British Airways has announced two separate promotions today, both worth knowing about if you've got Avios or you're planning to buy some. One is a 40% bonus on purchased or gifted Avios. The other lets you use fewer Avios to unlock the same savings on BA Holidays packages. They run on different timelines and work in completely different ways, so let's take them one at a time. 40% bonus Avios when you buy or gift If you need to top up your balance to hit a redemption target, t

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

BA Holidays is running an Avios offer until 18 May: a 33% boost on the value of your Avios when used as part payment on a package. Or, framed the other way, you'll need 25% fewer Avios to get the same money off your holiday. Each of you may see slightly different offers in terms of value per Avios, but here's what I can see. Will your BA Holiday take you to the Maldives? How does this Avios bonus look We searched a 4-night economy trip to New York in January, which is one of

Yesterday we covered Virgin Atlantic's limited-time Tier Point promotion, which can get the lead booker to Silver (or even Gold) from a single holiday booking. You can read that one here . Turns out the timing wasn't a coincidence, because both British Airways Holidays and American Express have now jumped in with their own spring offers. Here's what's available to you. British Airways Holidays: 10,000 bonus Avios offer You can collect 10,000 bonus Avios when you book a packa