Welcome to The British Airways Club

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Welcome to the British Airways Club.

Please listen to the following important announcement.

We first started rewarding our customers 40 years ago, and since then a lot has changed. So we’re making changes to better reward you.

No matter where or why you travel, we’ve re-thought the way you earn tier points.

They’re the points that help you move up in the Club, from Blue, to Bronze, and beyond. From 1 April 2025 we’ll reward you based on your spend, rather than the distance you travel.

It means you’ll now earn one tier point for every £1 you spend on British Airways flights, minus non-airline fees and taxes.

And you’ll still earn tier points with our partner airlines.

We’ve also introduced new ways you can earn more tier points:

• Paying for extras
• Purchasing a contribution to Sustainable Aviation Fuels (‘SAF’)*
• Booking with British Airways Holidays (where available)
• And using your British Airways American Express® Premium Plus Card (applies to UK customers only)

Plus there’ll be bonus offers to boost your tier points. For example, this year you can earn up to an extra 550 tier points per flight.

Moving up means you’ll unlock benefits like free seat selection and lounge access.

And of course you’ll still collect Avios when you spend with us and our partners, which you can redeem for Reward Flights and experiences.

It’s all yours in the new British Airways Club.

Let’s see where it takes you.

We launched our first loyalty programme more than 40 years ago and we’ve evolved it significantly in that time. The way our customers travel has changed, and we’ve changed too.

Not only have we introduced more ways than ever to earn tier points, but the new way of earning makes it simpler for you to work out how many you can expect.

We continue to seek ways to make our loyalty programme as rewarding as possible and we look forward to bringing our members on our journey’s new chapter.

From 1 April 2025, you started to earn tier points based on our new system and your tier thresholds changed. You can now earn tier points with Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF*) contributions and bookings with British Airways Holidays.

We’ve made some changes to the way members earn tier points. These changes were announced on 30 December 2024 and affect the way you earn tier points for flights and British Airways Holidays package bookings.

From 1 April 2025, Club members no longer collect tier points based on distance travelled. Instead, tier points are now based on total eligible spend for your flight tickets, any qualifying add-ons, and holiday package bookings.

When you book a flight, eligible spend includes the base fare and the Carrier Imposed Charges (YQ and YR), but not the non-airline taxes and fees. You can find the price breakdown of your ticket on the “Flight Summary” page before confirming your booking or on the booking confirmation email (e-ticket receipt).

When you book a British Airways Holidays package or buy any eligible add-ons (seat selection, additional baggage or cabin upgrades) your eligible spend will be the full amount spent.

Any flights that were booked on or after 30 December 2024 for travel from 1 April 2025 earn tier points based on total eligible spend.

Tier points are now based on total eligible spend. You can also earn tier points for any qualifying add-ons as part of your trip from this date.

We’ll award 1 tier point for 1 pound (£) spent on:

• The base fare on any commercial British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia marketed flights
• The Carrier Imposed Charges (YQ and YR) on any commercial British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia marketed flights
• Cabin upgrades made online or at the airport on any British Airways marketed and operated flights
• Additional baggage pre-purchased online, through our Contact Centres or at the airport on any British Airways or Iberia marketed and operated flights
• Pre-paid seating charges on any British Airways or Iberia marketed and operated flights

Yes, Club members will continue to earn tier points on British Airways Holidays “Flight + Hotel” and “Flight + Car” bookings.

We’ve also removed the minimum stay requirement, so more of your holidays can count towards your tier point balance.

For holidays with a travel date from 1 April 2025, you’ll earn 1 tier point per pound (£) spent on the total price of your holiday package. Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking. All passengers who have added a British Airways Club number will receive their tier points after the trip is complete. Infants under two can’t earn tier points on a British Airways Holidays package.

This replaces the tier points members collect against individual flights taken as part of a British Airways Holidays package booking, as well as any bonuses unless otherwise specified.

The lead booker will continue to receive 1 bonus Avios for every pound (£) spent based on the full value of the holiday package, and each member of the travel party will continue to collect Avios for the individual flights taken.

Here’s an example:

• You make a Flight + Hotel booking for 2 people with a total price of £1,000
• Each traveller would be eligible to earn 500 tier points after their trip
• Each traveller would also collect Avios for each eligible flight they take as part of their booking
• The person who makes the booking would also receive 1,000 bonus Avios

You must book through the Flight + Hotel or Flight + Car option and add the individual British Airways Club number for each member prior to travel to earn tier points for your British Airways Holidays package.

As before, you can only earn tier points for flights you take yourself.

For British Airways Holidays package bookings, tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking and awarded after the trip is complete.

The total eligible spend will be converted to GBP using the IATA 5-day exchange rate. This is calculated using either the ticket issue date or when the add-on was purchased. Your tier points will be calculated using this converted amount.

The total eligible spend for British Airways Holidays package bookings made in another currency will be converted to GBP using the OANDA rate of exchange, calculated on the date the booking was made.

Go to Manage My Booking to check how many tier points you can earn on your bookings. Please note, Bonus tier points are not included in these quotes. 

View our About tier points page to understand how many tier points you can now earn for flights marketed by British Airways, American Airlines or Iberia, as well as British Airways Holidays packages.

Or visit our Earning tier points on flights page to see how many you can earn with oneworld or other partner airlines.

Club members will earn tier points for the segments they fly themselves, regardless of who bought the ticket.

For British Airways Holidays packages with a travel date from 1 April 2025, you'll earn 1 tier point per pound (£) spent based on the total price of your holiday.

Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking, and members of the travel party who have added a British Airways Club number will receive their tier points after they've completed their trip.

The same as before, up to three days after the flight or eligible add-on has been used. Air partners can take up to seven days to credit.

Tier points earned from a British Airways Holidays package take 14 days, after you’ve completed your trip, to credit.

From 1 April 2025, members are able to earn tier points on:

• Flights
• Qualifying add-ons
• British Airways Holidays package bookings
• Contributions to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF*)

Also in 2025, British Airways American Express Premium Plus Cardmembers will be able to earn up to 2,500 tier points by spending on their card. More details of this offer will be announced closer to the offer launch date.

We’ll also continue to explore further opportunities for you to earn tier points.

You’ll be able to earn up to 1,000 tier points per tier point collection year, starting 1 April 2025. You’ll earn 1 tier point and 10 Avios per pound (£) spent.

To do this, you’ll need to visit our dedicated platform, powered by our partner chooose.

Due to the updates to your British Airways Club account, it will take longer than usual for any tier points to be awarded. Please allow at least seven days before getting in touch to claim missing Avios or tier points. 

Your contribution to Sustainable Aviation Fuels (‘SAF’) supports the purchase of quantities of SAF, which count towards our voluntary SAF commitments and enables SAF usage beyond the UK government’s SAF mandate.

‘Sustainable Aviation Fuels’ (‘SAF’) are defined in the Refuel EU Aviation Regulation  as aviation fuels that are either synthetic aviation fuels, aviation biofuels or recycled carbon aviation fuels. For further information, please visit BA Better World.

In 2025, British Airways American Express® Premium Plus Cardmembers will be able to earn up to 2,500 tier points by spending on their card.

More details of this offer will be announced closer to the offer launch date.

Tier point thresholds from 1 April 2025: 

• Blue: No tier point requirement
• Bronze: 3,500 tier points
• Silver: 7,500 tier points
• Gold: 20,000 tier points

No. All members receive 1 tier point per qualifying pound (£) spent for flights and qualifying add-ons marketed by British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia.

No. There is no longer a need to take a certain number of flights in addition to the tier points needed to move between tiers.

You can find more information on our tier point pages.

Yes, The British Airways Club continues this method of progressing through the tiers. Simply take 25 flights with a British Airways code to reach Bronze, or 50 to reach Silver.

From 1 April 2025, your account will allow you to track your progress towards the next tier or renewing your membership.

From 1 April 2025 the way members earn tier points has changed and the number of lifetime tier points needed to reach the lifetime tiers has also been updated.

Lifetime tier thresholds from 1 April 2025:

• Gold for Life: 550,000 lifetime tier points

Yes, lifetime tier point balances have been adjusted to reflect the changes to how tier points are now earned and the new lifetime thresholds.

Your proportional progress towards the next lifetime threshold has been carried over. For instance, if you’ve collected 50% of the lifetime tier points required for Gold for Life, your new balance will equal 50% of the new threshold. You can work out your new balance by multiplying your balance on 31 March 2025 by 15.71.

For example:

• Previous balance – 17,500 lifetime tier points 
• This converts to – 275,000 lifetime tier points

Or, if you're already a Gold for Life Member, your lifetime tier points balance has been proportionally transferred, or set to at least 550,000 lifetime tier points, whichever is higher. You can work out your new balance by multiplying your balance on 31 March 2025 by 15. If the result is less than 550,000 lifetime tier points, it will be increased to 550,000 lifetime tier points.

Here’s an example: 

• Previous balance – 50,000 lifetime tier points
• This converts to – 750,000 lifetime tier points

From 1 April 2025 all the new ways members can earn tier points will count towards your lifetime tier point balance.

This means you'll be able to earn lifetime tier points on: 

• Flights
• Qualifying add-ons
• British Airways Holidays package bookings
• Buying contributions to Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF*)
• Tier points earned from spend on the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card

For flights booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel from 1 April 2025, that are marketed by British Airways, American Airlines or Iberia, tier points will be awarded based on a conversion of the previous method. 

This means any bookings you made, will earn proportionally the same number of tier points, or more, as expected when you booked.

Examples for flights booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel after 1 April 2025

London Heathrow to New York booked in Economy (O class):

• Before 1 April 2025, you would have earned 20 tier points each way
• From 1 April 2025, we’ll convert this to 267 tier points each way
• When you fly, you’ll earn tier points based on this converted amount, rather than eligible spend 

London Heathrow to Madrid in Club Europe (I class) 

• Before 1 April 2025, you earn 40 tier points each way
• From 1 April 2025, we’ll convert this to 534 tier points each way
• When you fly, you’ll earn tier points based on this converted amount, rather than eligible spend

You’ll also earn tier points for any qualifying add-ons purchased as part of your trip.

You'll now earn tier points based on total eligible spend. You’ll also earn tier points for any qualifying add-ons purchased as part of your trip.

If you make any changes to your trip and your ticket price changes, the tier points you earn will be based on the total eligible spend for your updated ticket.

For flights booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel from 1 April 2025, that are marketed by British Airways, American Airlines or Iberia, tier points will be awarded based on a conversion of the previous method.

This means any bookings you made before we announced the changes will earn proportionally the same number of tier points, or more, as expected when you booked.

Any flights you took before 1 April 2025 earn tier points under the previous distance-based method and will count towards your previous qualification period.

Any flights you took before 1 April 2025 earned tier points under the previous distance-based method and counted towards your previous qualification period.

Any flights taken from 1 April 2025 earn tier points based on total eligible spend.

For flights booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel from 1 April 2025, that are marketed by British Airways, American Airlines or Iberia, tier points will be awarded based on a conversion of the previous method.

This means any bookings you made before we announced the changes, will earn proportionally the same number of tier points, or more, as expected when you booked. 

The above includes flights taken as part of a British Airways Holidays package booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024. 

If you have a British Airways Holidays package booked after 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 where your trip starts before 1 April 2025 and ends after this date, your outbound flight will be awarded to your previous qualification period using the previous distance-based method. You'll earn 1 tier point per pound (£) spent on the total price of your holiday, which will go towards your new qualification period. Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking.

All passengers who have added a British Airways Club number will receive their tier points after the trip is complete. Infants under two can’t earn tier points on a British Airways Holidays package.

This replaces the tier points members earn against individual flights taken as part of a British Airways Holidays package booking, as well as any other bonuses.

We’ve made some changes to the way members earn tier points. These changes affect travel from 1 April 2025 for British Airways Holidays package bookings.

For holidays booked from 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 with a travel date from 1 April 2025, you’ll earn 1 tier point per pound (£) spent based on the total price of your holiday. Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking. Members of the travel party who have added a British Airways Club number will receive their tier points after they have completed their trip. 

This means members can earn tier points on the flights and hotel or car elements booked as part of a British Airways Holidays package booking, and replaces both the standard and bonus tier points members currently earn against individual flights.

For holidays booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel from 1 April 2025, tier points will be awarded based on a conversion of the previous method. This means any bookings you made before we announced the changes, including bookings made as part of the British Airways Holidays double tier points offer, will earn proportionally the same number of tier points, or more, as expected when you booked.

Example for a holiday booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel after 1 April 2025, that was eligible for the previous double tier points offer: 

• London Heathrow to New York booked in Economy (O class)
• Today you earn 20 tier points each way
• From 1 April 2025, we’ll convert this to 267 tier points each way, when you fly
• After your trip, we’ll add a bonus 534 tier points to your account, meaning you’ll earn 1,068 tier points in total for your holiday

Only eligible holidays booked before 13:00 GMT 30 December 2024 for travel completed by 30 June 25 will receive double tier points bonus award.

Yes. For bookings made through travel management companies or travel agents and in some cases where the fare isn't available or hasn't been disclosed, you'll earn tier points based on percentage of miles flown. The cabin and booking class will also be considered, as shown in the table below.

For example, if you fly 1,000 miles in Business Lowest you'll earn 250 tier points, which is 25% of the miles flown.

These are the rates we use:

From 1 April 2025, flights marketed by American Airlines (AA) and Iberia (IB) earn tier points based on total eligible spend. You'll also earn tier points for qualifying add-ons on flights marketed and operated by Iberia.

For flights marketed by oneworld or other air partners, you'll earn tier points based on a percentage of how many miles you fly, as well as your booking class and the cabin you fly in, regardless of when it was booked.

There are no changes to how you collect Avios on our partner airlines.

You can check how many tier points your partner airline flight will earn under the new method by visiting our Earning tier points on flights page and selecting the partner airline you wish to view from the list, or via our Flight calculator.

Flights marketed by British Airways or a partner airline that awards based on total eligible spend earn tier points based on the pro-rated ticket price for those flights.

Flights marketed by other air partners earn tier points, where applicable, based on how far you fly, as well as your booking class and the cabin you fly in.

No. We’ve changed the way members earn tier points and the number of tier points needed to reach the British Airways Club membership levels.

You collect Avios when you fly based on total eligible spend and you can find more information on our Earning tier points on flights.

Yes. Members who use Avios to part-pay the price of a cash ticket continue to earn tier points and Avios based on the full, total eligible spend for the booking, before the discount is applied.

Additionally, members who choose to part-pay or pay in full using Avios for pre-paid seating, baggage or airport promotional upgrades will now also be eligible to earn tier points for their qualifying add-ons, as well as Avios.

Tier points and Avios aren’t awarded on Reward Flight bookings.

Yes. Any qualifying add-ons purchased on a reward booking for a travel date from 1 April 2025 will earn tier points and Avios based on the total eligible spend.

Your Reward Flight itself isn’t eligible to earn any tier points or Avios.

Yes. Members who apply a discount or voucher code to their booking, will earn tier points and Avios on the total eligible spend after the discounted amount is applied.

From 1 April 2025, the number of tier points needed to unlock certain rewards are:

• Gold Upgrade Voucher for Two: 35,000 tier points
• 2 x Gold Upgrade Voucher for One: 50,000 tier points

Your Partner Cards will be valid for 12 months once they're available to use on your account.

From 1 April 2025, any member nominated for a Gold or Silver Partner Card will receive the applicable level of membership benefits for a period of 12 months following the effective nomination date.

Here’s an example:

• Your British Airways Club Partner Cards are available to use from 1 April 2025
• You nominate a member for a Silver Partner Card on 1 July 2025
• Your nominee will remain a Silver member of The British Airways Club until 31 July 2026

At the end of the Partner Card validity, your nominee’s membership level will be determined by the number of tier points earned in their previous or current qualification period (whichever is higher), unless nominated for a subsequent Partner Card.

All members will be able to unlock bonus Avios awards when earning tier points at the below thresholds.

We’ll keep you updated with further updates during 2025.

More information can be found on The Wine Flyer website along with answers to frequently asked questions. Wine Flyer discount is available for use on purchases from 30 December 2024.

On 1 April, the new tier point collection year will begin, and we will be switching to our new way of earning tier points and tier levels. To reflect this, we need to make the following updates to members’ accounts:

• Reset your tier points for the new tier point collection year.
• Update all members’ accounts to reflect the new membership period (1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026).
• Update your eligible flight and tier point tracker to show progress towards the new annual thresholds.

As we work through these changes, it may take a few hours to reset your account to the new tier point collection year.

Your lifetime tier points will be adjusted to reflect the changes to how tier points are earned from 1 April, and your balance should be updated by the evening of 2 April. You’ll also see a transaction on your statement showing your previous lifetime tier point balance, and the newly converted amount.

Between 31 March and 2 April we’ll be updating your British Airways Club account and it will take longer than usual for any flights you have taken to be awarded. Please allow at least seven days before getting in touch to claim missing Avios or tier points

Between 31 March and 2 April we’ll be updating your British Airways Club account, and it won’t be possible to claim any missing Avios or tier points. Please allow at least seven days before getting in touch to claim missing Avios or tier points.

You may be temporarily unable to see your progress to tier tracker between 31 March and 1 April 2025 while we update your account. 

Your tier will be unaffected during this time and you will still be able to make use of your benefits and access your digital membership card from the British Airways app.

You can continue to spend Avios in all the usual ways while we update your account.

During this transition phase, claims for missing Avios and tier points, as well as tier point balances, will be unavailable both online and through our contact centres. The contact centres will still be happy to help with managing bookings and general enquiries. We will be working hard to make sure the service is resumed as quickly as possible on 2 April, and we thank you for your patience in the meantime.