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 announced a major change last night which will impact anyone hoping to catch the new A350 – and the new Club Suite – in action. The original plan was that Toronto would see .....
British Airways announced a major change last night which will impact anyone hoping to catch the new A350 .....
19 Jul 201919 July 2019 • 107 comments
American Airlines and British Airways are offering decent mid-week fares from Manchester to Las Vegas for a limited time in November / December. You can connect in London or in one of American .....
American Airlines and British Airways are offering decent mid-week fares from Manchester to Las Vegas for a .....
19 Jul 201919 July 2019 • Leave a comment
If you start your Avios redemptions outside London and require a connection, your points were devalued (accidentally) on Monday. It just took us 48 hours to notice. No-one else seems to have .....
If you start your Avios redemptions outside London and require a connection, your points were devalued .....
18 Jul 201918 July 2019 • 114 comments
Between 1st and 31st July we are running an exclusive promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, the booking site which awards Avios points with every hotel you book. If you spend over £700 on .....
Between 1st and 31st July we are running an exclusive promotion with hotel booking site Kaligo.com, the .....
17 Jul 201917 July 2019 • 42 comments
It’s back. Following a short trial in April, British Airways is rolling out ‘£1 taxes’ Avios redemptions on ALL UK and European routes for a trial period. Instead of paying £35 .....
It’s back. Following a short trial in April, British Airways is rolling out ‘£1 taxes’ .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • 142 comments
As part of its 100th birthday celebrations, British Airways is running a special event in August at the Saatchi Gallery in London. To quote: What will aviation look like in 20 years, 40 years, 60 .....
As part of its 100th birthday celebrations, British Airways is running a special event in August at the .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • 26 comments
If you have any plans to head to Italy this Summer or Autumn, note that Milan Linate is to close entirely between 27th July and 27th October. This is to allow runway renovations to take place. .....
If you have any plans to head to Italy this Summer or Autumn, note that Milan Linate is to close entirely .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • Leave a comment
British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The winner receives two economy flights to Durban. This is admittedly not the ideal prize .....
British Airways is running a competition with Absolute Radio this week to promote the new route to Durban. The .....
16 Jul 201916 July 2019 • Leave a comment
There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control of the (fairly recently) refurbished British Airways lounge to Prima Vista Group. As per .....
There is good news for British Airways passengers flying out of Amsterdam Schiphol. BA has handed over control .....
15 Jul 201915 July 2019 • Leave a comment
It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and Brazilian carrier TAM earlier this decade. It is, however, part of oneworld and therefore an .....
It is not often that we write about LATAM, the South American airline that formed out of LAN Chile and .....
14 Jul 201914 July 2019 • 64 comments
With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series. This will cover the best ways of earning or redeeming miles and points to get the best .....
With the schools breaking up, I am currently running updated versions of my annual travel planning series. .....
12 Jul 201912 July 2019 • 49 comments
British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported that British Airways had closed its lounge at San Francisco airport for .....
British Airways has re-opened its lounge in San Francisco with a brand new look. Late last year we reported .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • 41 comments
10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people – but not everyone – who have Preferred Rewards Gold or The Platinum Card. The .....
10 day ago we wrote about a new spend-based bonus promotion launched by American Express for many people .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • 1 comment
British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at the start of the Winter timetable. BA is the first international airline to set a .....
British Airways has announced that all Beijing flights will move to the new Daxing airport on 27th October, at .....
11 Jul 201911 July 2019 • Leave a comment
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