Heres the ultimate guide to finding seats using avios, including a few very handy tricks of the trade where you can use avios. Enter you departure airport, where you want to fly to, for how many people you want to. Seatspy find british airways and virgin atlantic reward. Thats not to say it wont happen though and setting a reward flight finder alert is definitely a good way of staying on top of things if it does open up. Maximizing the british airways distancebased award chart. British airways updates mobile app rewards flight feature.
British airways reward flights guide to using avios to. I know that the official website says that its within europe, but it does actually work on any flight in zones. The british airways website is fairly intuitive and easy to navigate. Nov 11, 2018 its relatively easy to book british airways reward flights using avios.
A new way to find british airways avios and virgin. British airways reward flight saver is an option that british airways has where you can fly anywhere in zones up to 2000 miles for a fixed amount of taxes, fees and carrier charges. You can search for reward flight availability to your destination city, country or continent up to one year in advance. Reward flight finder stopped working with virgin atlantic at the end of august due to some changes on virgins side. I find the ba mobile apps reward flights reward flight finder functionality very useful. The website will show you award seats on every oneworld carrier on pretty much every route available with one major limitation. Between setting free alerts for when seats open and this app, it could be argued that british airways offers one of the most transparent systems for when and. However, reward flight finder no longer has access to virgin atlantic reward availability which blunts its usefulness.
The avios amount for reward flights in premium economy will be 1. The standard avios search is great when you have a route you know you want to fly, but the reward flight finder is where the magic happens. British airways easy tool for finding avios points. Cardmembers must make their reward booking via the british airways executive club contact centre using the dedicated phone number found in the credit card welcome materials and on the back of the credit card. Mar 04, 2020 the ba avios flight calculator map how many avios for a flight lets face it, the closure of the programme in july 2018 to british airways executive club members has had limited impact on those who collect avios points. You should pay 12,500 british airways avios points per person. Return flights will only show results where seats are available for your chosen dates on both the outbound and return flight. Oct 05, 2017 british airways reward flight finder what it does when i first landed on this page i nearly clicked away after just a splitsecond glance as it looks like just another basic search tool.
British airways visa signature cardmembers can pay for the taxes, fees and carrier charges for flights using avios. With reward flight saver, you pay avios plus a low flat fee instead of the taxes, fees and carrier charges. How to book the ultimate roundtheworld reward flight how to maximise your points value and. Currently, reward flight finder is now only showing ba availability, not virgin due to an issue getting data. How to book british airways reward flights using avios.
Check availability of british airways reward flights in just one click, and receive email alerts whenever seats become available. It gives me a detailed availability for the cities i want. Top 5 tools to search for avios availability turning. We have written about a number of tools such as reward flight finder and expert flyer. British airways makes booking reward flight saverawards.
Write down the flight number and call british airways at 8002479297 to book. January 29, 2015 by million mile secrets million mile secrets. Browse and compare availability for up to three destinations at once. This option is only available if you enter a city as a destination. Finding redemption space is hard, so having the right tools to make it easier are essential. Reward flight finder formerly ba redemption finder is a trading name of tim rogers ltd. Reward flight finder is not affiliated with british airways or avios. Flight finder is located on the reward availability page which can be accessed on the initial page for spending avios. British airways has updated its iphone app to include a reward flight finder feature that allows passengers to locate flights which can be booked using avios or a combination of avios and cash. British airways reward flight saver how you can avoid. In this article, we will look at what tools you can use to help with your search. How to use the british airways award search tool one mile. The best websites for searching oneworld award availability.
There are 2 coach award seats on the nonstop alaska airlines flight from san jose to honolulu. British airways executive club reward flight finder on non uk flights just wondering if there is any software app to suggest show the availability of flights i can spend avios on. British airways flight status with flight tracker and live maps view all flights or track any british airways flight. Youll be shown availability for british airways flights only. The loyalty program guide to british airways tripit. Firstly an apology for any email subscribers or early birds who saw my post yesterday was entitled virgin atlantic a380 as they obviously dont have any. On every flight the airline ensures that there are a minimum of six seats available, including. Ba redemption finder becomes reward flight finder business. The british airways reward flight finder is a very useful and flexible tool for searching for reward flights on but, because its. This site allows you to easily view british airways award availability on any route across the entire year. British airways executive club problem on checking reward flight availability hi everyone, im having problems on looking for reward flights this morning.
It would be worthwhile to try using the avios flight calculator on the ba website, and having a play with some example dates and destinations whilst logged into the ba website. With just a swipe of a finger, customers can use the new reward flight finder to find flights which can be booked using avios or a combination of avios and cash. With british airways executive club members no longer able to access this tool and limited functionality on the ba website to search by number of avios points, weve pulled together the above british airways avios flight calculator. As such in comparison to a normal british airways flight, redeeming avios points can help save a considerable amount of money.
And british airways makes it easy to search for award flights on almost all oneworld airlines such as american airlines, cathay pacific, qatar airways, etc. Dont think i ever used the map but when following your link i received a sorry not available message. With just a swipe of a finger, customers can use the new reward flight finder to find flights which can be booked using avios or a combination of. However, an easier way to find british airways award availability is to use the reward flight finder website. How to use british airways award search million mile secrets. Reward flight finder also has this feature, but only for british airways and only as part of its. Lhr were available which allowed me to call ba and nab them. A new way to find british airways avios and virgin atlantic.
British airways has seen the number of reward flights booked on mobile increase by over 300 per cent in the last year. Mar 03, 2020 in 2011 ba introduced reward flight saver which essentially capped the taxes on shorthaul british airways reward flights at. You can redeem qantas frequent flyer points to book british airways award flights on the qantas website. Nov 14, 2019 fortunately, for british airways avios redemptions, reward flight finder already does an excellent job of that. May 30, 2019 reward flight savers are priced per flight, not per journey, so if you are flying from edinburgh to geneva via london on british airways, you will have to pay 2 x 4,000 or 4,500 avios depending on the peak or off peak date and 2 x the. For now, until seatspy launches a premium tier, it is free for everyone. Today we will cover the ba redemption finder and show you how to find redemptions with british airways the easy way. Reward availability executive club british airways.
Ba maintains a reward flight finder to help you plan a getaway within your avios budget. Find reward seat availability for british airways and virgin airlines. British airways executive club part 1, overview of the program and the different tiers. Nov 19, 2018 british airways executive club part 9, ba redemption finder luxtravel november 19, 2018 june 21, 2019 4 comments on british airways executive club part 9, ba redemption finder british airways executive club part 1, overview of the program and the different tiers. Our link with british airways has continued to work as normal.
Nov 01, 2018 this free tool allows you to set alerts and receive an email if any seats open up on british airways flight only. Feb 05, 2019 ba redemption finder, an independent website set up to help people find flights to spend their avios on, has changed its name to reward flight finder and added virgin atlantics flying club to. With the trial starting today, the new avios pricing options can be redeemed on flights in the uk and europe. I do find the iphone app useful for searching for reward availability by continent and country although you cannot specify dates in the initial search but can do it by months. You can use avios, the points currency of both british airways and iberia, for flights on both airlines, and also on their partners. British airways has brought back their truly fantastic reward flight finder tool.
Jun 07, 2019 back in 2016, british airways adjusted how it prices shorthaul flights within north america, and remnants of that change still exist today. Guide to british airways reward flight saver redemptions. Top 5 tools to search for avios availability turning left. British airways reward flights guide to using avios to book. On every flight the airline ensures that there are a minimum of six seats available, including two in club on short and longhaul services. British airways releases avios seats 355 days in advance.
If you want to see what all the british airways avios peak and off peak dates are for 2020, head over to reward flight finder, but as a rough guide you can quickly see the vast majority of dates below. Search and book checks all availability for specific dates. The explorer map selection does not work for north american users. There are still a few quirks, however, so i thought it might be helpful to go through the basics, especially given the new redemption opportunities with tam and. How to search all avios routes by date in one click. Confusingly, avios also became the company that administers and runs the avios scheme, though the avios travel rewards programme closed this year. Since then, weve been working with the team at virgin atlantic to restore this functionality.
This is a paid tool, but searches for seats more often and allows you to search on british airways and also on partner airlines like cathay, qantas, american and so forth. Dec 16, 2015 british airways has updated its iphone app to include a reward flight finder feature that allows passengers to locate flights which can be booked using avios or a combination of avios and cash. Customers looking to spend their avios on british airways flights will now find it easier than ever thanks to two new features on the airlines iphone app. Its great to see it return, and its already proven useful to countless travelers, including ourselves. Apr 01, 2014 british airways has made several updates to their award search tool in the past year, and on the whole its much more userfriendly than it was previously. Finding the flights you want with avios is never easy. Jan 29, 2015 if there are milesaaver award seats, you can book the flight using british airways avios points. You probably wont be too surprised to find out that the feature helps you find reward flights on your phone but what may surprise you is. It cannot handle connections, only direct point to point searches. British airways avios peak and off peak dates for 2020. Get more for your money and reward points with american express, british airways and qantas. In the ba app you can search for flights one of two ways, either a standard avios search or a reward flight finder.
Booking a flight with british airways avios can be complicated and fees can be high, but executive club members who dont mind doing some digging can find a great deal. The most powerful feature of the british airways app that. How to achieve elite status with british airways in addition to avios, executive club members earn tier points on ba flights as well as with partner airlines. British airways have updated their iphone and android apps and introduced a feature called reward flight finder. In short, avios are the miles earned for flying, and thus the currency that customers can use for reward flights, upgrades or other. British airways reward flight finder the avios search i. Fortunately, for british airways avios redemptions, reward flight finder already does an excellent job of that. Find british airways and virgin atlantic reward flight. Ba redemption finder now covers virgin atlantic rewards. I came up with the idea for this product, and then built it and marketed it from scratch. Wide open british airways award availability on sydney to. Zone 1 flights those that cover 650 miles or less typically require 4,0004,500 avios on ba, iberia and aer lingus or 6,000 avios on most other partners.
We hope this will give inspiration to those looking to use their hardearned avios points. Reward flight finder formerly ba redemption finder makes it it easy to get the most value from your british airways avios points and virgin atlantic flying club miles. British airways executive club part 9, ba redemption finder. For our beginner readers, this means that when you fly americanoperated flights and collect redeemable aadvantage miles, you can then use these miles to book an award ticket on any other airline in the oneworld alliance assuming you can find award seat availability. If there isnt award availability on the flights you are looking at you can set up email and text alerts. Reward flight finder on non uk flights flyertalk forums. Remember, whenever youre searching partner award availability, if you see a.
Dec 18, 2015 british airways have updated their iphone and android apps and introduced a feature called reward flight finder. Seatspy find british airways and virgin atlantic reward seat. American airlines is the north american stakeholder in the oneworld alliance. British airways has made several updates to their award search tool in the past year, and on the whole its much more userfriendly than it was previously. Its relatively easy to book british airways reward flights using avios. If you are willing to spend some time searching through possible routes and flexible dates, you can find some relatively good deals that stretch your points a long way. Use our ba avios calculator for british airways points. Tired of checking the british airways website many times a day to look for the perfect seats to book with your avios. Reward flight finder is so smart that it even, for british airways searches, shows the extra economy avios seats made available to ba gold members. A new website has been launched which looks set to oust reward flight finder from its position of the easiest way to find virgin and ba avios availability. Customers looking to spend their avios on british airways flights will now find it easier than ever thanks to two new features on the airline s iphone app. Signing up for credit cards through partner links earns us a commission. Reward flight finder, london, international house, 12 constance street, opening hours, reward flight finder makes it easy to get the most value from your british airways avios points and virgin atlantic flying club miles.
Reward flight finder london, international house, 12. Beginning february 2, 2016, british airways will no longer offer 1way, shorthaul under 650 miles coach award tickets on partner airlines in north america for 4,500 british airways avios points. Use the reward flight finder to compare several cities and dates at once if you have the flexibility. You probably wont be too surprised to find out that the feature helps you find reward flights on your phone but what may surprise you is that its actually quite good.
When does british airways release avios reward flights and. Specifically, im wanting to travel from lhr to jfk and having selected no stopovers, i get diverted back to the page to select whether i want. Just tell us where you want to go, what cabin, and how many seats you need, and well check for you regularly. If you want to explore possibilities reward flight finder might be a good way. When does british airways release avios reward flights and how to book them. If your route isnt searchable on qantas, british airways book with avios award engine is your next best bet. Apr 29, 2019 though the british airways reward flight redemption system is certainly cumbersome, finding a good deal is not impossible. Jan 14, 2020 the popular oneworld classic flight reward allows you to package a combination of flights for a multistop adventure, scoring far more flights for your points than if you booked them individually. British airways do not offer a company travel loyalty programme in the us but our partner american airlines does. How to use the british airways award search tool one. However there is one function that i used to regularly recommend to readers the ba avios calculator map.