The 5 Best and 3 Worst Ways to Redeem Avios in 2024
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- The 5 best ways to redeem or spend your avios to maximise their value and fly business class for less. I’ll also cover which avios redemptions you should avoid.
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BA's Avios program is just terrible! We (my wife and I) have points on United, AA and BA. BA Avios are by far the hardest to spend. There is barely any availability. When there is, it's usually poor value or terrible connections. It's easier to book BA flights through her AA account using AA miles. BA is a dirty monopoly protected by the British government against the interest of their own citizens.
Thank you!
Their redemption on domestic American and Alaska flights are hit or miss, but there when I need them.
Uber UK has partnership with BA £1 for 1point, on rides and Ubers trains + (if you book trains uber gives you 10% of the value of ticket in uber credit)
Good guide.
I'm thinking that my Avios should be used for:
(1) Long-haul flights with the likes of Finnair and, once it has sorted itself out, Qatar.
(2) BA Club Europe flights.
(3) Buying the odd extra legroom seats on BA long-haul.
On my Club Europe reward flights last week, I noticed that it was the 4th of 6 points/cash combos that offered the best value - and that was counter-intuitive.
That last point is particularly interesting. I tend to just automatically select the old points/cash combo but seems like it’s worth always doing the calculation
My wife and I are flying business class from LGW to YVR return for £450 each. We used around 160000 Avios and a companion voucher. That's a winner for us.
PS. The companion voucher opens up more rewards flights.
watching this video from New Zealand, i don't believe we have Avios points here., but we do have Airpoints with our national carrier Air New Zealand.Airpoints can also be earned by using a airpoints card in most shops/stores through-out NZ.
Nice to discover the deals to Doha. You're forgeting Iberia, when you reedem your Avios on them expecially with 50% discount avios promo, u get great deala to US, Central and South América.
I’ve actually got an Iberia trip booked for next year to Central America. You’re right, the points savings are great!
Get rid of the background music 🎶 it’s very distracting and isn’t helping your presentation at all!
Noted, thanks!
Hello, is it wise to book an award ticket with avios or should I book an economy ticket first and then upgrade it to a business class. which one has more value
You’ll typically get better value with a full award ticket rather than upgrading, particularly on routes that qualify for reward flight saver. For upgrading you can only go up one class too, so if you want business on long haul you’d need to buy the premium economy fare if upgrading
How do you book with partner airlines like quatar ?
You can either transfer the points to a Qatar account via combine my avios and then book via Qatars website, or you can actually book via the BA website. When booking a reward flight on BA availability for some partner airlines should show if they fly the route being searched
Am i right in thinking the BA (Blue AMEX card) will only allow you to get economy flight tickets when using companion voucher? If i wanted business class i have to avoid using companion voucher and just use straight up Avios Points?
Yes, if you want to use a companion voucher for business class you need the voucher that comes with the BA Premium Plus Amex (black card)
Thank you for the response :)
Is it best to fly to Copenhagen and then fly with a partner airline to reduce Avios spend ?
I’m personally flying with BA on a cash ticket to Copenhagen and then taking a Finnair flight using avios to Doha soon. Won’t always work out better due to the cost of flying outside the UK to position yourself for the avios flight, but can be some significant savings if the connecting flight is inexpensive or if you can get there using relatively few points
How do I found witch company accept my avios? (From Amex) Sorry I'm new in this world 😅
The main ones that use avios as their loyalty currency are BA, Qatar, Iberia, Finnair, Aer Lingus. But you can also book others through BA such as American Airlines and Qantas.
Do you know the logic behind CPH-DOH for an incredible 20k Avios and £40? I had to go see it myself to believe it. The pricing doesn’t seem to follow the usual BA partner airline pricing based on distance?
I’ve no idea to be honest, I only discovered this recently and definitely looking to book it soon.
Yes, very interesting! Thanks for the video 👍
I raised this on the HfP forum with credit to your video.
Just saw your post on head for points! Thanks for sharing the video. If this is just a pricing glitch I’m glad I’ve got it booked before it gets noticed!
i recently checked the route CPH - DOH, but could not get the same rate, the rate is now 55.000 avios
Does the Barclays upgrade cabin voucher include Qatar airways?
Sadly not. Only works on BA unfortunately
@@charlesontravels thanks Charles. In that case I will change my 12 month award to 7000 Avios points.
@@charlesontravels but then again cabin upgrade is worth a lot