Yesterday, the Foreign Office decided to lift their travel warnings for much of the Middle East with the agreement of a memorandum of understanding towards lasting peace between the US and Iran. This effectively reopens travel to, or via, the region for many of you who heed the Foreign Office warnings for "all but essential travel". This change in advice also re-validates your travel insurance policy, as a standard restriction within a travel insurance policy is that if the F

If I have a BA Companion Voucher from my BA Amex and a Barclays Cabin Upgrade Voucher from my Barclaycard Avios or Barclays Avios Rewards, can I use both on the same booking? Not on the same booking, no. But you can use both on the same trip if you are willing to make two separate bookings. How the two vouchers actually differ Worth a quick recap, because they do not do the same thing. The BA Companion Voucher gets two people on a return flight in any cabin. You pay Avios for

Wow. British Airways and Amex have announced one of the best Avios deals you're ever going to see. They're putting on a one-off return flight to New York where every seat on the aircraft is paid for in Avios alone. No taxes, no surcharges, no cash element at all, and economy starts at 25,000 Avios return, which is more than 50% off the usual Avios cost! This is all part of how they're marking 25 years of the partnership, after the million-Avios prize draw and the 25% earn bon

British Airways launched its annual June sale yesterday, and it runs until 25 June 2026. The sale covers both discounted flights and British Airways Holidays packages, ranging from two-night European city breaks through to week-long Caribbean and Indian Ocean escapes. The flight deals on offer The US dominates this year's sale, with transatlantic fares that are competitive for autumn and winter travel. The reality is that not many people really want to go to the States at the

If you're fairly new to this, or you've got a stash of Avios you're a bit scared of spending wrong, here's some good news. We've made all the mistakes for you! Most of what we know about Avios and points, we learned by getting it wrong first, and inevitably that cost us. You'll see online people claiming to have optimised every point, never wasted a voucher, and they read every word of the terms before applying. I've not always been that person, and if I'm being honest, I'd b

British Airways has announced its latest round of Avios-Only flights, this time pitting autumn sun against the Northern Lights. You can fly Heathrow to Tenerife, or Heathrow to Reykjavík, over October half-term. If you haven't come across these before, Avios-Only flights are dedicated BA services where every seat, in every cabin, is bookable only as a Reward Seat using Avios. Seats go on sale later today, 3 June, with Euro Traveller (economy) starting at £5 plus 33,500 Avios

Today is the day that British Airways updates the taxes and fees for its Avios Reward Flights. We had a sneak peek from BA last week with some limited information on four specific routes, with the rest left for today Now we've got the full picture. The amount of Avios you'll need hasn't changed, as this changed back in December last year, just the cash element has changed this time around. Look up your route Here is a route lookup tool covering every BA destination from Lond

If you collect Avios through the British Airways Club, chances are you’ve wondered how to make them go further, especially if you don’t always travel alone. That’s exactly where British Airways Household Accounts come into play. Designed to make group travel easier to handle, they allow you to combine Avios across multiple people, unlocking redemptions faster and with far less friction. Sam and I utilise this to great effect. In this guide, we’ll walk through everything you n

British Airways is putting up the cash needed for Avios reward flights from 27 May 2026. The Avios required stay the same, as those already went up in December, but the cash element needed to pay the taxes and fees goes up. I literally wrote yesterday that I didn't believe BA had another foot to shoot. They had in fact kept one spare. Bookings made before 27 May hold the current price. From 27 May, you pay the new rate. So if you've got a trip in mind, you've got five days. I

From today, you can now use your BA Amex Companion Voucher on British Airways Holidays packages and get 25% of your Avios back. This doesn't change how a Companion Voucher normally works on a Reward Flight booking, it's an additional way to use it, and a temporary one, running only until 31 March 2027. So is this a feature, or an offer? Who knows. Anyway, let me run you through it. How it works You book a British Airways Holidays package on the BA Holidays website. That's a F