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.
Heathrow Airport has a ‘use it or lose it’ system for take off and landing slots. This is, arguably, a sensible approach to take – with such huge demand for Heathrow slots, it .....
Heathrow Airport has a ‘use it or lose it’ system for take off and landing slots. This is, .....
17 Feb 202017 February 2020 • Leave a comment
Note: I was travelling all day yesterday, so I thought I would do myself a favour by giving this article an airing. I originally wrote a version of it for another publication but it will be .....
Note: I was travelling all day yesterday, so I thought I would do myself a favour by giving this article an .....
16 Feb 202016 February 2020 • 116 comments
By an amazing coincidence, one day after Virgin Atlantic announced its new route to Cape Town, British Airways has announced an extra Cape Town service. There will be an additional two flights per .....
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14 Feb 202014 February 2020 • 137 comments
Alaska Airlines announced yesterday that it will be joining the oneworld airline alliance. This is a welcome boost for the alliance following the resignation of LATAM. Royal Air Maroc is already .....
Alaska Airlines announced yesterday that it will be joining the oneworld airline alliance. This is a welcome .....
14 Feb 202014 February 2020 • 38 comments
British Airways has put in place rebooking guidelines for anyone travelling on a short-haul BA flight on Saturday 15th February. As this is the first day of half-term, this is likely to impact quite a .....
British Airways has put in place rebooking guidelines for anyone travelling on a short-haul BA flight on .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020 • 52 comments
In a not-very-surprising move, albeit one that has not been publicly announced yet, British Airways has cancelled the daily BA31/32 flights to and from Hong Kong. The last departure was last night. .....
In a not-very-surprising move, albeit one that has not been publicly announced yet, British Airways has .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020 • Leave a comment
In a surprise move, British Airways has announced a limited Summer service to Newquay. Regular readers will remember that Flybe currently runs a Newquay to Heathrow service, subsidised by the .....
In a surprise move, British Airways has announced a limited Summer service to Newquay. Regular readers will .....
13 Feb 202013 February 2020 • 221 comments
As you probably saw in the press over New Year, Travelex recently suffered one of the most damaging cyber attacks ever seen in the UK. Hackers took control of the Travelex IT system and demanded $6m .....
As you probably saw in the press over New Year, Travelex recently suffered one of the most damaging cyber .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 33 comments
News in brief: We have a winner of our Cruise118 competition Thank you to everyone who entered our recent Cruise118 competition. Congratulations to Ruth H, who was the lucky winner of 100,000 Avios. .....
News in brief: We have a winner of our Cruise118 competition Thank you to everyone who entered our recent .....
12 Feb 202012 February 2020 • 184 comments
Whilst nowhere near as generous as the Lufthansa / SWISS ‘2-4-1’ offers which also launched yesterday, British Airways has launched some decent offers to celebrate Valentine’s Day .....
Whilst nowhere near as generous as the Lufthansa / SWISS ‘2-4-1’ offers which also launched .....
11 Feb 202011 February 2020 • 113 comments
British Airways is now publicising the fact that you can check in your bags at Heathrow on the day before you fly. Take a look at this page of ba.com. Whilst it has only just been added to the .....
British Airways is now publicising the fact that you can check in your bags at Heathrow on the day before you .....
10 Feb 202010 February 2020 • 183 comments
Yes, a cheery subject for a Friday but with coronavirus on the loose …… (JOKE). More seriously, this is a topic that rarely comes up but does impact quite a few people, especially those .....
Yes, a cheery subject for a Friday but with coronavirus on the loose …… (JOKE). More seriously, .....
7 Feb 20207 February 2020 • 72 comments
Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / Fairmont etc, has brought back its potentially generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Avios or .....
Accor Hotels, which owns Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / .....
6 Feb 20206 February 2020 • 43 comments
The 2020 Olympics is proving to be a good opportunity for authorities, airports and airlines to tweak many long haul flights to Tokyo. For the last decade or so British Airways has offered two daily .....
The 2020 Olympics is proving to be a good opportunity for authorities, airports and airlines to tweak many .....
5 Feb 20205 February 2020 • Leave a comment
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