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.
A quick reminder that the current Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus, in conjunction with British Airways, ends on the 14th. You will receive 1,000 Heathrow Rewards points – convertible into 1,000 .....
A quick reminder that the current Heathrow Rewards sign-up bonus, in conjunction with British Airways, ends on .....
9 Jul 20149 July 2014 • 4 comments
American Airlines recently launched a new interactive map to help people find reward seats. It is pretty effective and it would be good to see British Airways launch something similar. Until they .....
American Airlines recently launched a new interactive map to help people find reward seats. It is pretty .....
7 Jul 20147 July 2014 • 21 comments
During July I will be updating the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series of articles that I first ran last year. These cover the best ways to earn Avios from car hire and hotels and how to save .....
During July I will be updating the ‘Preparing for Summer’ series of articles that I first ran last .....
6 Jul 20146 July 2014 • 17 comments
This post is a reminder that the current British Airways World Traveller and World Traveller Plus sale is coming to an end. Tickets must be booked by Tuesday. Remember that travel can be booked .....
This post is a reminder that the current British Airways World Traveller and World Traveller Plus sale is .....
5 Jul 20145 July 2014 • Leave a comment
I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app. This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, impressively quickly, reward flight availability on British Airways flights. This app is not .....
I wrote last week about the new Avios Flight Finder app. This is an iPhone / iPad app which can show you, .....
2 Jul 20142 July 2014 • 87 comments
As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their ‘50% off’ Avios redemptions sale yesterday. This will only apply to World Traveller .....
As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their .....
1 Jul 20141 July 2014 • 36 comments
Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios points on all of your duty free electrical purchases in Heathrow Terminal 5. Coupled with the .....
Starting tomorrow – and just for the Summer peak – Dixons Travel is letting you collect Avios .....
30 Jun 201430 June 2014 • 32 comments
British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport. Flights will start on October 26th – the same day that the Dublin service from Heathrow moves .....
British Airways has announced a new 5-flights-per-day service to Dublin from London City Airport. Flights .....
29 Jun 201429 June 2014 • 12 comments
An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that British Airways will be launching a ‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale on Monday. This .....
An extra 4th article today to let you know that I have it on good authority from a source in Sussex that .....
27 Jun 201427 June 2014 • 47 comments
British Airways has launched another round of sale fares, this time focussing on World Traveller and World Traveller Plus. This new batch of deals needs to be booked by July 8th. There is nothing .....
British Airways has launched another round of sale fares, this time focussing on World Traveller and World .....
25 Jun 201425 June 2014 • 12 comments
British Airways is moving into ‘slow TV’ according to an announcement on Monday. Impressed by the high viewing figures for the ‘moving map’, the airline has bought the rights .....
British Airways is moving into ‘slow TV’ according to an announcement on Monday. Impressed by the .....
24 Jun 201424 June 2014 • 26 comments
The ‘Number of the Day’ today is ….. 97 billion. I was quoted in The Sunday Times yesterday (page 2 of the ‘Money’ section) in an article on the lack of Avios reward .....
The ‘Number of the Day’ today is ….. 97 billion. I was quoted in The Sunday Times yesterday .....
23 Jun 201423 June 2014 • 52 comments
Vueling is the little known sister of British Airways and Iberia. International Airlines Group, the parent of BA and Iberia, took full control of the Spanish low cost carrier last year. The airline .....
Vueling is the little known sister of British Airways and Iberia. International Airlines Group, the parent .....
21 Jun 201421 June 2014 • 10 comments
I wrote in December about how British Airways was offering 50,000 Avios as compensation to anyone who flew in First Class and was unlucky enough to get the old First Class seat, like this one: British .....
I wrote in December about how British Airways was offering 50,000 Avios as compensation to anyone who flew in .....
20 Jun 201420 June 2014 • 35 comments
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