I ran a sister article to this in november which listed hotel chains which do not award avios points but do give virgin flying club miles. This means that youll collect avios points faster and will be able to swap them for discounts on your next flights or for the extras you add to your booking in the manage your booking section on our. I am trying to figure what the big advantage or savings is with avios points when booking a hotel. The good news is, you dont have to fly on british airways aircraft with your avios. Better just to book through an aggregator like orbitz. We show you how to use your avios points to book hotels and more. Booking your holiday accommodation through ebookers can save you valuable time and money. Make your trip complete by spending your avios on activities and experiences around the world. British airways executive club members who register with rocketmiles, choose the british airways executive club as their loyalty programme and make a hotel booking will be awarded between 1,000 and 10,000 avios per night. Every day we inspire and reach millions of travellers across 90 local websites in 41 languages. Avios can now be used to book over 100,000 hotels worldwide, from. Taxes, fees, and charges as with other nonba reward bookings you need to pay the taxes, fees, and charges. How to use avios points a beginners guide insideflyer uk.
It guarantees the best prices for any type of property from small independents to fivestar luxury. Booking alaska airlines with avios flyertalk forums. Good deals using avios to book hotels head for points. Use your avios to pay for avis and budget car rental at thousands. Spend your avios on great deals at thousands of hotels around the world. Avios advice as usual with nonflight airline mile redemptions, youre much harder pressed to find real value in your british airways avios when using them to book things like hotels and car rentals.
Use your avios to pay for avis and budget car rental at thousands of worldwide airport and nonairport locations. Collect avios with your everyday shopping and turn the things. We can be quite flexible on dates and so have found ba great for booking city breaks. You can even use your avios for hotel nights, car hires and leisure options, and when you shop at the more than 90 partners you. For the last 45 years, when i have done the same analysis, it has been around 0. And when you book, youll collect 15 avios for every. Avios have teamed up with expedia to improve the number of avios partner hotels which can be booked through the british airways website. This essentially means you can book a huge number of hotels using avios points. Your guide to spending avios 2017 edition flyertalk forums.
British airways avios hotels using avios for hotel. British airways executive members can collect up to 6 avios per. Third party ba executive club points air travel message. London barbados, royal pavilion hotel it comes up with a price of course but how and when and where on the website do i type in my avios points that i have collected about 19000 to see what the. This heathrow airport hotel has recently undergone extensive bedroom renovations. You can book the return online if you have enough avios and call ba the next day to get a 50% refund of the avios but as anna says, taxes for the us will be higher than they should be or you can call a ba office at 1am and theyll calculate the correct avios and taxes. The simplest and most obvious way to use avios is to book british airways flights from your british airways executive club baec account. Packages accrue bonus avios air miles points for executive club members its free to join. This longestablished, yorkbased short breaks operator is best known for uk trips, but it. Best western is not in this article but was added as a partner in september 2017. Hilton london heathrow airport is connected via a covered walkway to heathrow terminal 4. I am planning a holiday due to price, looking likely from expedia or travelbag and intend to fly ba.
Or use them on iberia flights to upgrade from flexible economy fares y, b or h to business class. Fortunately, i need to book a flight to madrid to try out iberias a350 in. When you redeem avios for a hotel award, all british airways does is convert them to cash and then book the hotel on your behalf. With the demise of avios as a standalone entity in the uk, this left a gap which used to be filled by the avios app. Whether youre looking for a chic city hotel or a relaxing resort, find the perfect hotel for your next getaway and earn avios to boost your account. Whether you are looking for a unique boutique hotel or one of the major chains, our hotel partners offer quality and great value for avios. Your session has expired you have not interacted with the avios website for over 30 minutes. It is worth noting that the result is noticeably worse this year. Heathrow airport hotels t4 hilton london heathrow airport.
It probably converts them at a bad rate because it needs to pay cash to the hotel it. Avios is the name of the currency for the executive club and avios travel rewards programme. We reward you with flights, hotels and so much more. Your guide to spending avios 2017 edition i preface if you are new to the british airways executive club baec you may have realised that planning an avios redemption calls for a shift in mindset, especially to those more used to redeeming miles for flights with north american frequent flyer programmes. Turn your everyday spending into exciting travel rewards collect avios on flights, hotels, car hire and online shopping. What is the best way to use your ba amex 241 avios voucher. Bookings must be placed during the month of july 2018 and have a checkout date no later than september 30, 2018. Return to the homepage or use the main navigation to go elsewhere on the website.
New ba executive club app, up to 90,000 extra avios with iberia. Book direct with dozens of different brands or convert your points from a participating hotel loyalty scheme. If youre new to british airways avios, the mileage currency of the british airways executive club frequent flyer program, you may be looking for tips on how to maximize your miles for free flights, or even how to search and book avios award flights. You book a flight with aer lingus, and its operated by our partner airline british airways. We can be quite flexible on dates and so have found ba great for booking.
Back in september i reported that hotel booking site rocketmiles was now partnering with british airways executive club to offer avios points when you booked a hotel with them ba has just launched a new partnership along the same lines with kaligo. So when it comes to booking the perfect hotel, vacation rental, resort, apartment, guest house or treehouse weve got you covered. Identify yourself as an iberia plus cardholder every time you fly with iberia or when you hire the ser. Collecting avios on hotels executive club british airways. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. British airways do not offer a company travel loyalty programme in the us but our partner american airlines does. Save on all british airways flights, american airlines flights between the uk and north america and on british airways codeshare flights with selected partner airlines. However, the avios rate charged is as if it were nonstop seattle to juneau flight 7,500 avios and not the avios total for four segments. Until the avios website had its last revamp, it was a big secret that you could use avios points for access to 400 airport lounges, including those in the uk run by no 1 lounges and aspire.
From now on you can collect avios when you book flights or hotels, hire cars and purchase from associated companies partners. There is a very generous bonus of 3,000 10,000 avios available with your first hotel booking. Choose to either combine with reward nights to earn 3 avios per. Collect on hotel stays around the world when you book with our hotel partners. Baec have made a number of changes over the last few years that make explaining the. You can book the flights in combination with a vast range of hotels in many cities. With over 100,000 hotels from across the world we offer great prices with s of offers available every day. We have around 54,000 household avios points which is enough for 1 free ticket return. Spending avios executive club british airways book. A quick search for avios hotels in the uk capital shows a grand total of 1,148 hotels for a random date in september. Earn 10,000 avios with hotel booking partner kaligo. Hi john, you dont need a separate 241 voucher as the one used for the outbound will still apply to the return. Is it worth using avios points for hotel room bookings.
It is time for my annual update of the full list of hotel chains which let you collect avios points when you stay. Our travel team is in contact with 20,000 hotels across the globe, from cottages in the uk and france to 5star luxury resorts in the far east. This is what i just learned for hotels at london heathrow. Where planning to go to hong kong from glasgow around late january 2014. Choose from a range of savings by destination and travel class. Watch your avios balance grow when you stay with any one of our hotel partners. The american express card can be used for all of your daily expenses and accumulates mr avios that can then be transferred to iberia plus and turned into free flights. With thousands of offers available every day, there are over 100,000 hotels across the world to spend your avios on, from unique boutiques to the major chains. Login british airways book flights, holidays, city. Avios awarded will vary depending on the hotel booked and duration of stay. With our new programme, vueling club, comes the currency avios.
With thousands of offers available every day, there are over 100,000 hotels across the world to spend your. Eligible customers must book a hotel through and be a member of an avios loyalty program in order to collect avios. I am a blue executive member so i would like to ask if i did book a holiday with flights through expedia, would i still be eligible to get ba. Pay for the flights using your avios you just need to pay the taxes fees and charges with cash. For those who require some assistance or have a lot of luggage, simply ask at concierge and one of our team will take you to the terminal in one of our golf buggies. The 10 best websites for booking a city break the telegraph. Your avios will be awarded 90120 days after you have completed your stay. Flights, upgrades, hotels, car hire and travel experiences, there are. I will cover using avios to book flights with bas partner airlines, avios.