Tiers and benefits

Blue benefits

Understanding our new British Airways Club

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From 1 April 2025, we're delighted to welcome you to The British Airways Club. A Club designed to give you more opportunities to unlock rewards.

Members will have new ways to earn Tier Status. Plus, you can earn Tier Points for more than just your flights.

Watch our video to find out how it will work.

More about The British Airways Club

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Video transcript

Voiceover:

Welcome to the British Airways Club.

Please listen to the following important announcement.

We first started rewarding our customers 40 years ago, and since then a lot has changed. So we’re making changes to better reward you.

No matter where or why you travel, we’ve re-thought the way you earn Tier Points.

They’re the points that help you move up in the Club, from Blue, to Bronze, and beyond. From the first of April 2025 we’ll reward you based on your spend, rather than the distance you travel.

It means you’ll now earn one Tier Point for every £1 you spend on British Airways flights, minus non-airline fees and taxes.

And you’ll still earn Tier Points with our partner airlines.

We’ve also introduced new ways you can earn more Tier Points:

  • Paying for extras
  • Purchasing a contribution to Sustainable Aviation Fuels (‘SAF’)*
  • Booking with British Airways Holidays (where available)
  • And using your British Airways American Express® Premium Plus Card (applies to UK customers only)

Plus there’ll be bonus offers to boost your Tier Points. For example, this year you can earn up to an extra 550 Tier Points per flight.

Moving up means you’ll unlock benefits like free seat selection and lounge access.

And of course you’ll still collect Avios when you spend with us and our partners, which you can redeem for Reward Flights and experiences.

It’s all yours in the new British Airways Club.

Let’s see where it takes you.

*‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ (‘SAF’) are defined in the Refuel EU Aviation Regulation as aviation fuels that are either synthetic aviation fuels, aviation biofuels or recycled carbon aviation fuels. For further information, please visit BA Better World.

Avios - the reward currency of the Club

As a Blue Member, you'll collect Avios when you fly and can keep topping up that balance by collecting on your everyday spend, hotel stays, car hire and much more.

When you’ve collected enough you can spend your Avios on flights and upgrades, or choose from a range of other rewards.

Collecting Avios

Collect Avios on flights

As a Blue Member you’ll collect collect six Avios per qualifying pound (GBP) spent whenever you fly with British Airways or American Airlines, and five Avios per qualifying euro (EUR) with Iberia.

On other oneworld® airlines, it depends on how far you fly, your choice of cabin, and which airline you fly with.

Find out how to collect on flights

Collect Avios on hotels

Collect Avios when you stay with our accommodation partners, including Marriott Bonvoy® and Airbnb.

Discover more

Collect Avios on car hire

You can also collect Avios when you hire a car with Avis.

Find out more about car rental

Claim Avios from previous flights

Have you flown with us in the three months before you joined the Executive Club? No problem. You can still claim Avios for those flights.

Claim Avios

Spending Avios

Fly for less using your Avios

You can choose to spend your Avios on a Reward Flight, an upgrade to the next cabin on a cash booking, or as part payment on flights or holidays. You can also use them for seat selection and baggage.

How to spend Avios on flights

Hotels, car hire and experiences

You can use your Avios on hotel bookings, car rental and experiences worldwide, such as holiday excursions.

Other ways to enjoy your Avios

Other benefits of Blue Membership

Free Wi-Fi Messaging on-board

Stay connected with friends, family and colleagues using instant messaging applications and with text-based emails that don’t include attachments.

Onboard Wi-Fi Messaging is free for Executive Club Blue Members. If you’re not already a Member it’s free to sign up.

Get free Wi-Fi Messaging

Bring rewards closer with a Household Account

You and up to six other members of your household, including children, can pool your Avios into a Household Account. So you can bring the rewards even closer.

You can also spend your Avios with people outside of your household, by adding them to your Family and Friends list.

Set up your Household Account

Collect Tier Points to reach the next tier

You'll earn Tier Points when you travel with us and our oneworld® airline partners.

Tier Points move you through the tiers of the Club, unlocking more exclusive benefits with each new membership level – from extra baggage to lounge access.

How Tier Points work

Added reassurance when you fly

We always try to get you to your destination with minimum fuss. But if your flight is busy, your Blue Membership gives you priority over non-Members on standby and reservation waiting lists.

Save your travel information

You can save your seating preferences and meal choices in your account, so you won't have to provide them every time you travel.

Update your account

Stay up to date

Get the latest offers and news

Be the first to hear about the Executive Club's news and Member-only offers, including top tips to get closer to exclusive rewards.

Update your communication preferences

Download the British Airways app

On your free, personalised ba.com app you can:

  • Manage your bookings
  • Check in and download your boarding pass
  • View your account details
How to download the app

Next stop - Bronze

Until 31 March 2025, to reach the next level of the Club, the Bronze Tier, you need to fly British Airways at least twice and earn 300 Tier Points, or take 25 eligible British Airways or Iberia flights.

Whichever you do first will get you there, unlocking a range of benefits that make travelling with us even more enjoyable.

More about Bronze Membership