Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
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.
You can learn more about British Airways Club on the British Airways website here.
An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you have a British Airways American Express card, you should have an opt-in offer there for 3,000 .....
An interesting double dip opportunity has popped up from The Wine Flyer, the Avios wine subsidiary. If you .....
29 Mar 202429 March 2024
In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more unexpectedly, the new owner is IAG Loyalty. The BA Holidays team will now report into Adam .....
In a slightly unexpected move, British Airways has lost direct control of British Airways Holidays. Even more .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024
Very quietly, with no fanfare whatsoever, British Airways has decided to roll out a new Club World amenity kit. The new bag is evolution rather than revolution, and continues to be made in partnership .....
Very quietly, with no fanfare whatsoever, British Airways has decided to roll out a new Club World amenity .....
28 Mar 202428 March 2024 • 80 comments
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This definitely covers routes to North America – I’m not totally sure about the impact .....
Both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have sharply increased surcharges on redemption tickets. This .....
26 Mar 202426 March 2024 • 231 comments
Avios has launched a conversion bonus for anyone sitting on a pile of Nectar points. This seems slightly cheeky, given that it is only two weeks since the conversion rate in the other direction .....
Avios has launched a conversion bonus for anyone sitting on a pile of Nectar points. This seems slightly .....
25 Mar 202425 March 2024 • 101 comments
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park figure, and it is the value I use myself, but the real world is more complicated. We .....
I am often asked for my thoughts on how to value an Avios point. In our articles we use 1p as a ball-park .....
25 Mar 202425 March 2024 • 52 comments
A very interesting British Airways fare has appeared this afternoon for travel between London Heathrow and Doha. For just £961 return, you can fly from London Heathrow to Doha in Business Class. The .....
A very interesting British Airways fare has appeared this afternoon for travel between London Heathrow and .....
24 Mar 202424 March 2024 • 20 comments
How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point calculator for a while so it was time for a refresh. I think all the new routes have been added .....
How many tier points do you earn from a British Airways flight? We haven’t updated our tier point .....
24 Mar 202424 March 2024 • 59 comments
Here’s an interesting one. British Airways is launching flights from Edinburgh to Gatwick, adding a rare domestic connection to the Gatwick long-haul network. It’s not exactly pushing the .....
Here’s an interesting one. British Airways is launching flights from Edinburgh to Gatwick, adding a rare .....
24 Mar 202424 March 2024 • 49 comments
Outside the world of Head for Points readers, where there tends to be a stronger focus on long haul Business Class flying, one of the key wishes of people who have frequent flyer miles is to use them .....
Outside the world of Head for Points readers, where there tends to be a stronger focus on long haul Business .....
22 Mar 202422 March 2024 • 37 comments
After a couple of days of trials, the British Airways First Wing security channel in the Heathrow Terminal 5 First Wing reopened fully yesterday. The new security and body scanners are now up and .....
After a couple of days of trials, the British Airways First Wing security channel in the Heathrow Terminal 5 .....
22 Mar 202422 March 2024 • 94 comments
We have run various article on how to earn Avios from Avis car rentals. The Avis / BA partnership is fairly well publicised and has good benefits, in particular the free additional driver when .....
We have run various article on how to earn Avios from Avis car rentals. The Avis / BA partnership is .....
22 Mar 202422 March 2024 • 9 comments
HfP readers often contact us with issues over booking ‘open jaw’ Avios redemption flights. I thought it was worth running over the rules on this as it is easy to get confused. An .....
HfP readers often contact us with issues over booking ‘open jaw’ Avios redemption flights. I .....
21 Mar 202421 March 2024 • 89 comments
News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA Holidays is running a special deal on selected beach destinations for the next few days. .....
News in brief: Save an extra £200 on short haul BA Holidays Whilst the British Airways sale is now over, BA .....
20 Mar 202420 March 2024
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