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.
We haven’t covered the great British Airways refund saga for some time, but we are returning to it today. There is some good, potentially great, news. If your Avios flight is cancelled, you can .....
We haven’t covered the great British Airways refund saga for some time, but we are returning to it .....
5 May 20205 May 2020 • 157 comments
All this week, we have been running a competition on Head for Points to celebrate reaching 10,000 articles. Today is your last chance. As we can’t get the team together and celebrate with a .....
All this week, we have been running a competition on Head for Points to celebrate reaching 10,000 articles. .....
3 May 20203 May 2020 • 3 comments
Iberia and Vueling confirmed this morning that they have received a combined €1 billion bail-out from the Spanish Government. Sister companies of British Airways inside the IAG umbrella, Iberia .....
Iberia and Vueling confirmed this morning that they have received a combined €1 billion bail-out from the .....
1 May 20201 May 2020 • 155 comments
Today I want to look at how to redeem Avios on Royal Air Maroc flights. As we covered last month, Royal Air Maroc joined the oneworld alliance on 1st April. This opens up a lot of new Avios options .....
Today I want to look at how to redeem Avios on Royal Air Maroc flights. As we covered last month, Royal Air .....
1 May 20201 May 2020 • 16 comments
British Airways has just added a new Avios option on flights between Heathrow and New York JFK. It is reducing the minimum cash component of an economy (and only economy) redemption to £100. The .....
British Airways has just added a new Avios option on flights between Heathrow and New York JFK. It is .....
30 Apr 202030 April 2020 • 105 comments
Last week we told you how BrewDog’s Speedbird 100 ale, made exclusively for lounge and in-flight use by British Airways, is now available for purchase online. A second British Airways beer .....
Last week we told you how BrewDog’s Speedbird 100 ale, made exclusively for lounge and in-flight use by .....
30 Apr 202030 April 2020 • 59 comments
However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that Virgin Atlantic and Norwegian must not receive Government support and be allowed to fail. .....
However good your hearing is, you will have struggled to pick up the sound of British Airways demanding that .....
29 Apr 202029 April 2020 • 106 comments
British Airways has just announced a restructuring and redundancy program that could put 12,000 staff out of work. If you thought that everything was going to return to normal once travel restrictions .....
British Airways has just announced a restructuring and redundancy program that could put 12,000 staff out of .....
28 Apr 202028 April 2020 • 161 comments
British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the window for cancelling existing bookings. Up until now, only travellers booked on services .....
British Airways has just improved its coronavirus rebooking and refund policy. This includes extending the .....
28 Apr 202028 April 2020 • 158 comments
We almost missed this. We have reached a milestone at Head for Points: 10,000 articles. As we can’t get the team together and celebrate with a bottle of champagne, we have decided to run a .....
We almost missed this. We have reached a milestone at Head for Points: 10,000 articles. As we can’t get .....
28 Apr 202028 April 2020 • 94 comments
Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It is by far the easiest way of seeing Avios and Virgin Atlantic .....
Earlier this year SeatSpy launched as a new tool to search redemption flight availability on British Airways .....
27 Apr 202027 April 2020 • 62 comments
As part of the British Airways 100th birthday celebrations, BrewDog created a special beer for the airline. Called ‘Speedbird 100’, it is described as: Built from the ground up for British .....
As part of the British Airways 100th birthday celebrations, BrewDog created a special beer for the airline. .....
24 Apr 202024 April 2020 • 55 comments
News in brief: British Airways flying cargo in Boeing 777 passenger cabins IAG Cargo has released some pictures from a recent flight which was ferrying NHS supplies to the UK. As you can see from the .....
News in brief: British Airways flying cargo in Boeing 777 passenger cabins IAG Cargo has released some .....
22 Apr 202022 April 2020 • 45 comments
News in brief: Move in to InterContinental Berlin Hotels are having to be creative to generate revenue at the moment. A friend sent me this advertisement from Facebook, translated by Chrome hence the .....
News in brief: Move in to InterContinental Berlin Hotels are having to be creative to generate revenue at the .....
20 Apr 202020 April 2020 • 40 comments
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