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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.

LAST CALL: Get up to 80,000 Avios when you open an ISA or SIPP via Nutmeg

With the end of the tax year approaching on Thursday, there is still a window to open a stocks and shares ISA for 2017/8 with Nutmeg and earn a large chunk of Avios. If you have already used up .....

With the end of the tax year approaching on Thursday, there is still a window to open a stocks and shares ISA .....

by Rob Burgess5 comments

British Airways changes its lounge access rules for Easter

British Airways has changed its lounge access rules over Easter, but only for Gold members.  Although, oddly, neither my wife nor I were emailed about this although some Gold members were. Until 15th .....

British Airways has changed its lounge access rules over Easter, but only for Gold members.  Although, oddly, .....

by Rob Burgess85 comments

British Airways call centres to remain in-house following staffing changes

British Airways has announced that its five main contact centres, in Manchester, Newcastle, Delhi, Bremen and Hong Kong, will remain in-house. Detailed discussions were believed to have been held with .....

British Airways has announced that its five main contact centres, in Manchester, Newcastle, Delhi, Bremen and .....

by Rob Burgess112 comments

Book British Airways to North America in First Class from £1,700

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It looks like you have to travel to Inverness in order to pay this little, however. There is .....

British Airways has released a large number of seats from the UK to North America in First from £1,700.  It .....

by Anika Burnett160 comments

The British Airways Special Services team is now the Concorde Team

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience for [their] most premium customers’, has been renamed the ‘Concorde .....

The British Airways Special Services team, which will look after ‘every detail of the airport experience .....

by Anika Burnett112 comments

How to transfer Avios points from Iberia to British Airways Executive Club

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails asking exactly how you can transfer Avios points from Iberia Plus to British Airways Executive .....

I have covered a few Iberia Plus promotions on Head for Points recently.  This has led to a few emails .....

by Rob Burgess79 comments

Is British Airways running down Flight Pass?

After making a fresh attempt to breath some life into Flight Pass last year, it looks like British Airways may be running it down. Flight Pass is no longer available for sale for use beyond 31st .....

After making a fresh attempt to breath some life into Flight Pass last year, it looks like British Airways may .....

by Rob Burgess79 comments

What will a fraudster pay for your Avios log-in details on the dark web?

The other day I came across the Dark Web Market Price Index.  This is a monthly updated list showing what people are paying on the ‘dark web’ (Dream, Point and Wall Street Market, all of .....

The other day I came across the Dark Web Market Price Index.  This is a monthly updated list showing what .....

by Rob Burgess69 comments

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