Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
oneworld is an airline alliance comprising of the following airlines: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines and SriLankan Airline.
There also a number of ‘oneworld connect’ airline, including Fiji Airways.
You can earn British Airways Avios and tier points when flying other oneworld airlines. A separate pricing chart applies for Avios bookings on oneworld partners.
This article looks at which airlines you can use your Avios on.
If you are collecting Lufthansa’s Miles & More miles then this is an option for topping up your balance, albeit not by much! Miles & More is currently offering 100 M&M miles for .....
If you are collecting Lufthansa’s Miles & More miles then this is an option for topping up your .....
18 Mar 201318 March 2013 • 2 comments
The two major Latin American carriers, TAM and LAN, have confirmed they will join the oneword alliance – which includes British Airways – in early 2014. TAM and LAN merged last year to .....
The two major Latin American carriers, TAM and LAN, have confirmed they will join the oneword alliance – .....
16 Mar 201316 March 2013 • 1 comment
This is the 6th and final part of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap (since it is almost two weeks since the previous part of this trip report!), I have .....
This is the 6th and final part of a series of airline and hotel reviews covering my trip to New York. To recap .....
11 Mar 201311 March 2013 • 7 comments
The US Airways / American Airlines merger – which has been on the cards since American filed for bankruptcy last year, has now been confirmed. The BBC story is here. The merger will take a .....
The US Airways / American Airlines merger – which has been on the cards since American filed for .....
15 Feb 201315 February 2013 • 1 comment
This article is part of the Avios Redemption University, a series of posts aimed at explaining some of the most important things you need to know when planning on redeeming your Avios. It is NOT about .....
This article is part of the Avios Redemption University, a series of posts aimed at explaining some of the .....
12 Feb 201312 February 2013 • 46 comments
Since airberlin joined the oneworld airline alliance in March 2012, it has opened up a new range of long-haul routes from Europe that can be booked with Avios. Along with Aer Lingus (see my previous .....
Since airberlin joined the oneworld airline alliance in March 2012, it has opened up a new range of long-haul .....
3 Feb 20133 February 2013 • 5 comments
Malaysia Airlines System joins the oneworld alliance today. And this means that you can redeem your Avios for their flights, as well as earning them by flying on Malaysia. Let’s start by .....
Malaysia Airlines System joins the oneworld alliance today. And this means that you can redeem your Avios .....
1 Feb 20131 February 2013 • 32 comments
With very little fanfare (unless British Airways Gold card holders have been emailed directly about this), two new benefits have been added today. Technically, these new benefits have been given to .....
With very little fanfare (unless British Airways Gold card holders have been emailed directly about this), two .....
1 Feb 20131 February 2013 • 4 comments
If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% discount on the number of Avios required. Given that Iberia also has far lower taxes than .....
If you can fly before the end of February, Iberia has some interesting Avios sale deals going on with a 25% .....
24 Jan 201324 January 2013 • Leave a comment
The last bit of news I picked up from my 10 days in Dubai was the story that Abu Dhabi’s Etihad had bought a 70% stake in airberlin‘s frequent flyer scheme, topbonus. The transaction .....
The last bit of news I picked up from my 10 days in Dubai was the story that Abu Dhabi’s Etihad had .....
22 Jan 201322 January 2013 • 4 comments
Today’s article is about how to redeem your Avios on short haul European flights which are flown by long-haul aircraft (ie a 747, 777, A380, A330, A340 etc). Why would you want to do this? Well, .....
Today’s article is about how to redeem your Avios on short haul European flights which are flown by .....
13 Jan 201313 January 2013 • 12 comments
I have written a few pieces about airberlin recently because they offer an excellent way to redeem your Avios without paying extreme taxes. Yes, you need to hub through Germany to travel with them, .....
I have written a few pieces about airberlin recently because they offer an excellent way to redeem your Avios .....
8 Jan 20138 January 2013 • 4 comments
‘Avios and Money’ is the feature of the Avios programme that allows you to book a reward seat for up to 50% fewer Avios than the headline mileage price. British Airways, Iberia Plus or .....
‘Avios and Money’ is the feature of the Avios programme that allows you to book a reward seat for .....
6 Jan 20136 January 2013 • 16 comments
I have just booked, for reasons that I will explain in a few weeks, a one-way flight from the US to Germany. airberlin New York JFK to Berlin Tegel One-Way Business Class The Avios required were the .....
I have just booked, for reasons that I will explain in a few weeks, a one-way flight from the US to Germany. .....
4 Jan 20134 January 2013 • 6 comments
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