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.
Citibank has launched a new Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank has been running an Avios incentive for new customers to its Citi Wealth Management service .....
Citibank has launched a new Avios-earning deal for expats in the UK who move their banking to Citi. Citibank .....
26 Apr 201926 April 2019 • 8 comments
EDIT: This article is now out of date. Capital On Tap has relaunched with just one Avios card, Business Rewards, which is better than both of the cards described below. Click here to read our .....
EDIT: This article is now out of date. Capital On Tap has relaunched with just one Avios card, Business .....
25 Apr 201925 April 2019 • 87 comments
Following the collapse of Jet Airways, British Airways has moved to fill the capacity gap on the London to Mumbai route. From 2nd June, BA will operate an additional four flights per week to .....
Following the collapse of Jet Airways, British Airways has moved to fill the capacity gap on the London to .....
24 Apr 201924 April 2019 • Leave a comment
We virtually never cover issues relating to disabled or wheelchair passengers on Head for Points, even though it pops up in reader emails on a regular basis. This is purely because it isn’t an .....
We virtually never cover issues relating to disabled or wheelchair passengers on Head for Points, even though .....
24 Apr 201924 April 2019 • 96 comments
As it is a quiet Bank Holiday today, I thought I would dig out an interesting story which we first ran a couple of years ago and which highlights a quirk when it comes to cancelling reward flights. A .....
As it is a quiet Bank Holiday today, I thought I would dig out an interesting story which we first ran a .....
22 Apr 201922 April 2019 • 74 comments
If you have a British Airways American Express card, an interesting new promotion could be waiting for you. Many, but definitely not all, cardholders seem to have it. My wife and I do not. You .....
If you have a British Airways American Express card, an interesting new promotion could be waiting for you. .....
21 Apr 201921 April 2019 • 46 comments
British Airways has brought back its regular ‘Upgrade to First’ offer. Until 31st May, any Club World flight you purchase which is ticketed in semi-flexible R, D, or C class, or a fully .....
British Airways has brought back its regular ‘Upgrade to First’ offer. Until 31st May, any Club .....
21 Apr 201921 April 2019 • 48 comments
Avios partner (you earn 4 Avios per £1) Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a new promotion on shirts for the Easter weekend. Until Monday night, you can buy four standard shirts for £99. You need to .....
Avios partner (you earn 4 Avios per £1) Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a new promotion on shirts for the .....
21 Apr 201921 April 2019 • Leave a comment
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up to 10,000 Membership Rewards points per year for 1.5p each. This facility is mentioned on .....
One of the lesser known features of the American Express Membership Rewards programme is the ability to buy up .....
20 Apr 201920 April 2019 • 11 comments
If you are a regular traveller to Russia, you should know that British Airways has expanded its codeshare deal with fellow oneworld alliance member S7 Airlines. As long as you are connecting to a BA .....
If you are a regular traveller to Russia, you should know that British Airways has expanded its codeshare deal .....
20 Apr 201920 April 2019 • Leave a comment
British Airways is sending out a special gift to Executive Club members who have ‘flown it to the moon and back’. Some members who have flown more than 477,710 miles on British Airways .....
British Airways is sending out a special gift to Executive Club members who have ‘flown it to the moon .....
19 Apr 201919 April 2019 • 99 comments
Here is something very interesting. British Airways is trialling Avios redemptions with virtually ZERO taxes. Take a look at the screenshot below. It shows a one-way Avios redemption on British .....
Here is something very interesting. British Airways is trialling Avios redemptions with virtually ZERO .....
18 Apr 201918 April 2019 • 120 comments
We reported yesterday on the news that British Airways has severed links with the Financial Times and will no longer be offering the newspaper in its lounges, on board or at aircraft gates. Although, .....
We reported yesterday on the news that British Airways has severed links with the Financial Times and will no .....
18 Apr 201918 April 2019 • Leave a comment
British Airways has teamed up with Scottish craft brewery BrewDog to create a bespoke IPA, to be called Speedbird 100. It will be available on flights from 1st May and will also be turning up in .....
British Airways has teamed up with Scottish craft brewery BrewDog to create a bespoke IPA, to be called .....
18 Apr 201918 April 2019 • Leave a comment
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