Travel miles 101 and cardratings may receive a commission from card issuers. And is it worth redeeming avios for hotels, wine, car hire or experiences. You can use iberia avios to book flights with british airways so there is no need to move them to that program. You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our one world partners. The avios redemption university series is a good starting point for beginners, although i hope everyone will learn. The 8 best ways to redeem iberia plus avios for max value.
Here is our guide to maximizing award travel with ba. December 16, 2015 by million mile secrets million mile secrets. Flybe entered administration on 5 march 2020 and alan hudson, joanne robinson, lucy winterborne and simon edel of ey have been appointed as joint administrators. Enjoy your avios and use them to get a discount when you book your tickets. Did you know you can use british airways avios points to book with more than 20 partner airlines. Avios can also be fairly easily earned via a cobranded credit card as well as partnerships with bank rewards programs like ultimate rewards. Fly to hawaii using british airways avios from eight cities on the west coast. How to book award flights using british airways avios. You pay with your avios plus a cash amount for taxes, fees and carrier charges. If it is possible could you tell me what i need to do. As noted above, most british airways partner award tickets are bookable online. Flybe limited in administration the company or flybe. Or use them on iberia flights to upgrade from flexible economy fares y, b or h to business class. As we havent looked at this for a couple of years, i thought it was worth updating my list of all avios airlines, ie airlines which let you redeem avios points for their flights you wont find this information in one place on any of the avios websites, etc.
As a general rule of thumb, shortdistance, nonstop flights on partner airlines offer the best avios value. In general, its best to book flights using avios points as far out as you. Please allow some time for your account to be credited for aer lingus. Under the book with avios tab you can enter your flight details including the cities, dates, class of travel, and the number of passengers. 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. If youre hoping to book an american airlines flight with avios but dont have enough avios points for the flight there are a couple of available options. A beginners guide to using british airways avios the globetrotting. The fees on thee flights can be a bit high even when you use your avios to. You may claim missing avios after completion of your travel provided you were an avios member at the time of travel and the claim is made within six months of your travel date or the relevant transaction. Take a close look at the british airways avios award chart and find out how to maximize all of your redemptions with ba avios. In todays example, this means using the british airways loyalty currency called.
In short, avios are the miles earned for flying, and thus the currency that customers can use for reward flights, upgrades or other. Flights that you book using avios are called reward flights. Naturally, you can collect avios by flying with aer lingus and its partner airlines, but there are lots of other ways to. Starting today, we are running updated versions of our avios redemption university series. The good news is, you dont have to fly on british airways aircraft with your avios. For flights with multiple airlines, avios are awarded based on a combination of what you paid on the aer lingus portion of the flight and the distance flown and fare class on the partner airline.
Using british airways avios to book partner flights except iberia. Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a commission. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. Pay for the flights using your avios you just need to pay the taxes fees and charges with cash. How to book inexpensive aer lingus award flights to ireland. Short flights in these regions start at just 4,500 avios points one way, and can be a great way to save on flights while abroad. All flights have a minimum number of guaranteed seats for purchase with avios. It is important to note that zone 1 pricing on flights within the us appear to be 7500 instead of 6000. American airlines and british airways are both part of the oneworld alliance, which means they have access to each others award flight availability and you can book flights with each others miles or points. Booking partner award flights using british airways avios. Then click get flights to continue to the next page. How to book american airlines flights with british airways avios miles. How to book award flights using british airways avios the points guy. That page takes you to the pretty, yet useless, calculator page.
Partner redemptions one of the easiest yet underutilized methods to get great value from your airline miles is to book partnerairline flights. And by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1. Your guide to spending avios 2019 edition flyertalk forums. How to use british airways avios to book award flights. Using two uk credit cards, i was able to earn enough avios points to redeem first class flights to sao paulo for less than the price of an economy ticket. Ive searched the british airways website and cannot see any flights. You can book flights with iberia for yourself or for whoever you want in exchange for your avios. You can book british airways, cathay pacific, iberia, japan airlines, qantas and qatar airways flights online by clicking the airline logo below and choosing book.
As aer lingus are a partner of ba, does anyone know if avios points can be used to book aer lingus flights to other european countries. For award flights operated by a british airways partner, like american. With so many ways to collect avios, your travel rewards are within easy reach. One of the easiest yet underutilized methods to get great value from your airline miles is to book partnerairline flights. Finally, while not a oneworld member, iberia and british airways partner with air italy, so you can also use your avios from these accounts on air italy flights though it too is included in. The british airways avios award chart guide redemption. This will bring you to a dialog box that lets you input your desired airports, dates, class of.
As noted above, british airways is a great way to search partner award availability. View our 2019 calendar and 2020 calendar with peak and offpeak dates detailed for the year. Fortunately, this change wasnt enough to change the fact that british airways is a great way to book american airlines and other oneworld partner flights. Updated on january 21, 2020 by jackie sillsdellegrazie 90 comments this post contains affiliate links which earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. British airways has recently updated their award chart.
On may 30, 2019, british airways increased the amount of avios required for partner flights. How do you book partner airline award flights with ba avios. All of which use the award currency avios to book award flights. The ability to use points at semi decent rates on partner airlines was a very key value proposition to the entire game. You will now pay 26,000 points for a round trip flight to hawaii was 25,000. How to find award availability with iberia avios one. Best ways to redeem british airways avios comparecards. How to book avios tickets even when there is no availability.
British airways executive club is a transfer partner of american express. 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. If youve used any airline website ever, you would think that after logging in to your iberia account, you would simply click on the link under your profile that says book flights with avios. Can i use the avios to book flights with qatar who in my opinion offer a much superior service. The only key is that you book before may 30th, when the new pricing will take shape. All flights have been grounded and the uk business has ceased trading with immediate effect. Its rather ironic that ba avios are better used on. In todays example, this means using the british airways loyalty currency called avios to book domestic american airlines flights. British airways executive club using avios to book partner flights probably been discussed many times before. Consider aer lingus, or transfer your avios to iberia plus and book iberia flights. How to book partner award flights with british airways avios.
To book flights online with ba avios, you must log into your british airways executive club account at, then hover over the book menu item and click book a flight with avios. With this huge network of airlines with which you can redeem your avios points, you can use them in north america, south america, europe, asia, pacific, africa and the middle east. This is the final segment of our beginners guide to mastering british airways avios series, where well take a look at the last piece of the travel rewards puzzle actually booking your flights. Meanwhile, avios in your aer lingus aerclub account can be redeemed for flights on british airways, iberia, flybe and lowcost european airline vueling. Another advantage of the codeshare and frequent flyer agreements with avianca is that it will allow you to enjoy the benefits of your iberia plus card and earn avios on avianca flights that you can then redeem for flights and leisure experiences. Theres dozens of examples of times that it makes sense to book american airlines award flights with british airways avios. The points guy, brian kelly, answers a reader question about booking partner airline award flights using british airways avios points. You cant always rely on showing you the partner flights that are available. You can book an avios ticket on any ba flight by paying double the miles that the flight would. Avios for airline partner flights, which are not tracked automatically at the time of travel, may be credited later at our discretion. Where to search for british airways avios award flights.
Confusingly, avios also became the company that administers and runs the avios scheme, though the avios travel rewards programme closed this year. As of may 30, 2019, british airways has slightly increased the amount of avios required for partner flights such as aa operated flights. You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our oneworld and other partner airlines. You can only book a gold priority reward on ba flights excluding, in most. Use our ba avios calculator for british airways points. Using avios to book partner flights flyertalk forums.
How to book american airlines flights with british airways. After logging in, youll want to mouse over the book option in the menu on the homepage and then click book a flight with avios. These redemptions are currently available on oneway and return itineraries on ba, ba franchise operated flights, and most partner airlines. Weve already established how valuable british airways avios can be for both domestic and international award flights. For american airlines, you can only use avios to book what. British airways devaluing avios points rates for partner. From british airways homepage, click register now at the top right or click this link, enter your information then click join now at the bottom once youre registered, you can start the search process. Collect when you fly with one of our partner airlines. For longerhaul flights youd have the option to part pay with avios and pay the remaining in cash. We take a look at what flights members can book with avios, how to find award space, how to figure out how much an award will cost, and some of the better award travel deals with avios. This will take you to the main search page for award flights, where you can start inputting your search criteria. How to book american airlines flights with chase or amex. You cant book alaska airlines avios redemptions online, you have to call the.
During offpeak periods, which are two thirds of the year, you need less avios for your reward flights. With the demise of airberlin, it is hard to cross the atlantic and still beat the fees. There are many posts out there on how to avoid these ridiculous fees such as using ba avios to redeem domestic american airlines award flights or awards flights on aer lingus and iberia to get across the atlantic. If you book a partner award with avios, youll be going by the offpeak rates unless youre booking aer lingus or iberia flights. Fly to hawaii using british airways avios points to. Or, if youre checking reward availability, you can follow along for this post and see how to. September 14, 2016 by brad 36 comments travel miles 101 has partnered with cardratings for our coverage of credit card products. Redeeming british airways avios on alaska airlines one mile at a. How to book american airlines flights with british airways avios points. A beginners guide to using british airways avios the. Youll need to click the one way only box if you want to book a oneway flight. When booking reward flights, you can choose all peak dates, all offpeak dates, or a mixture of the two. You can search for british airways flights and many.
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