Learn the correct strategy to earn and utilize british airways avios points for cheap domestic flights on american airlines. Collecting avios and tier points on flights british airways. Turn your everyday spending into exciting travel rewards collect avios on flights, hotels, car hire and online shopping. How to book award flights using british airways avios the points guy. It lists ba destinations alphabetically with pricing to from london. Here is our guide to maximizing award travel with ba. You pay with your avios plus a cash amount for taxes, fees and carrier charges. British airways not offering cash refunds on avios flights. Flights that you book using avios are called reward flights. The only exception is when booking a uk domestic connection tofrom london to connect to a longhaul flight. Use our ba avios calculator for british airways points. You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our oneworld and other partner airlines.
You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our. And you get a 5,000 british airways avios point bonus for every 60,000 marriott points you transfer. The good news is that you are not restricted to spending avios points on british airways. Theres dozens of examples of times that it makes sense to book american airlines award flights with british airways avios. The 2021 off peak and peak avios calendar for british airways flights is in this hfp article. Call british airways book the flight when you want to redeem your avios, and don t forget to ask. However there is one function that i used to regularly recommend to readers the ba avios calculator map. For flights with two or more oneworld partners, or british airways plus two or more oneworld partners, use our table to find out what you need to pay.
There are quite a few scenarios when it makes sense to book an aa award flight using british airways avios, even after the londonbased. As with british airways, avios prices for reward flights with iberia vary according to peak and offpeak dates. One topic has dominated my inbox and the hfp comments over the last couple of days the withdrawal by british airways of the ability to refund an avios flight online for cash. Today i want to look at how you book british airways and partner flights using your avios points, as it isnt always straightforward as it should. 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 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. And by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1.
Ba is part of a global airline alliance called oneworld. Iberias peak and offpeak calendar dates differ from british airways, except for iberia flights from london to madrid, which are priced as per the british airways calendar and avios rates. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. Book flights directly with any of our airline partners and use your.
How to book award flights using british airways avios. We have a found a way to get around ba s block and to allow a cash cancellation. You can also spend your avios on reward flights on. Did you know you can use british airways avios points to book with more than 20 partner airlines. How to book american airlines flights with british. Why is british airways deliberately blocking online cash refunds for avios ba flight bookings. Whilst the british airways avios flight calculator was a simple. The only flights you do not earn avios or tier points on are reward flights, agency discounted fares and industry discounted fares. Pay with avios to get money off the cost of any aer lingus flight when you book through. You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our one world partners. Prices are shown separately for off peak and peak dates. In the past, finding available american airlines award flights on the british airways site has been hit or missat best. 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.