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.
When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to soften the blow of devaluation was the expansion of ‘Upgrade Using Avios’ to .....
When British Airways ‘enhanced’ the Avios scheme in 2015, one of the carrots dangled at members to .....
20 Feb 202120 February 2021 • 14 comments
Despite having two children, I have managed to avoid signing up for the new Disney+ streaming service so far. They are possibly in the age gap between the animated classics and the superhero movies. .....
Despite having two children, I have managed to avoid signing up for the new Disney+ streaming service so far. .....
19 Feb 202119 February 2021 • 92 comments
As we covered last year, British Airways announced that the London City Airport to New York JFK service was not going to return post coronavirus. There were originally two adapted A318 aircraft .....
As we covered last year, British Airways announced that the London City Airport to New York JFK service was .....
19 Feb 202119 February 2021 • 141 comments
Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and electricity supply over to their 2 year Fix & Reward tariff. You will collect 10,000 bonus Nectar .....
Sainsbury’s Energy is currently offering a strong Nectar points bonus if you move both your gas and .....
18 Feb 202118 February 2021 • 45 comments
HfP readers often contact me with issues about getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open jaw’ Avios redemption flight. I thought it was worth running over the rules on .....
HfP readers often contact me with issues about getting British Airways telephone agents to book an ‘open .....
17 Feb 202117 February 2021 • 38 comments
This is our review of the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (BA Amex Business). It is the only British Airways-branded credit card for SME’s. What Avios SME .....
This is our review of the British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card (BA Amex Business). .....
16 Feb 202116 February 2021 • 2 comments
British Airways has extended the expiry date on some British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion vouchers. All vouchers due to expire before 31st December 2021 have been extended by six months. .....
British Airways has extended the expiry date on some British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion .....
15 Feb 202115 February 2021 • 96 comments
A question that often gets asked when the conversation moves to EC261 compensation (2019 No.278 now that we have left the EU) is what value the British Airways American Express companion voucher has .....
A question that often gets asked when the conversation moves to EC261 compensation (2019 No.278 now that we .....
15 Feb 202115 February 2021 • 193 comments
News in brief: Get a free £15 Uber ride to a covid vaccination centre Yesterday we covered a 25% discount code that Addison Lee is offering in London for rides to the main vaccination hubs. Uber is .....
News in brief: Get a free £15 Uber ride to a covid vaccination centre Yesterday we covered a 25% discount .....
15 Feb 202115 February 2021 • 29 comments
Last month we wrote about British Airways and its trial of mobile “health passport” app VeriFLY on flights to the US. You can download the VeriFLY app here on the Apple app store or here .....
Last month we wrote about British Airways and its trial of mobile “health passport” app VeriFLY on .....
14 Feb 202114 February 2021 • 41 comments
The Daily Mail has been emailing selected members of its MyMail website with a generous subscription offer. You will receive 30,000 Nectar points (worth 18,750 Avios) when you subscribe to ‘The .....
The Daily Mail has been emailing selected members of its MyMail website with a generous subscription offer. .....
13 Feb 202113 February 2021 • 312 comments
I recently looked at the pros and cons of joining the heavily advertised Group Litigation Order currently working through the courts in respect of the 2018 British Airways data breach. A group of .....
I recently looked at the pros and cons of joining the heavily advertised Group Litigation Order currently .....
13 Feb 202113 February 2021 • 54 comments
This is our review of the Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. Capital On Tap – a small UK payments card company which I admit you may never have heard of – runs the only .....
This is our review of the Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. Capital On Tap – a small UK .....
13 Feb 202113 February 2021 • 29 comments
If you are wondering what is happening at Heathrow at the moment, I managed to get hold of the British Airways traffic figures for last Sunday. Across the whole day, BA operated: 43 passenger aircraft .....
If you are wondering what is happening at Heathrow at the moment, I managed to get hold of the British Airways .....
12 Feb 202112 February 2021 • 61 comments
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