The new BA Avios Reward Flight taxes and fees are live - every route, every cabin, what's changed

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 London. Type a city or IATA code to see how many Avios you need, plus the old taxes, the new taxes from today, and the percentage change per cabin.

First is not included as the taxes on these redemptions vary.

What's changed, by band

BA's taxes and fees structure runs in distance-based bands. Here's how each one moved.

Short-haul Europe and UK domestic - 126 routes

• Economy was £1, now £2.50 (+150%)

• Business was £15, now £20 (+33%)

• Includes: Amsterdam, Paris, Madrid, Edinburgh, Athens, Lisbon, the rest of Europe and the UK domestic network

Cairo, Tel Aviv, Amman, Sharm El Sheikh, Tbilisi

• Economy was £51, now £52.50 (+3%)

• Business was £125, now £130 (+4%)

  
  

Abuja (all alone)

• Economy was £50, now £60 (+20%)

• Premium Economy was £100, now £130 (+30%)

• Business was £125, now £175 (+40%)

• Alone in this band as Jeddah and Kuwait have come off the schedule entirely

Gulf, North-East US, Eastern Canada - 20 routes

• Economy was £60, now £75 (+25%)

• Premium Economy was £175, now £205 (+17%)

• Business was £199.50, now £249.50 (+25%)

• Includes: Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Lagos, Accra, Islamabad, New York (JFK and EWR), Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, Toronto, Montreal, Baltimore

US West, India, Caribbean, Southern Africa - 47 routes

• Economy was £85, now £95 (+12%)

• Premium Economy was £200, now £230 (+15%)

• Business was £249.50, now £299.50 (+20%)

• Includes: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Delhi, Mumbai, plus most of the Caribbean and western United States

Far East, Brazil, Mauritius - 8 routes

• Economy was £110, now £120 (+9%)

• Premium Economy was £225, now £255 (+13%)

• Business was £299.50, now £349.50 (+17%)

• Routes: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai, Seoul, Mauritius, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo

Singapore, KL, Buenos Aires, Santiago

• Economy was £135, now £145 (+7%)

• Premium Economy was £235, now £280 (+19%)

• Business was £335, now £385 (+15%)

Sydney and Melbourne

• Economy was £160, now £170 (+6%)

• Premium Economy was £275, now £305 (+11%)

• Business was £399.50, now £449.50 (+13%)

What to make of it

Look at the long-haul cabins you'll see a pattern emerging. Every Business has £50 tacked on each way, flat across every route. Premium Economy £30-40. Economy capped at £15.

That sounds painful if you think you'll need to double these for a return flight. But BA hasn't put through a proper cash-element rise since 2022, so even if you ignore the rise in fuel and Air Passenger Duty, this was always coming. And remember, Virgin have also recently raised their taxes/fees for their reward flights.

Are these price rises nice to see? No. Am I still going to collect Avios? Yes.

If I was you, I'd run your route through our British Airways Avios Value calculator (this too has been updated to reflect the new pricing) and you'll see where the value sits against a typical cash fare.

And if you've just had enough and want to try a different Avios airline, then our Avios Calculator is the only one online that compare all the different Avios airlines in one place.

Sam

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