Avios-only flights explained: What is each point of British Airways frequent-flyer currency worth?

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet British Airways is now turning this around – and experimenting with flights that you can book only with its frequent-flyer currency. Tom Stoddart, chief executive of BA Euroflyer at Gatwick, said: “We are proud to be operating British Airways’ first Avios-only flight.” In a dig at easyJet, Vueling and Wizz Air, he added: “BA Euroflyer is the only short-haul carrier based at Gatwick to offer a loyalty programme, and now we’re offering more value and choice than ever for our members.” Is the Avios-only flight a good thing? “I do think that British Airways needs to give these flights better branding, and potentially a dedicated portal on ba.com, as Qantas does. On short-haul flights, British Airways guarantees a minimum of a dozen “reward seats”; on long-haul, it’s 14, spread across Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller.