{"id":7275,"date":"2020-06-13T03:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:36:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T16:36:55","slug":"six-best-ways-to-use-your-avios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/06\/13\/six-best-ways-to-use-your-avios\/","title":{"rendered":"Six best ways to use your Avios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Avios is the award currency of British Airways, Iberia Airlines and Aer Lingus. It is probably the most well-known the most popular airline loyalty programme in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both British Airways and Iberia are part of Oneworld, so you can exchange your Avios for reward flights operated by any of the Oneworld partner airlines. Today, we will talk about the six ways to get the best value for your Avios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Short-haul routes on British Airways]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally crowned as the “King of short-haul redemption”, Avios’ main use is for short-haul flights, especially on British Airways aircraft. The number of Avios needed is as follows (per leg):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Economy off-peak<\/strong><\/td>Economy peak<\/strong><\/td>Business off-peak<\/strong><\/td>Business peak<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
<=650 miles<\/td>4,000<\/td>4,500<\/td>7,750<\/td>9,000<\/td><\/tr>
651~1150 miles<\/td>6,500<\/td>7,500<\/td>12,750<\/td>15,000<\/td><\/tr>
1151~2000 miles<\/td>8,500<\/td>10,000<\/td>17,000<\/td>20,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And many people would especially aim for the first zone. Departing from London, it covers destinations including Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Zurich, Milan and Copenhagen etc. Because you’ll only spend one or two hours on the plane, and we all know how lacklustre intra-Europe business class is, you can save your Avios by only booking economy class \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As long as you have earned at least one Avios in the last year, you qualify for the Reward Flight Saver<\/a> scheme, which means you pay only \u00a317.5 in fees for a one-way short-haul economy flight, and \u00a325 for business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Short-haul routes on Oneworld partners]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redemption on partner airlines costs slight more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/td>Economy<\/strong><\/td>Premium Economy<\/strong><\/td>Business<\/strong><\/td>First<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
<=650 miles<\/td>6,000<\/td>9,000<\/td>12,500<\/td>24,000<\/td><\/tr>
651~1150 miles<\/td>9,000<\/td>12,500<\/td>16,500<\/td>33,000<\/td><\/tr>
1151~2000 miles<\/td>11,000<\/td>16,500<\/td>22,000<\/td>44,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

U.S. domestic Zone 1 is also priced differently – Economy \/ Business \/ First class costs 7,500 \/ 15,000 \/ 18,000 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s no peak or off-peak here, you pay only one price all year around. Despite being more expensive than BA tickets, the prices we see here are still considerably cheaper than most other airline programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can fly in Asia on Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines, or in North America on American Airlines. Latam has left Oneworld in 2020, but it maintained its ties with British Airways, so you can still book intra South America tickets using Avios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reward Flight Saver doesn’t apply to partners, but these airlines are rather conservative about carrier imposed surcharges, so you may end up paying even less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Qatar Airways’ Business Class]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qsuite – Qatar Airways’ signature business class, is the world’s best business class product without a doubt. I was very impressed when I flew it from Frankfurt to Doha in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can for sure redeem Qsuite tickets using your Avios, but unfortunately it only features on selected long-haul routes, so the price is unlikely to be attractive. However, we can still fly Qatar on short-haul routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we draw a 2000-mile radius circle around Qatar, the following cities are enclosed, that are also on Qatar’s route map:<\/p>\n\n\n\n