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Whilst Star Alliance is the daddy of airline loyalty alliances, Oneworld  dominates some of their fifteen member countries. With many airlin...

  Head for Points recently published the Peak dates for Avios redemptions on British Airways in 2027, so following my analysis last year , ...

In April 2019 the then British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz gave a talk at the Royal Aeronautical Society's Heathrow Branch, and y...

Late last year British Airways increased the number of Avios required for redemption flights. Sydney went from 145,000 Avios to 159,500 Avio...

British Airways charge a different number of Avios frequent flyer points for reward flights to encourage members to use their points during ...

After looking at the various options from Dublin to Zagreb - it's time to also consider London to Zagreb ... Ryanair have some very com...

Last February we created a graph looking at British Airway Avios redemptions. Recently three mid haul routes have swapped from Long Haul w...

Last year I looked at the best use of Avios in terms of  miles flown for Business Class redemptions on British Airways flights. This week H...

Avios.com used to be your go-to site for making Aer Lingus redemption bookings. EI redemption flights are now usually available on BA.com bu...

I wrote previously about looking for flights to Shanghai that were cancellable for a reasonable fee, as the Chinese visa had not been obtai...

I'm looking for a return flight from Dublin to Shanghai departing around Thursday 1st February and returning around Sunday 31st March.  ...

Today Head for Points obtained the unreleased calendar of 2024 dates when British Airways are charging top dollar (Avios) for redemptions. ...

British Airways received the first of their magnificent Airbus A380s in July 2013 With just 12 aircraft purchased, British Airways always pl...

Head for Points has an interesting post today about the number of Avios required for all British Airways long haul destinations compared to...

Yesterday British Airways announced a new Avios "Subscription" service There are four different levels - and two different ways to...

British Airways have now released their peak / off peak dates for 2023 - as covered on Head For Points Last year I explained BA's big ...

I've written before about the ever changing taxes/surcharges charged on Aer Lingus reward flights - and the difference between booking...

British Airways & American Express recently announced changes to their 2-4-1 vouchers triggered after the 1st September 2021.  Full deta...

Like many frequent flyer programmes, Avios charges you different number of points to fly on different days - unpopular parts of the year les...