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If you use your Avios on British Airways, understanding peak and off-peak dates is one of the simplest ways to stretch your points further. British Airways publishes its Avios pricing calendar well in advance, so you know exactly when flights will cost fewer points. Today we’ll guide you through the British Airways peak and off-peak dates for 2027, explain what they mean for your redemptions, and show you how much Avios you can realistically save by planning around them. Whet

If you are already planning some Christmas shopping, or have a few things on your wish list regardless, Black Friday is often a great time to make your money work a little harder for you. Until 21 December, you can collect up to three times the usual Avios with selected retailers through the Avios eStore, so all your Christmas shopping can help you rake in those Avios. Black Friday itself lands on 27 November this year, but the offers run well beyond it, so you can take your

A few months ago, we brought you the news that Avios had significantly upgraded its Reward Flight search tool. The headline feature was that you could search using a Companion Voucher, even if you didn’t have one yet. That meant you could finally see the extra availability released for British Airways Premium Plus American Express voucher holders, without trawling the BA website day by day hoping to stumble across it. Now Avios has given us an exclusive first look at the next

Back in February, Virgin Atlantic ran what we called the best airline status match you'll see. BA Silver members walked away with Flying Club Gold, Bronze members got Silver, and Virgin even waived the rule that normally stops you matching more than once every five years. All because BA made huge changes switching from the Executive Club to the Club, and Virgin fancied being a bit cheeky and tried to poach a few of you. Nine months on, they're doing it again. Sort of. From to

Today's post has been kindly written by Mairi, or you may know her from Instagram as @moneywithmaz. Mairi's goal is to help you save smarter, not harder, and Avios form a big part of her travel strategy, along with another gloriously simple method of saving. (She's also extremely close to getting to 1,000 followers, can you help get her over the line?!) I have two passions in life - travel and money. I love planning our next adventure as much as I love seeing our savings grow

News in the points world is like buses, nothing, and then it all comes at once! First up, Finnair has launched its biggest buy Avios sale yet, with up to 50% off and a 10% tier points bonus on top. That brings the price under 1p per Avios, which is cheaper than last month’s 40% off sale, and the cheapest we’ve seen. It runs until 16 November, and we’ve gone through the details and the best currency to buy in. On the Amex front, there are new boosted sign-up offers on both the

In the miles and points world, the internet can make you feel guilty if you even dare think of buying anything but a long-haul business class flight. This is one of the reasons we started Points Well Made, to wrestle back the narrative from the spreadsheet warriors and forum gatekeepers, and bring it back to reality. I started writing this a while back, but it was spurred on by a comment written by Samantha on our guest article by Beta and Nat from Fly Smart Club .... (Thank

You can now collect Avios on car insurance, bought directly from Avios itself. Avios Insurance has launched its car cover, and until 27 November British Airways Club members in the UK can collect 20 Avios per £1 on a policy, up to 10,000 Avios. After that, the rate drops to 10 Avios per £1, capped at 5,000. For a sense of scale, 10,000 Avios covers a one-way off-peak economy Reward Flight to Amsterdam, Berlin or Paris with British Airways (taxes not included). What is Avios I

Virgin is in a generous mood this month, and I have rounded up everything for you in one place. There is a free 2,500 point bonus for Tesco Clubcard fans, triple points on train tickets, bonus points on Booking.com stays and a brand new partner for electric car drivers. Grab a cuppa and let’s dive in. What is the Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Points bonus? Great news! The popular Tesco Clubcard to Virgin Points bonus is back for another round. Virgin and Tesco are once again givin

American Express has launched new limited-time sign-up offers on its Platinum and Gold Cards, running until 12 January 2027. We'll start with the headline addition. Amex is adding Selfridges eGift Cards worth up to £150 on top of boosted Membership Rewards points, just as the festive shopping period approaches. It has also sweetened its Invite a Friend referral programme for both those who are referring, or have been referred. The business versions of both cards get new offer

American Express is changing how Priority Pass lounge access works on the UK Platinum Card. From 1 January 2028, most cardholders will get a fixed number of free visits each year rather than unlimited entry. Spend enough, and you keep the unlimited access. Nothing changes yet. Your current Priority Pass access stays as it is throughout 2026 and 2027. What is changing with Amex Platinum Priority Pass access? From 1 January 2028, Platinum Cardmembers will receive a limited numb

Edit: Finnair has updated it's pricing, and it is no longer cheapest to buy in Japanese Yen. See this post by LoyaltyLobby explaining that US Dollar is now the currency of choice. Finnair has launched another buy Avios sale, and this time the headline number really does tell the story. You can get up to 50% off Avios between 2 and 16 November 2026, with a fixed 10% tier points bonus on top. The last time Finnair ran a discount sale, in June, the best you could get was 40% off

Edit: Due to the popularity of this offer, the original end date has been brought forward to the 5th November from the 7th. The article has been amended to reflect this. If you hold pretty much any elite status with a hotel group, there is a flash status match live now to Gold Sparrow in Royal Jordanian’s Royal Club programme, which is the equivalent of oneworld Sapphire, the same status tier as BA Silver. That is the sweet spot tier to hold if you fly British Airways (or any

I'm not quite sure how it is already November, but there you go! Our latest guest written post is all about how a family of five flew business on Avios to Sri Lanka, which is absolutely worth a read. Sam has written a piece all about why there are so many points earning debit cards coming onto the market at the moment. We've also written a guide on why you have to phone up to use your Virgin Atlantic Reward Voucher. Uber and Avios are running a promotion to earn a bonus 1,000

As I often do, I was on the BA website this week pricing up a flight from London to Berlin. Once I'd chosen my flight, BA had already made a choice for me, that I'd want to pay 10,000 Avios plus £2.50, ticked and ready to go. I can't lie, £2.50 is a nice number. Berlin for less than a flat white. It's the figure you'll see in every "I flew to Europe for £2.50" reel and all of the BA marketing, and I completely get why, who doesn't want a flight for only £2.50? But there were

Good news: Emirates has announced two new UK credit cards that earn Emirates Skywards miles, both issued by Jaja Finance (no, we hadn’t heard of them either). They are the Emirates Skywards Premium Credit Card and the Emirates Skywards Rewards Credit Card, and they aren't just focusing on Londoners, as you will see further into the article. Bad news: you can’t apply for either of them yet. An exclusive early application period went out to a select few on 29th October, and it

Uber is offering 1,000 bonus Avios to British Airways Club members who link their accounts and complete one Avios-earning Uber ride and one Uber Eats order of £25 or more in the UK. The bonus is on top of the Avios you earn on the ride and the order themselves. The catch is that not every ride or order counts, so I’ve pulled out everything you need to know. How do I get the 1,000 bonus Avios from Uber? Link your accounts. In the Uber app, go to Account (bottom right), then Se

This is the rare occasion where British Airways comes out ahead on IT (pick those jaws up off the floor!). When you earn either the American Express Companion Voucher, or the Barclays Cabin Upgrade Voucher, both of them go straight into your BA account. You go to book the flight online, tick the voucher, done (yes, I am simplifying the process somewhat). No phone call, no agent, no terrible sounding hold music. Virgin, meanwhile, still operates like we all have half an hour t

This has been sponsored by Currensea. Back in March, I wrote a piece asking why Hilton, Marriott, IHG and United were all launching points-earning debit cards in the UK rather than credit cards. At the time, Currensea had two partners live and a third on the way. Seven months on, Currensea has five partners: Hilton, Marriott, United, Lufthansa Group and American Airlines. A sixth, Global Hotel Alliance, launches early next year. (IHG went its own way, with Revolut.) And becau

Today's post has been kindly written by 'an anonymous chemistry teacher'. She and her husband managed to take their family of five in business class Sri Lanka using Avios and voucher. The trick, flying via Mumbai! We’ve been points enthusiasts for years, and for most of that time we had one goal that felt slightly out of reach: flying our family of five long haul in business class without paying cash fares, which would have cost us around £20,000. My husband and I had already