British Airways
Avios are likely the easiest frequent flyer miles to earn for free via credit cards, but BA doesn't make it easy to understand their program.
They have 3 award charts, inconsistent pricing on fuel surcharges, and distance based pricing. In other words, you can pay wildly different prices for the same route.
I show how you can pay $128 for an AA flight from Dallas to Rome... or you can pay $320 for an AA flight from Dallas to Rome. I show you the tools and resources to get lower prices, and to hopefully make sense of it all.
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Once upon a time I wrote about breaking British Airways Avios with stopovers and a few years later I figured it's time to redo the post because all my tips are dated for one reason. Since then a tool was built to help you figure out the best prices, because the "how" to use BA Avios is definitely not intuitive.
This post will not only go over the concepts of British Airways Avios award pricing, and how to get stopovers for free, but it will show you how to easily find multiple routes to have stopovers that would save you Avios.
I'll take you A-Z through...
Read moreBritish Airways, for whatever reason, isn't as glorified as the other major points programs but it is awesome and completely niche. Some redemptions are terrible, most are okay, but there are so many amazing redemptions when using British Airways Avios.
It does need a basic understanding of fuel surcharges that need to be avoided, I suppose. But think of all the things that British Airways Avios does best, in terms of flight redemptions.
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British Airways Avios can be one of the tougher and yet more rewarding programs. They pass on fuel surcharges but only with some partners. Some routes are cheaper than the other airlines and some routes more expensive. Luckily I've written a number of articles to make the process a lot easier.
Another reason to brush up on Avios is simply because everyone transfers to British Airways: Chase, SPG, Amex and there were rumors of Citi being able to transfer to Avios but I guess that never panned out. So taking a minute...
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