British Airways

Musings

IAG and LATAM signs a new joint venture for Transatlantic travel. Fantastic arbitrage opportunities?

ByTim 15th January 201612th December 2023

British Airways, Iberia, LAN Airlines and TAM Airlines may soon be code sharing Transatlantic flights between Europe and South America. Could we be seeing more opportunities for air miles?

Deals

Avios North America redemption hike.

ByTim 28th October 201512th December 2023

British Airways Executive Club just announced some unfavourable Avios redemption rate hikes. While 66% increase is the headline figure, maybe we can sigh a breath of relief that this could have been far worse.

Amazing deals

Part pay with Avios. Best value from Avios points in ages!

ByTim 13th October 2015

One of the best Avios spending promotions in a while has sprung upon us. Until the middle of October you can redeem your Avios for a solid 1.67p each.

Guides

All my useful Avios related posts linked here

ByTim 7th October 201521st August 2019

This page is a compilation of the useful Avios related posts since Points to be Made was created. These are the posts that get referred to time and time again.

Guides

Hack your British Airways short haul seats

ByTim 11th January 201521st August 2019

The new British Airways shorthaul interior has a smart feature to convert the middle seat between Economy and Business class configuration. Watch the video in this post to see how it’s done.

Musings

The New British Airways lounge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

ByTim 26th December 201412th December 2023

British Airways moved their lounge to a new location in December 2014, Read this post to see pictures and see how far away it is!

Amazing deals

OUTSTANDING BA Club World Sales for £1007. TP Runs galore.

ByTim 28th November 201412th December 2023

British Airways has an incredible Christmas Sale for 2014, to coincide with Black Friday. These are truly outstanding Tier Point Run opportunities.

Good deals

Discounted Avios award routes, book soon!

ByTim 6th November 20146th November 2014

British Airways and Iberia are jointly holding a discounted reward flight sale. The range of destinations on offer is pretty good!

Good deals

Decent tier point runs around Asia on Malaysia Airlines

ByTim 4th November 201412th December 2023

What options do you have if you want to do a Tier Point run in Asia? This post presents an option to consider carefully.

Musings

The single best value intra-Europe Avios Reward Flight Saver redemption?

ByTim 20th May 201412th December 2023

The Reward Flight Saver is one of the best things the British Airways have done for themselves in recent times. Executive Club members who have credited at least 1 point into their account within the last year can redeem their points on flights starting at 4500 miles plus £17.50 one way. Though we’ve seen a…

Amazing deals

Up to 100 000 Bonus AA Miles flying Europe-USA

ByTim 12th May 201412th December 2023

American Airlines have got a great offer on the go, earn up to 25 000 bonus AAdvantage miles on every round trip up to a maximum of four times. You can easily get round the North America residence rule by changing the address in your account.

Amazing deals

Quicktip: 8000 Avios for subscription to The Economist

ByTim 10th May 201412th December 2023

Receive 8000 for print and digital subscription of the Economist. You can also get a pro-rata refund when you cancel your subscription to fully maximise this deal.

Musings

From zero to British Airways Gold Guest List in 40 days

ByTim 7th May 201412th December 2023

Follow Will and his incredible journey to become a British Airways Gold Guest List member within 40 flights. Though he’s flying the whole thing in business and first class, I see it as a recipe for Deep Vein Thrombosis!

Good deals

10% perpetual British Airways discount

ByTim 29th April 201412th December 2023

The Diamond Club credit card is one of the UK’s leading points-earning credit cards, which sadly is no longer available to new applicants. One of the best features about the card is the ever-lasting 10% pre-tax discount you can get on flights departing the UK.

Deals

British Airways eliminates two key Gold Card benefits

ByTim 31st March 201412th December 2023

Today’s clearly a good day for British Airways to sneak in a couple of new changes, as most of the airline industry is keeping its eye on US and TAM joining Oneworld.

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