About Avios

Spending Avios

You've collected your Avios, now enjoy them. See all the ways you can spend your Avios below.

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Book your reward now or learn more about your options and how they work.

Reward Flights

Flights that you book using Avios are called Reward Flights. You can book to any worldwide destination, where there’s availability, with British Airways and our oneworld® partners.

You pay with your Avios plus a cash amount for taxes, fees and carrier charges.

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Upgrade with Avios

You can use your Avios to upgrade a regular cash booking to the next cabin, where there’s availability, on selected fares with British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines.

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Avios part payment on flights and holidays

You can reduce the price of your next flight or holiday package* by paying part of the price in Avios.

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Avios part payment on seats and baggage

Use your Avios to pay for seats and baggage.

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Hotel stays

Spend your Avios on great deals at thousands of hotels around the world.

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Car rental

Use your Avios to pay for Avis and Budget car rental at thousands of worldwide airport and non-airport locations.

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Experiences

Spend your Avios on thousands of memorable tours and experiences across the globe.

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Wine

Spend Avios at The Wine Flyer to get the wines you love for less.

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High Life Shop

You can spend Avios on all High Life Shop or High Life Café products when you buy before you fly for delivery on board. Choose from a wide selection of food, fragrances and more for delivery to your short or long-haul flight. Or spend your Avios on Home Delivery items, even if you're not flying.

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Charity donations with Avios

Now you can get involved by donating Avios to charities we support through the BA Better World Community Fund.

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Download the Avios app

Keep track of your Avios on the go, find new ways to collect with over 2,000 partners and easily search for Reward Flights.

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Reward availability

Explore where your Avios can take you.

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Spending Avios FAQs

You can book a Reward Flight starting at just £1 and 18,500 Avios, or you can reduce the price of your flight with as little as 1,000 Avios with Avios part payment. 

Reward Flights offer a fixed Avios amount and a fixed cash amount to cover taxes, fees and carrier charges.

Treat yourself to a business (Club World) seat from £375 plus 160,000 Avios.

All examples are correct as of July 2024.

This is dependent on your date of travel, destination and travel class. Use our Reward Flight Finder to search for available dates and flights. You can also redeem your Avios on hotels, car hires, experiences or wine, beer and spirits.

You can spend your Avios on Reward Flights to any worldwide destination, holidays with British Airways Holidays, seat upgrades, hotel stays, car rentals, memorable experiences and exclusive deals on wine, champagne and beer.

You can also reduce the price of regular flight or holiday bookings by paying part of the price in Avios. The more Avios you use, the less you have to pay.

When you shop online with British Airways, you can collect up to 15 Avios for every £1 you spend on your favourite brands, with over 1,500 online retailers including Apple, John Lewis & Partners, Selfridges and Marks and Spencer.

For booking flights, this is dependent on your date of travel, destination and travel class. Use our Reward Flight Finder to search for available dates and flights. You can also redeem your Avios on hotels, car hires, experiences and more.

You can upgrade to business (Club World) using Avios when you book or later on by logging into Manage My Booking, depending on availability.

The Avios amount required for the upgrade is based on the Avios costs for Reward Flights in the cabins you’re upgrading from and to and will depend on whether your flight is scheduled on a peak or off-peak date.

The formula is: Avios for the cabin you wish to upgrade to – Avios for the cabin you make your booking in = Avios required to upgrade one way.

You can redeem your Avios on Reward Flights to any worldwide destination, holidays with British Airways Holidays,seat upgrades, hotel stays, car rentals, memorable experiences and more.

You can also reduce the price of regular flight or holiday bookings by paying part of the price in Avios. The more Avios you use, the less you have to pay.

You can fly to any destination in the world with Avios.

Use our Reward Flight Finder to search for available dates and flights.

Use our Holiday Finder to search for available dates.

Find out your reward options and how you can spend 30,000 Avios.

Download the British Airways Executive Club Rewards app to keep track of your Avios and search for Reward Flights, hotels, car hire, experiences, wine and more.

You can book a British Airways flight with Avios by logging in with your membership number and using our interactive Flight Finder.

You can book a British Airways holiday with Avios by logging in with your membership number and searching for Flight + Hotel or Flight + Car.

You can donate up to a maximum of 30,000 Avios per calendar month. Choose from projects selected for the BA Better World Community Fund. Visit the Community Fund website to find out more.

*Where holidays are available in your region.