Here's why you should care about British Airways' Avios

Talking Points

The Points Guy

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

TPG U.K.'s director of content, Nicky Kelvin, explains how U.S. travelers can make the most out of British Airways' Executive Club program — which was named the Best International Airline Loyalty Program at the 2019 TPG Awards. You'll learn how to avoid major taxes and fees, where to transfer your Avios, and even what makes a BA cabin crew so cheeky. Plus, Kelvin shares his tips for navigating the lounges at Heathrow and compares BA and Virgin Atlantic's first-class products.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this episode of Talking Points. I'm your host Brian Kelly, the Points
0:08.1	guy and today we've got The Points Guy of the UK. That's right, our very own TPG UK, Nicky Kelvin. Nicky,
0:16.8	Nicky, thank you for joining us today.
0:18.6	It's great to be here, thank you.
0:19.9	So Nicky, last time you were on Talking Points, we were just about to launch TPG UK and we talked
0:25.8	all about London through the eyes of Nicki Kelvin and just talk travel in general.
0:31.0	But today I want to talk about British Airways Executive Club, which just
0:36.8	won Best International Loyalty Program at our second annual TPG awards.
0:43.0	As a UK resident, I have to imagine,
0:46.0	is the BA program your number one?
0:48.0	It's my go to for the UK.
0:49.0	It's the easiest program to earn in,
0:51.0	it's the easiest program to spend in,
0:52.0	and BA has a huge network. You can get to the most
0:55.6	places with British Airways. So it's a very important program. But there's loads of
0:58.9	partners as well like you can do exciting stuff with. Yeah and for listeners in
1:02.2	the US you can transfer your
1:03.5	Chase ultimate rewards and Amex at one-to-one near instant ratios to top up your
1:08.8	account. Actually this summer Chase had their first ever transfer bonus, giving 30% more when you transfer to Avios.
1:16.9	You can also transfer Marry up Bonvoy at a decent ratio.
1:20.3	Basically 60,000.
1:21.6	Bonvoy is 25,000 obvious.
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