Youd have to spend thousands of dollars on flights before youd have enough points to redeem for a free flight. Options for any eligible flight will be shown automatically as long as you are logged in and have a sufficient avios balance. Jan 11, 2015 the points guy, brian kelly, answers a reader question about booking partner airline award flights using british airways avios points. To issue a ticket for a baby associated with a reservation bought with avios please contact your iberia plus service centre. Tricks to find available flights using british airways avios. A brilliant guide to british airways upgrades using avios or. Today i want to run through the basics of how to book flights using avios points. May 10, 2018 and by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1. How to earn and use british airways avios points extra pack. Travel whatever your budget with very economical basic fares to which you can add services like extra baggage, on. As with any frequent flyer program, however, this is the least efficient way to earn points. Choose your preferred pay with avios discount from the options displayed on the payment page get money off the cost of your flight while still earning tier credits and avios.
You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our oneworld and other partner airlines, wherever theres availability. Much like when trying to book alaska using ba avios. When booking reward flights, you can choose all peak dates, all offpeak dates, or a mixture of the two. Reward flight finder allows you to search once and see a year of availability. Theres dozens of examples of times that it makes sense to book american airlines award flights with british airways avios.
Jan 21, 2020 there currently isnt a published british airways avios award chart, but they do have peak and offpeak redemptions for british airways award flights. This will bring you to a dialog box that lets you input your desired airports, dates, class of service, etc. However, there are many other nuances you need to understand. They can also collect with hundreds of popular retailers on the british airways avios estore. A british airways gold member can also get an avios seat on any ba flight if they are willing to pay double avios. Upgrade at the time of booking or upgrade an existing flight. How to use british airways avios to book award flights. The only exception is when booking a uk domestic connection tofrom london to connect to a longhaul flight. How to book vueling flights using avios tricks of the trade. When you book your flight, the standard avios points price for a reward flight will be debited immediately. A brilliant guide to british airways upgrades using avios.
You can also set free alerts, which will email you when and if a seat opens up. You can also earn points via any of the airlines that are partnered with. Yes, you can make the booking directly in accessing the section how to make the best of my avios or if you prefer by calling your iberia plus call. Now, everyone knows using british airways ba avios to redeem premium cabin award space on actual ba flights is a terrible idea and should be avoided at all costs. You are essentially part paying with avios, except, unlike when you do this on the british airways website there is one key difference. Jun, 2019 booking partner awards with british airways avios. Dec 16, 2015 and folks in dallas will pay 2,500 fewer points in coach with british airways avios points, but for business class and first class, its cheaper to use united airlines miles.
Turn your everyday spending into exciting travel rewards collect avios on flights, hotels, car hire and online shopping. When you join the executive club, youll collect reward points with us and our partners. How do you book partner airline award flights with ba avios. A beginners guide to using british airways avios the.
Aug 06, 2019 other blog posts ive seen have said to book aer lingus using ba avios, you would call british airways and ask them to waive the phone charge because it cant be booked online. Mar 03, 2019 the best tool for upgrading british airways flights is rewardflightfinder. Fundamentally, it is as simple as going to the spend your avios page on and putting in the dates you want to fly. Sep 14, 2016 in the past, i have been able to call ba exec club and book these flights with avios. Booking partner award flights using british airways avios. Furthermore, if you transfer 60,000 marriott points, you will receive a 5,000mile bonus, resulting in a total of 25,000 miles. Use your british airways avios to book short flights within the u. 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.
How to book british airways reward flights using avios points. Nov 11, 2018 its relatively easy to book british airways reward flights using avios. Sep 19, 2017 you can only book a gold priority reward on ba flights excluding, in most cases, london cityflyer services. The ultimate guide to using bas avios for japanese. Through the british airways executive club, members can collect avios and tier points on flights, as well as on everyday spending with householdname partners across retail, travel and credit cards. Or use them on iberia flights to upgrade from flexible economy fares y, b or h to business class. Best ways to redeem british airways avios without huge. Flight upgrades with avios executive club british airways. Collecting avios and tier points on flights british airways.
However, in this case, the rep and her supervisor both told me that if aa shows saaver availability, it does not guarantee that ba can book the flight with avios points. British airways reward flights using avios to book ba. Book flights directly with any of our airline partners and use your. Jan 30, 2018 the benefit youll earn points, you can pick almost any dates and if you set alerts, finding seats to upgrade to business is extremely easy. Booking aer lingus with british airways avios travel. How to fly to hawaii with british airways avios points. Using british airways avios would have saved you 10,000 miles. British airways use avios to select your seats with. Jun 27, 2019 the final way to earn avios is to fly paid british airways or british airways partner flights and credit the flights to your british airways executive club account.
Travel whatever your budget with very economical basic fares to which you can add services like extra baggage, onboard food or wifi. You can get excellent value from british airways avios, but if youve never booked an avios award, youll want to read our guide on how to do it. This will take you to the main search page for award flights, where you can start inputting your search criteria. As you will notice there is a further variable which affects the number of avios required to book a british airways reward flight booking. This is because ba opens up additional economy reward seats to its gold members. If you have british airways executive club gold status, you will find more economy availability on british airways flights on ba. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our oneworld and. Pay for the flights using your avios you just need to pay the taxes fees and charges with cash. May 05, 2020 i asked the same thing on flyertalk, sometimes takes a while to reflect changes if your flight was just cancelled i would wait another day or so, note i rang up today and had my avios with 241 booking rebooked as it didnt quite work via manage my booking i could only select up to 7 of april 2021 which i think was the original 2 year expiry of my voucher, and the mmb didn.
Mar 19, 2019 flights can be made much cheaper if travellers are savvy with their british airways avios points. View our 2019 calendar and 2020 calendar with peak and offpeak dates detailed for the year. Feb 12, 2020 british airways renamed airmiles to avios in 2011. How to book award flights using british airways avios the points guy. All flights have a minimum number of guaranteed seats for purchase with avios. Nov 26, 2019 and by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1. Confusingly, avios also became the company that administers and runs the avios scheme, though the avios travel rewards programme closed this year. You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our. One of the most common misconceptions for beginners is that you need to transfer airline currencies between each other in order to book these flights. Their offpeak redemptions can deliver great value on your ba avios points, especially given you can find offpeak pricing for nearly 8 months of the year on flights operated by ba. As you will notice there is a further variable which affects the number of avios required to book a british airways reward flight booking during either peak or offpeak dates. The distances are split into a total of 9 zones as summarised below. How to earn and use british airways avios points extra.
Flights that you book using avios are called reward flights. How do i use british airways avios to book american airlines. The only flights you do not earn avios or tier points on are reward flights, agency discounted fares and industry discounted fares. Like most airlines, the number of avios points required to book ba reward flights is based upon the distance of the flight flown. Apr 23, 2019 how to use avios to book vueling flights the first thing you need to know is that redeeming avios on vueling isnt a straightup avios redemption. Flying ba metal inout of london heathrow will rack up huge taxes, fees and fuel surcharges.
British airways use avios to select your seats with british. Mar 04, 2020 the ba avios flight calculator map how many avios for a flight lets face it, the closure of the programme in july 2018 to british airways executive club members has had limited impact on those who collect avios points. We can be quite flexible on dates and so have found ba great for booking. British airways avios can simultaneously be one of the most valuable and one of the. You collect avios when you fly, take a holiday, hotel. Here is our guide to maximizing award travel with ba. How to book award flights using british airways avios. Tricks to find available flights using british airways. The additional avios points will be debited from your account within 21 days. So, theres certainly value to be had from british airways avios. How to book british airways reward flights using avios. Booking aer lingus with british airways avios travel miles 101.
However, theres one thing you should never do with the scheme if youre looking to collect a. 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. You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our one world partners. During offpeak periods, which are two thirds of the year, you need less avios for your reward flights. Pricing is per segment, so no matter what type of award you book. But if youve never booked using british airways website, it can take some getting used to. We can be quite flexible on dates and so have found ba great for booking city breaks.
Best ways to redeem british airways avios without huge fees. May 29, 2018 british airways avios are incredibly easy to earn and therefore their value can truly be maximised on bas partners with low taxes and fees and thanks to bas distancebased award chart, you can save big when redeeming avios on shorter flights such as those from the east coast to europe. The ba avios flight calculator map how many avios for a flight lets face it, the closure of the avios. In the past, finding available american airlines award flights on the british airways site has been hit or missat best. How to book aer lingus award tickets with british airways. How to book american airlines flights with british airways. You pay avios plus a cash amount to cover the taxes, fees and carrier charges. Sep 27, 2019 the most obvious way to earn avios points is to take flights with british airways. How to book it you can find american airlines and alaska airlines award flights on the american airlines website.
How to book award flights using british airways avios the. This is part 1 of our 15article series which will cover all the secret tricks you need to know to successfully redeem avios points for flights on ba. In short, avios are the miles earned for flying, and thus the currency that customers can use for reward flights, upgrades or other. With marriott points, you can transfer them to japan airlines, american airlines, cathay pacific asia miles, and british airways avios at a 3. I asked the same thing on flyertalk, sometimes takes a while to reflect changes if your flight was just cancelled i would wait another day or so, note i rang up today and had my avios with 241 booking rebooked as it didnt quite work via manage my booking i could only select up to 7 of april 2021 which i think was the original 2 year expiry of my voucher, and the mmb didn. The amount you collect depends on which airline you fly, how far you fly, the cabin you fly in, the type of ticket you hold and your executive club tier. Aug 07, 2019 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. Can i make a reservationpurchase in exchange for my avios. This free website allows you to see all dates where seats using avios are available in your desired cabin. Booking ba flights with avios points air travel forum. How to book avios tickets even when there is no availability.
It would be worthwhile to try using the avios flight calculator on the ba website, and having a play with some example dates and destinations whilst logged into the ba website. 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. British airways reward flights guide to using avios to book. Avios is a rewards scheme, similar to nectar and tesco. Use our ba avios calculator for british airways points. British airways executive club trying to book qantas with ba avios hi i am trying to fly from adelaide, australia to alice springs, australia, and then from either alice springs or uluru, australia to sydney, australia.