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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.

Get 300 bonus Avios when buying shirts at Charles Tyrwhitt

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of the usual 4 Avios per £1 – and at the moment you can purchase their £60 shirts .....

Charles Tyrwhitt has launched a bonus Avios offer. Until 28th February you will get 300 bonus Avios on top of .....

by Anika Burnett

British Airways to halve flights to Leeds Bradford Airport

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from the end of February. The airline has said that this is down to “matching flights to .....

British Airways is halving the number of flights to Leeds Bradford Airport from 20 per week to just 10 from .....

by Rob Burgess71 comments

How to earn Avios on foreign currency transfers with Midpoint

This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. What is Midpoint? Midpoint is a UK-based platform for making international payments. They .....

This articles shows you how you can earn Avios points when you make foreign currency transfers with Midpoint. .....

by Anika Burnett45 comments

Get 1,000 Avios with a new British Airways wine deal from Laithwaites

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club as well as pretty much every other branded mail-order operation), has been a BAEC partner .....

Wine retailer Laithwaites, the UK’s largest mail-order wine retailer (it runs The Sunday Times Wine Club .....

by Rob Burgess10 comments

Why does ba.com advertise a poor BA Premium Plus American Express sign-up bonus?

For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the booking process. Whilst this is a perfectly logical time to try to catch a new customer, the .....

For a while, ba.com has been promoting British Airways American Express cards to random visitors during the .....

by Rob Burgess

Is British Airways planning to order new A380 aircraft?

Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional tranche of A380 aircraft. There could be some truth in this.  IAG has said that it would be .....

Bloomberg reported on Friday that British Airways is in negotiations with Airbus to order an additional .....

by Rob Burgess54 comments

Get 15% off BA CityFlyer flights in Club Europe business class from Manchester

Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from Manchester in Club Europe. You need to use code BAMAN15 on ba.com. There is a snag of course.  .....

Until 25th January, British Airways is offering 15% off all of its weekend BA CityFlyer services from .....

by Rob Burgess

Aeroflot moves its London Gatwick to Moscow service to Heathrow

Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer timetable on 25th March, it will add a 5th daily Heathrow frequency instead, departing at .....

Russian airline Aeroflot is closing its London Gatwick service, launched in 2016. From the start of the Summer .....

by Rob Burgess

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