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.
Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is offering a decent deal for stays until the end of February 2015. As long as you book by .....
Small Luxury Hotels of the World, the marketing group behind a number of leading global boutique hotels, is .....
16 Mar 201416 March 2014 • Leave a comment
I had an email this week from a reader who had faced problems getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ flight using a British Airways American Express 2-4-1 .....
I had an email this week from a reader who had faced problems getting British Airways telephone agents to book .....
14 Mar 201414 March 2014 • 33 comments
British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment. In the last few days I have covered the relaunch of ‘Hello Weekend’ as well as the very cheap last-minute day trip .....
British Airways is making a big push for the leisure £ at the moment. In the last few days I have covered .....
13 Mar 201413 March 2014 • 19 comments
I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the three main alternatives. If you are looking for the best British Airways .....
I have never looked at ‘seat plan’ websites before, so I thought it would be interesting to take a .....
12 Mar 201412 March 2014 • 26 comments
British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big British Invite”. One of the promotions is an interesting range of shopping discounts: .....
British Airways is currently running a shopping promotion aimed at overseas visitors called “The Big .....
12 Mar 201412 March 2014 • 9 comments
Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – leisure product. Called BAwayday (hmmm ….), these are cheap, last minute, .....
Rather quietly, British Airways has launched a trial of a new – and potentially very interesting – .....
11 Mar 201411 March 2014 • 45 comments
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. It is even less known today .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
11 Mar 201411 March 2014 • 21 comments
This is a final warning that tomorrow is the last day to book for BA’s latest business class sale which covers a wide range of destinations in Club Europe, First and Club World. The most .....
This is a final warning that tomorrow is the last day to book for BA’s latest business class sale which .....
10 Mar 201410 March 2014 • 7 comments
Clearly I did something wrong, because British Airways Executive Club forgot my birthday entirely last November. (Although I did get some freebies from other loyalty programmes.) However, reader .....
Clearly I did something wrong, because British Airways Executive Club forgot my birthday entirely last .....
9 Mar 20149 March 2014 • 20 comments
British Airways has brought back its “Hello Weekend” offers for 2014. These offer (sometimes) very good short-notice deals on flight and hotel packages. In a new development this year, .....
British Airways has brought back its “Hello Weekend” offers for 2014. These offer (sometimes) .....
8 Mar 20148 March 2014 • 8 comments
On Wednesday, I flew up to Manchester for the day to have lunch with a friend. The total cost was a grand total of £0 in tax and 0 Avios, which made it excellent value for money. How I did .....
On Wednesday, I flew up to Manchester for the day to have lunch with a friend. The total cost was a .....
7 Mar 20147 March 2014 • 41 comments
The Melia hotel group has launched an aggressive promotion with Iberia Plus which could earn you a lot of Avios in the coming weeks, especially if you are travelling to Madrid. Until 30th April, you .....
The Melia hotel group has launched an aggressive promotion with Iberia Plus which could earn you a lot of .....
7 Mar 20147 March 2014 • 4 comments
One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin Flying Club miles to Avios points. I thought I would save myself some typing in the .....
One of the most common questions I receive via email from new readers is whether they can convert their Virgin .....
6 Mar 20146 March 2014 • 25 comments
A new British Airways promotional code has appeared – this is the first one to launch this year as far as I know. This new deal is in partnership with deals site LivingSocial, although you do .....
A new British Airways promotional code has appeared – this is the first one to launch this year as far .....
3 Mar 20143 March 2014 • 3 comments
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