Pay with Avios points for British Airways package deals
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Holidaymakers can now pay with Avios points when booking British Airways packages
Holidaymakers can now pay with Avios loyalty currency when booking a holiday package with British Airways.
Travelers choosing a flight and hotel or car package can now choose from up to nine Avios payment options at check out, allowing them to choose the number of points and cash they want to spend, starting at £1.
Avios is the distribution currency of the BA Executive Club. Customers collect points when booking flights, hotels and other services such as car rental, which are then converted into rewards.
Package deals: Travelers who choose a British Airways flight and hotel or car package can now choose from as many as nine Avios payment options at check-out
In addition, credit card providers, including Amex and Barclaycard, have ties to British Airways so customers can earn Avios as they shop.
But experts warn it may not be a good way to use points.
Rob Burgess, editor of frequent flyer website Head For Points, says: ‘It’s always good to have new ways to spend Avios. But at less than 0.5 pence per Avios, this is not good value in most cases.”
For example, you can get 0.67p per Avios by converting them into Nectar to spend at Sainsbury’s.
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