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 has launched a new ‘double Avios’ offer for the Autumn. This has the potential to be very lucrative if you can work it around your travel plans. For the first time, this .....
British Airways has launched a new ‘double Avios’ offer for the Autumn. This has the potential to .....
18 Sep 201918 September 2019 • 136 comments
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If you are holding an industrial dispute – or indeed any sort of dispute – standing your ground is .....
18 Sep 201918 September 2019 • 101 comments
This is our review of the Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport. With fintech start-ups such as Curve, Revolut, Starling Bank and Monzo targetting the travelling public with cards offering 0% foreign .....
This is our review of the Avios Multi-Currency Cash Passport. With fintech start-ups such as Curve, Revolut, .....
18 Sep 201918 September 2019 • 63 comments
As if British Airways didn’t have enough to deal with at the moment, it has been forced to reduce the seating capacity on its new A320neo short-haul aircraft due to safety concerns. BA has kept .....
As if British Airways didn’t have enough to deal with at the moment, it has been forced to reduce the .....
16 Sep 201916 September 2019 • 154 comments
Yesterday we ran an article explaining how British Airways was planning to deal with the issue of awarding Avios and tier points for flights impacted by strike action. It seems that British Airways .....
Yesterday we ran an article explaining how British Airways was planning to deal with the issue of awarding .....
14 Sep 201914 September 2019 • 75 comments
Back in May, we covered the announcement that Tesco Bank had decided to pull out of the mortgage market. It was recently announced that Lloyds Banking Group had bought the ‘book’ in a .....
Back in May, we covered the announcement that Tesco Bank had decided to pull out of the mortgage market. It .....
14 Sep 201914 September 2019 • 70 comments
When I updated our article on the British Airways pilot strike on Monday, I said that you should ensure that British Airways credits you with the Avios and Executive Club tier points you would have .....
When I updated our article on the British Airways pilot strike on Monday, I said that you should ensure that .....
13 Sep 201913 September 2019 • 74 comments
We have covered the current trial of ‘£1 taxes’ short-haul Avios redemptions extensively. There have been a few teething problems but the system is now working as it should. A reader .....
We have covered the current trial of ‘£1 taxes’ short-haul Avios redemptions extensively. There .....
12 Sep 201912 September 2019 • Leave a comment
I have written many articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver redemptions, where British Airways caps your ‘taxes and charges’ fee at £35 return for economy, £50 return for business .....
I have written many articles in the past about Reward Flight Saver redemptions, where British Airways caps .....
11 Sep 201911 September 2019 • 27 comments
I don’t want to spend too much time on the British Airways pilot strike, because it is being covered enough by the mainstream media. Interestingly, British Airways did not make an effort .....
I don’t want to spend too much time on the British Airways pilot strike, because it is being covered .....
10 Sep 201910 September 2019 • 131 comments
Long time readers of HfP will know that when you are flying from Heathrow Terminal 3 you are spoilt for choice when it comes to airline lounges. The excellent Qantas lounge (review here) has now been .....
Long time readers of HfP will know that when you are flying from Heathrow Terminal 3 you are spoilt for choice .....
9 Sep 20199 September 2019 • 159 comments
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has launched an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you 5,000+ easy Avios or other airline miles from just one night. EDIT: we amended the .....
Hotel booking site Rocketmiles has launched an EXCELLENT ‘first user’ promotion which can earn you .....
8 Sep 20198 September 2019 • 85 comments
We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before. However, it contains valuable advice for anyone planning a trip to Japan and I like to revisit – and fully update – it every 18 .....
We’ve run this article by HfP reader Ricardo before. However, it contains valuable advice for anyone .....
7 Sep 20197 September 2019 • 33 comments
As regular readers will know, British Airways is currently running a trial on differential Avios pricing for short-haul flights. As well as the usual option showing Reward Flight Saver taxes and .....
As regular readers will know, British Airways is currently running a trial on differential Avios pricing for .....
6 Sep 20196 September 2019 • 65 comments
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