Jul 21, 2014 my inlaws are flying from amsterdam dublin in coach on aer lingus for 4,500 avios and then dublin chicago for 40,000 avios in business class. Maybe you could get it by calling, but i dont know. Some airberlin flights no longer bookable using avios. Get great air berlin flight deals with alternative airlines flight promo codes and paypal vouchers. As i understand it, avios does offer ab as an award option. Book a reward flight to dublin and more for your next city break. When does british airways add fuel surcharges to avios awards.
Any flight under 1,150 flight miles will be 15,000 avios round trip in economy. Weve flown a number of times on air berlin using avios or aa miles, and they. Sep 19, 2017 you can only book a gold priority reward on ba flights excluding, in most cases, london cityflyer services. That said, short haul air fares in europe are only heading one way and. Want to book business flights to auh using avios can this be done on ba website or is it best to call baec. Book flights directly with any of our airline partners and use your. In fact, taxes make up a small share of the cash component of most british airways awards. Fly to berlin tegel txl from london heathrow lhr and london city airport lcy. I personally have had the best luck calling earlier in the day the call center opens at 7. Contact british airways reservations team, book your flights on very affordable price know the cancellation policy and baggage policy with british airways phone number. Book your reward flight using your avios, plus taxes, fees and charges payable in cash feel like adding a seat, bag or priority boarding to your reward flight booking. Air berlin no longer operates, however, you can still find a range of flight promo codes with many german and european airlines. The ba website will not let you book air berlin from sea because they do not serve this airport. Sop, the procedure you recommend find american flights and then book on british air may not always work.
Ba stops awarding avios for air berlin flights head for points. How to book avios tickets even when there is no availability. Note that the airline sells access to this lounge to business class passengers. Air berlin is no longer in operation, please see above for alternative airlines. Will i be able to continue to earn avios and tier points now that ba. Pay with avios to get money off the cost of any aer lingus flight when you book through. You can take reward flights with british airways, iberia and our one world and other partner airlines, wherever theres availability. Check the offers of cheap flights from the united states to more than 300 iberia destinations in spain, europe, america and asia, and reserve it at the best price. Je weniger avios sie verwenden, desto mehr bezahlen sie mit. How to use avios to book aer lingus flights for low fees.
To actually book you will have to call british airways, which can be a bit of a nightmare due to insanely long hold times. Feb 21, 20 spending avios low taxes on air berlin another way to avoid extortionate uk taxes on air travel is to use your avios with air berlin. Air berlin avios award availability flyertalk forums. Avios will take you to your favourite destinations around the world. If youre an iberia plus member, you not only get elite points, enabling you to upgrade to the next tier, but also earn avios every time you travel on a flight operated and sold by any of the more than 30 airlines in the oneworld alliance. As you can see, any oneway flight under 650 miles in actual flying distance only costs 4,500 avios points in economy, for a roundtrip of only 9,000. The avios agent had the coach ticket to offer on the flight, but not the businessclass ticket. There, youll be able to plug in your flight details and click search. Boston to dublin on aer lingus 25,000 avios round trip in economy. Some destinations, such as abu dhabi from berlin, require fewer avios than using british airways from london because it is a shorter flight and this puts it in a cheaper avios pricing zone. In my demo, i will book an american airlines flight, but the steps below will work with us airways, british airways, and most oneworld alliance airlines.
British airways collects fuel surcharges on almost all award redemptions. Most airberlin routes need the same number of avios as a peak day ba ticket, eg 120,000 in business class to new york. These include direct flights into or out of the american hub airports mentioned earlier. But the flights that have availability seem to be limited to only 2 per flight. Miami to berlin is 4,974 miles and therefore is 25,000 avios, according to the chart above. You can book to any worldwide destination, where theres availability, with british airways and our one world partners. Ultimately they need to get back to kansas, so they may book another flight using avios on partner american airlines from chicago to wichita for 4,500 avios in coach.
I would like to book a flight on air berlin from tel aviv to berlin and back. Nov 26, 2019 and by using iberia avios which can be transferred 1. Here are the key points to consider before you book on airberlin. Discover where you can get to with iberia, vueling and british airways. Go to the website, select the option to book with avios and you will be able to book an american airlines flight using avios on the british airways website. Options for any eligible flight will be shown automatically as long as you are logged in and have a sufficient avios balance. You can plug in specific airport codes by using reward flight calculator on after logging into your account and choosing executive club option, then clicking on spending avios link. Being able to book us airways flights with british airways avios has opened up some great possibilities. Flights that you book using avios are called reward flights.
I cant figure out a pattern as to which flight availability has been scaled back it seems quite random to me. 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. Read and agree to the terms on the next page, clicking continue again to progress. Save miles by using british airways avios to book american. With a flight time of less than two hours, and multiple flights departing from. For flights with a total distance under 650 miles, oneway redemptions start at 4,000 points offpeak and 4,500 for peak travel days in economy. How to book a flight with airmiles or avios cal mctravels. Theres dozens of examples of times that it makes sense to book american airlines award flights with british airways avios.
Choose your preferred pay with avios discount from the options displayed on the payment page get money off the cost of your flight while still earning tier credits and avios. May 11, 2020 since british airways avios has a distancebased award chart, you can spread out your avios for short distance flights. New york to berlin on air berlin 40,000 avios round trip in economy. Flights to berlin txl book now with british airways. To celebrate, executive club members can now earn double avios when you book a flight operated and marketed by us airways and british airways codeshare flights.
Reward flight saver is one of the best ways to use your avios points. But a business class flight from miami to dusseldorf would cost 75,000 british airways avios points. The additional avios points will be debited from your account within 21 days. Apr 07, 2020 reward flight saver allows anyone who has earned one avios in the last year to book a shorthaul economy reward flight with a subsidised level of taxes and charges.
How to book british airways reward flights using avios points. Apr 27, 2019 the total distance for a flight that routes through berlin is 5,991 miles but thats irrelevant you have to calculate each segment. Us airways flights bookable using british airways avios one. American airlines recently reduced the miles required for flights under 500 flights miles to 7,500 miles each way, so you could book this same flight on american for 15,000. 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. I had 24,000 avios in my account, but since british airways allows cash to be substituted for avios at relatively favorable rates, i had to decide how many avios to redeem including transfers in from chase ultimate rewards and how much cash to pay for the two. Now you can book any flight you want, combining an open ticket with a closed tick.
Book us airways flights with british airways avios. For example, for 9,000 avios you can book a oneway ticket covering a distance. That being said, availability using avios still exists for other flights such as berlin to dusseldorf, which appears normally as it always did. You pay avios plus a cash amount to cover the taxes, fees and carrier charges. Spending avios low taxes on air berlin the miles mogul. How to book award flights using british airways avios the. Collect avios on your flights, hotels, online shopping, outlet shopping, transportation and much more. Another way to greatly cut down on the fees when booking british airways avios is to book your flight on air berlin. Booking aer lingus flights with british airways avios.
Aug 06, 2019 i tried to book a latam businessclass flight yesterday, using avios, and i failed, even though the flight showed available for award at the latam website and i called the avios phone line to book it. Com en united states the best prices for iberia flights. The problem with bas search engine is that its rather limited in the results it shows. Pay for the flights using your avios you just need to pay the taxes fees and charges with cash. British airways executive club air berlin avios award availability hello ba avios members, hoping to shed some light on award availability for air berlin. Jun 09, 2017 if you are flying within the eu you will only pay. For example, i went to book a flight on cathay from bangkok to new york via. How to book award flights using british airways avios. Dec 11, 2019 dfw to cabo is 1025 miles, and a flight with a distance of up to 1150 miles is going to be 7,500 avios each way in economy or 15,000 avios each way for businessfirst class. How to book american airlines flights with british airways. Besides, your avios will take you further becaues you can use them to fly with the airlines in the alliance. Now you can fly to europe in air berlins new premium coach.
Air berlin has a good network of routes from germany, and you can use avios to book these flights, quickly and easily on. You cannot, for example, get rfs pricing on finnair s manchester to helsinki route. You pay with your avios plus a cash amount for taxes, fees and carrier charges. Here are some of the routes you could take advantage of all prices one way. With the demise of airberlin, it is hard to cross the. And berlin to moscow is 1,017, costing another 7,500 miles. Enjoy your avios and use them to get a discount when you book your tickets. Sep 14, 2016 i found flight availability on american charlotte to roanoke, oneway using american miles but the same flights are not available using british air avios. Mar 31, 2014 earn double avios when you fly with us airways, the newest member of the oneworld alliance us airways has recently joined the worlds leading quality global airline alliance oneworld. Best ways to redeem british airways avios without huge fees. Reward flight saver is not available any other ba or avios. How to book reward flight saver flights with avios points. Sep 21, 2018 short flights within europe are a great way to spend british airways avios because of the distancebased award chart. Looking across all frequent flyer schemes except avios, short haul redemptions are a waste of time unless you need flexibility or are travelling at short notice.
Using british airways avios points for amazing reward values. Best value with flat tax rates on eligible bookings. When you book your flight, the standard avios points price for a reward flight will be debited immediately. Jul 03, 2014 if you live on the east coast within driving distance to the airports served by air berlin or aer lingus, this could be a great opportunity to use avios. British airways executive club how do i book airberlin using ba avios. But if you want to go to the uk, why fly to lax and berlin on the way. I went on line and when i tried to book the flight there was nowhere i was asked for my avios account. You can book flights with iberia for yourself or for whoever you want in exchange for your avios. I have 31,674 points and i have no idea how i can use them in order to book this flight for myself and for my husband. These short distance flights start at 4,500 avios 4,000 offpeak and can be redeemed for any flight under 650 miles outside of the us. Apr 12, 2016 for example, a 1way flight between new york and berlin or dusseldorf costs 60,000 british airways avios points.
How to cancel or refund british airways avios award tickets in this howto guide, i will show you how to book a british airways avios award ticket. Simply contact us on your local aer lingus reservations number where the team will be happy to help you. You can currently book a club world return flight from lisbon or porto. Use our ba avios calculator for british airways points. Do i book the auh chauffeur service at the time of booking or later, and is there a mileage limit on. Once the avios are in your account, its time to book your flight. Reward flight saver allows anyone who has earned one avios in the last year to book a shorthaul economy reward flight with a subsidised level of taxes and charges.