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.
British Airways is launching three new short-haul routes from Heathrow today, taking advantage of some of the slots freed up by the acquisition of bmi. The new routes are: Leeds Bradford Zagreb .....
British Airways is launching three new short-haul routes from Heathrow today, taking advantage of some of .....
9 Dec 20129 December 2012 • Leave a comment
The new British Airways service to Seoul started two days ago. It has been, amazingly, 14 years since BA last flew to South Korea. The new service will operate six days a week using a 777. It is a .....
The new British Airways service to Seoul started two days ago. It has been, amazingly, 14 years since BA last .....
5 Dec 20125 December 2012 • Leave a comment
The Quidco cashback on the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios cards and the Lloyds TSB Premier Duo Avios cards has been increased from £5 to £20. The cards come as a duo pack of an American Express and a .....
The Quidco cashback on the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios cards and the Lloyds TSB Premier Duo Avios cards has been .....
1 Dec 20121 December 2012 • 2 comments
Swissotel has joined the long list of hotel chains that award Avios via British Airways Executive Club. And, to celebrate, they have launched a promotion worth up to 1,500 bonus Avios. A standard .....
Swissotel has joined the long list of hotel chains that award Avios via British Airways Executive Club. And, .....
27 Nov 201227 November 2012 • 1 comment
The Avios ‘25% off’ sale is on and its working on avios.com, ba.com and iberia.com. I have already made a booking to prove it! But there is nothing on ba.com about it. Nothing at .....
The Avios ‘25% off’ sale is on and its working on avios.com, ba.com and iberia.com. I have .....
14 Nov 201214 November 2012 • 6 comments
Over on Flyertalk, some posters are reporting getting a snail mail letter from Avios. It announces a 25% discount on Avios long-haul redemptions, in all classes, launching November 14th. You will .....
Over on Flyertalk, some posters are reporting getting a snail mail letter from Avios. It announces a 25% .....
13 Nov 201213 November 2012 • 14 comments
If you’ve been on ba.com in the last couple of days, you may have seen the ads for “The Luxury Seat Sale” and thought … blah … another BA sale, nothing special. This .....
If you’ve been on ba.com in the last couple of days, you may have seen the ads for “The Luxury .....
12 Nov 201212 November 2012 • 1 comment
If you are a member of British Airways Executive Club, avios.com, Virgin Flying Club or a few other programmes, you may find yourself receiving an e-mailed invitation to earn miles by joining .....
If you are a member of British Airways Executive Club, avios.com, Virgin Flying Club or a few other .....
7 Nov 20127 November 2012 • 18 comments
There are a hundred sites out there for people who want to know all about new planes, building planes etc – this is not one of them. However, it is worth being aware of the major changes that .....
There are a hundred sites out there for people who want to know all about new planes, building planes etc .....
5 Nov 20125 November 2012 • 1 comment
BA and AA have launched ‘double miles’ promotions on certain routes for Club World and First Class passengers, valid until the end of the year. It is a decent deal if you need to travel on .....
BA and AA have launched ‘double miles’ promotions on certain routes for Club World and First Class .....
5 Nov 20125 November 2012 • Leave a comment
Two quick things of note. The current (pretty rubbish) offer for the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios cards expired on the 18th. It has been replaced with … exactly the same offer! It now runs until 3rd .....
Two quick things of note. The current (pretty rubbish) offer for the Lloyds TSB Duo Avios cards expired on the .....
21 Oct 201221 October 2012 • 5 comments
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this piece on Avios dropping their relationship with Travelex and jumping into a metaphorical bed with American Express Currency Exchange. A reader has been in touch to .....
A couple of weeks ago I wrote this piece on Avios dropping their relationship with Travelex and jumping into a .....
19 Oct 201219 October 2012 • 14 comments
American Express has been running a promotion for the last week which unfortunately has passed us all by until it was nearly too late. But only nearly ….. You can save £100 on a Club Europe .....
American Express has been running a promotion for the last week which unfortunately has passed us all by until .....
17 Oct 201217 October 2012 • 2 comments
I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per £1) on overseas spend. He has noticed that both Amazon and Expedia were giving double .....
I had an email from a reader who has the Priority Club Black Visa card. This gives double points (4 points per .....
10 Oct 201210 October 2012 • 11 comments
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