are flying on a cash ticket. .....
As most people know, children cannot join British Airways Executive Club in their own right. There is, .....
30 Oct 201430 October 2014 • 18 comments
When we flew out to Dubai last Wednesday we departed from Terminal 5C, the newest satellite terminal. If you flight leaves from 5C, as I have mentioned before, you can claim one of the odder British .....
When we flew out to Dubai last Wednesday we departed from Terminal 5C, the newest satellite terminal. If you .....
27 Oct 201427 October 2014 • 28 comments
British Airways is currently having another ‘luxury sale’ as you can see from the ad on the home page of ba.com. If you are looking for amazing fares, though, the place to look is Dublin. .....
British Airways is currently having another ‘luxury sale’ as you can see from the ad on the home .....
25 Oct 201425 October 2014 • 83 comments
We are away for a few days, so here are a few headlines without the usual analysis so you don’t miss out on the latest deals: British Airways is restarting flights to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt .....
We are away for a few days, so here are a few headlines without the usual analysis so you don’t miss out .....
25 Oct 201425 October 2014 • 15 comments
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