Maximise Avios through the BA Shopping eStore (formerly Gate 365) Many moons ago – November 2013 to be precise – it was announced that the online shopping portal British Airways eStore would be relaunched as Gate 365. Since then the British Airways shopping portal has lost its Gate 365 branding however remains an excellent place […]
Buy Avios Points – Avoid Purchasing British Airways Miles
How Much to Buy Avios Cheap…? There are rarely situations when I would recommend individuals purchase Avios points, except on the odd occasion when buying Avios may make sense. To buy Avios points is never cheap, however some options are more cost effective than others. When looking to buy BA Avios points most people will […]
Converting Flights with Emirates to Avios – Why Bother?
Whilst it’s been around for some time now, I thought I’d remind Avios collectors and BA Executive Club members that it’s possible to earn both Avios and Tier Points when travelling with Emirates. Now as Emirates is not in the Oneworld Alliance it’s not quite as easy as logging into your Skywards account and allocating […]
British Airways Reward Flights – Using Avios to Book BA Flights
One of the most common questions we receive at Thrifty Points relates to finding available BA reward flights using the British Airways website. We completely relate with the frustration of readers who have a considerable number of Avios points and struggle to be able to redeem any form of British Airways reward flight. As such […]
11 Ways of Collecting Avios – How to Collect Avios Points British Airways
Best Ways to Collect Avios It’s been some time since we looked at the best ways to collect Avios points, and with an ever growing list of methods for accumulating Avios points, I thought it was about time that we provided an update. If you’re new to collecting Avios points you’ve arrived in the right […]
Combine my Avios – Moving Points Between BA, Iberia and Aer Lingus
As regular readers will know, through partnerships such as oneworld and Star Alliance it’s possible to redeem certain frequent-flyer air miles with a variety of different airlines. However very few of these airlines will allow you to actually transfer points between these frequent-flyer programmes. One exception is British Airways and Iberia using the ‘Combine my […]