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British Airways and Avios

British Airways 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.

If you are interested in earning Avios from credit cards, you should read this article comparing all the Avios-earning credit cards.

You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.

British Airways launches flights from London City Airport to Munich

British Airways announced an additional London City route yesterday, taking advantage of the new Embraer 190 aircraft coming into service this year. Flights from London City to Munich will launch on .....

British Airways announced an additional London City route yesterday, taking advantage of the new Embraer 190 .....

by Rob Burgess

Is British Airways about to announce flights to Osaka?

According to reports in the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei (which is a credible source, it now owns the Financial Times), British Airways is about to announce a 4x weekly service to Osaka. This .....

According to reports in the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei (which is a credible source, it now owns the .....

by Rob Burgess84 comments

How does the British Airways Best Price Guarantee work?

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘.  The airline has recently made a change to how it pays you out if you make a claim so I thought .....

Not many people are aware that British Airways operates a ‘best price guarantee‘.  The .....

by Anika Burnett58 comments

Fuel surcharges returning to one-way Avios redemptions from Hong Kong

Fuel surcharges are returning to one-way Avios redemptions from Hong Kong. Since February 2016, airlines have not been able to add fuel surcharges on flights departing from Hong Kong when the journey .....

Fuel surcharges are returning to one-way Avios redemptions from Hong Kong. Since February 2016, airlines have .....

by Rob Burgess

How to earn and redeem Avios for flights on Mexico’s Interjet

I was updating my old article on which airlines you can spend Avios with (it will appear soon) when I spotted something new. Iberia now has an Avios redemption partnership with Interjet, the third .....

I was updating my old article on which airlines you can spend Avios with (it will appear soon) when I spotted .....

by Rob Burgess

An email arrives about Avios ….

If you were wondering how the general public approach their miles and points – and where the programmes are making real money – take a look at this email I received earlier in the week. .....

If you were wondering how the general public approach their miles and points – and where the programmes .....

by Rob Burgess

How to book low cost flights on Avios points to Montreal with Aer Lingus

We told you last week that Aer Lingus is launching Montreal and Minneapolis for Summer 2019. What I didn’t spot at the time is that Aer Lingus is NOT fudging Avios pricing to Montreal. This is .....

We told you last week that Aer Lingus is launching Montreal and Minneapolis for Summer 2019. What I .....

by Rob Burgess179 comments

Review: the Executive Lounge at Jersey Airport

This is our review of the British Airways lounge at Jersey Airport A few weeks ago we started another round of UK airport reviews and mentioned the fact that we still need a good number of .....

This is our review of the British Airways lounge at Jersey Airport A few weeks ago we started another round of .....

by Rob Burgess14 comments

British Airways launches flights to Kos, wide open for Avios redemptions

British Airways has launched a new route to the Greek island of Kos. The service will start next Summer and operate from Gatwick.  It joins a wide range of other destinations in Greece: Athens, .....

British Airways has launched a new route to the Greek island of Kos. The service will start next Summer and .....

by Rob Burgess39 comments

British Airways expands connection car transfers for premium passengers

British Airways has announced an extension of its chauffeur driven executive car connection service at Heathrow. Passengers travelling in First, Club World or Club Europe, plus British Airways Gold .....

British Airways has announced an extension of its chauffeur driven executive car connection service at .....

by Rob Burgess174 comments

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