Collecting Avios

Collecting Avios on flights

Whenever and wherever you fly, you can collect Avios with British Airways, our oneworld® alliance partners and our other airline partners. You can earn tier points too, on British Airways and oneworld flights. Find out about earning tier points on flights.

How it works

You’ll collect Avios aon almost all our flights except Reward Flights, agency discounted fares and industry discounted fares.

The amount you collect depends on which airline you fly with, the cabin you fly in, the type of ticket you hold and your tier in The British Airways Club. Each airline's policies are set out below.

You'll collect Avios for any flights you fly yourself, regardless of who bought the ticket. Avios are credited to your account up to three days after a British Airways flight or up to seven days for partners.

You can see how many you'll collect for an upcoming flight in Manage My Booking or you can check past flights on your Avios statement.

British Airways flights

You collect Avios on British Airways-marketed flights based on the price of your ticket and any eligible add-ons, such as extra baggage, that you buy as part of your trip.

You’ll collect Avios on:

  • Your fare
  • Carrier charges the airline may add
  • Cabin upgrades
  • Seats that you pre-book and pay for
  • Additional baggage

You’ll see this amount referred to on your Avios statement as “total eligible spend”.

The total you spend is multiplied according to your tier

x 6 Avios per £

Blue members
collect 6 Avios per pound (GBP)

x 7 Avios per £

Bronze members collect 7 Avios per pound (GBP)

x 8 Avios per £

Silver members
collect 8 Avios per pound (GBP)

x 9 Avios per £

Gold members
collect 9 Avios per pound (GBP)

Non-airline taxes and fees, such as airport charges and government taxes, don’t collect Avios.

If you pay in another currency, the amount you’ve spent is converted to GBP using the IATA 5-day exchange rate that applied on the day of your purchase. We’ll use this converted amount to calculate your Avios.

Exceptions

Tickets where the fare paid isn’t available, including flights booked as part of a British Airways Holidays package, flights with some of our partner airlines and some flights booked through travel agents, collect Avios based on a percentage of how many miles you fly and the cabin you fly in. Bronze, Silver and Gold members will collect Tier bonuses of 15%, 30% or 50% extra Avios on top of the base flight award.

For these types of bookings, use our flight calculator to work out how many Avios you’ll collect before booking.

Some of our oneworld and partner airlines will still award Avios based on the distance flown. See the list of other airlines below to find out how you’ll collect Avios or use our flight calculator to get an estimate.

Flight calculator

More about British Airways flights

If you use Avios to part pay the price of a cash ticket, you’ll collect Avios based on the full ticket price before the discount was applied.

If you use a discount or voucher code on your booking, the Avios you collect is based on the price after the discount is applied.

A codeshare flight is where two or more airlines share the same flight. It's operated by one airline under their own code and has additional flight numbers under the codes of other airlines. For example, the British Airways flight BA219 also operates under the American Airlines code AA6170.

Whether you collect Avios depends on the airline flight number on your ticket:

  • If your flight code is British Airways, you’ll collect Avios no matter who operates the flight.
  • If your flight code is for a oneworld airline, you’ll collect Avios only if your flight is also operated by a oneworld airline.
  • For other flight codes, you won’t collect Avios.

The amount you collect is determined by the airline code you booked under.

Other airlines

With some of our partner airlines your Avios will be calculated in the same way as British Airways, based on the price of your ticket.

For others, it'll be based on a percentage of the miles you fly. For example, if the Avios award is 25%, your Avios will be 25% of the miles flown.

To find out how many tier points you’ll earn with our partner airlines, see our Earning tier points on flights page.
  • Included: Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines (EA).
  • Minimum Avios: 300 (may vary in discount economy (World Traveller)).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

Up to and including 30 September 2023:

  • Economy lowest (L, S, R, W): 25%
  • Economy low (Y, M, N): 100%
  • Business lowest (D): 150%
  • Business flexible (C, J): 250%


From 1 October 2023:

  • Economy lowest (F, Q, Z, G): 25%
  • Economy low (Y, L, N): 100%
  • Business lowest (D, R): 150%
  • Business flexible (C, J): 250%


From 1 February 2024:

  • Economy lowest (A, G, O, Z): 25%
  • Economy low (Q, N, F, S, V, L, M, K): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business lowest (D, R, I): 150%
  • Business flexible (C, J): 250%

 

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  • Included: Alaska Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines Inc (AS).
  • Minimum Avios: 500 (may vary in discount economy (World Traveller)).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.
  • Business (Club World): Alaska business (Club World) is called 'First' but is awarded and operated as a business (Club World) cabin.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 31 March 2021:

  • Economy lowest (Q, O, G, X): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M, L, V, S, N): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D, I): 125%

 

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  • Included: American Airlines, American Eagle and American Connection (AA).

 

Avios awarded

American Airlines award Avios based on the price of your ticket rather than the distance you fly.

  • Blue members will collect 6 Avios per qualifying pound (GBP) spent
  • Bronze members will collect 7 Avios per qualifying pound (GBP) spent
  • Silver members will collect 8 Avios per qualifying pound (GBP) spent
  • Gold members will collect 9 Avios per qualifying pound (GBP) spent

Tickets where the fare paid isn’t available will continue collecting Avios based on a percentage of how many miles you fly and the cabin you fly in. For these bookings, use our flight calculator to work out how many Avios you’ll collect.

 

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  • Included: Cathay Pacific (CX).
  • Minimum Avios: 500 (may vary in discount economy).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

Up to and including 31 October 2023:

  • Economy lowest (K, L, M, N, Q, S, V): 25%
  • Economy low (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Premium economy lowest (R, E): 100%
  • Premium economy flexible (W): 110%
  • Business (J, C, D, I): 125%
  • First (F, A): 150%


From 1 November 2023:

  • Economy lowest (K, L, M, N, Q, S, V): 25%
  • Economy low (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Premium economy lowest (R, E): 100%
  • Premium economy flexible (W): 110%
  • Business (J, C, D, I, P): 125%
  • First (F, A): 150%

 

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  • Included: China Southern (CZ).
  • Minimum Avios: No.
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 1 April 2023:

  • Economy lowest (E, V, Z): 25%
  • Economy low (K, U, A, L, Q): 40%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H, P, M): 100%
  • Premium economy low (S): 75%
  • Premium economy flexible (W): 100%
  • Business low (I): 100%
  • Business flexible (J, C, D): 125%
  • First (F): 150%

 

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  • Included: Fiji Airways and Fiji Link (FJ).
  • Minimum Avios: 500 (may vary in discount economy).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 1 November 2022 (international flights):

  • Economy lowest (G, N, T, V): 25%
  • Economy low (K, L, M, S, O, Q, W): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D, I, Z): 125%


From 1 November 2022 (domestic flights):

  • Economy lowest (H, L, Q, Y): 25%

 

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  • Included: Finnair (AY). Excludes Finnair codeshare flights operated by Nordic Regional Airlines (AY8100-AY8700).
  • Minimum Avios: 500 (may vary in discount economy).
  • Avios tier bonus? Yes (10% extra for Bronze, 15% extra for Silver and 25% extra for Gold Members).
  • For transatlantic flights marketed by AY but operated by British Airways, awards will be as per the British Airways awards.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

Up to and including 31 May 2022:

  • Economy lowest (A, G, N, O, Q, S, W, Z): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M, P, T, L, V): 50%
  • Economy flexible (H): 70%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D, I, R): 125%


From 1 June 2022:

  • Economy lowest (Q, O, A, G, Z): 25%
  • Economy low (K, L, M, V, S, N): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Premium economy lowest (E, T, P): 100%
  • Premium economy flexible (W): 150%
  • Business lowest (R, I): 150%
  • Business flexible (J, C, D): 250%

 

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  • Included: Iberia (IB), Iberia Express (I2), Iberia Regional Air Nostrum.
  • Excluded: Flights operated by Level on behalf of Iberia.
  • Add-ons: You can collect Avios for eligible add-ons you buy as part of your trip.

 

Avios awarded

Iberia awards Avios based on the price of your ticket rather than the distance you fly. They award:

  • Blue members will collect 5 Avios per qualifying Euro (€) spent
  • Bronze members will collect 6 Avios per qualifying Euro (€) spent
  • Silver members will collect 7 Avios per qualifying Euro (€) spent
  • Gold members will collect 8 Avios per qualifying Euro (€) spent

Flights marketed and operated by Iberia between Madrid and Barcelona where the Air Shuttle product is purchased will award 1 additional Avios per euro (EUR) spent.

Flights marketed and operated by Iberia between Spain and Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean (excluding Puerto Rico) and South America will award 2 additional Avios per euro (EUR) spent.

Tickets where the fare paid isn’t available will collect a fixed amount of Avios based on the origin and destination of each flight. For these bookings, use our flight calculator to work out how many Avios you’ll collect.

 

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  • Included: Japan Airlines (JL), JAL Express (JL), J Air (JL), and Japan Transocean (NU), Japan Air Commuter (JAC) and Hokkaido Air System (HAC). (Flights operated by JAC and HAC will have JL flight numbers.)
  • Minimum Avios: No minimum.
  • Avios tier bonus? Yes, 25% extra for Bronze, 50% extra for Silver and 100% extra for Gold members. (Avios tier bonus isn't applicable on JL Domestic flights, only on JL International flights.)
  • Reward Flights: May only be booked on Japanese domestic flights two months from the date of return flight and only in the economy (World Traveller) cabin. This restriction does not apply to domestic flights booked in conjunction with international flights.
  • Japan Airlines domestic flights: The flight calculator does not currently display the correct information for domestic flights. Please refer to the table below.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 5 November 2021 (international flights):

  • Economy lowest (N, Q, O, G, Z): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M, L, V, S): 50%
  • Economy low (H): 70%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B): 100%
  • Premium economy lowest (P): 50%
  • Premium economy low (E): 70%
  • Premium economy flexible (W, R): 100%
  • Business low (X): 70%
  • Business (J, C, D, I): 125%
  • First (F, A): 150%


From 1 April 2021 (domestic flights):

  • Economy low (A): 75%
  • Economy flexible (Y): 100%
  • Business low (I): 85%
  • Business (J): 110%
  • First low (E): 125%
  • First (F): 150%

 

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  • Included: LATAM Chile (LA), LATAM Colombia (4C), LATAM Ecuador (XL), LATAM Peru (LP) and LATAM Brasil Airlines (JJ).
  • Minimum Avios: No minimum.
  • Avios tier bonus? No.
  • Reward flights: Infant must be booked as a child on LAN operated flights.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 11 May 2018:

  • Economy lowest (A, Q, O, G): 25%
  •  Economy low (K, L, M, N, S, V, X): 50%
  •  Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  •  Premium economy (P): 100%
  •  Premium economy flexible (W): 110%
  •  Business (J, C, D, I, Z): 125%

 

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  • Included: Malaysia Airlines (MH). Excludes MASWings carrier code MH3000 series, MH4000 series,MH5000 series, freighter (MH6000 series), Charter flights (MH8000 series), flights operated by Firefly (coded MH/FY), industry/agency discount tickets.
  • Minimum Avios: No minimum (effective as of 1 October 2021).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 1 October 2021:

  • Economy lowest (L, V, S, N): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business low (Z): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D): 125%
  • Business Suite (F, A): 150%

 

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  • Included: Qantas, QantasLink and Jetconnect (QF).
  • Minimum Avios: No minimum.
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Members of The British Airways Club can collect Avios on:

  • Flights marketed and operated by Qantas or Qantas Airlines affiliates under the QF designated code.
  • Flights marketed by Qantas but operated by Jetstar booked as oneworld fare in L class only.
  • Flights marketed by Qantas or Qantas Airlines affiliates and operated by Qantas, a Qantas affiliate, British Airways, or another oneworld carrier.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

  • Economy lowest (M, K, L, N, G, Q, S, V, O): 25%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Premium economy (W, T, R): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D, I): 125%
  • First (F, A): 150%

 

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  • Included: Qatar Airways (QR).
  • Minimum Avios: 300 (may vary in discount economy (World Traveller)).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

From 1 October 2021:

  • Economy lowest (T, O, W, G): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M, L, V, S, N, Q): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business low (P): 75%
  • Business (J, C, D, I, R): 125%
  • First (F, A): 150%

 

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  • Included: Royal Air Maroc (AT).
  • Minimum Avios: No.
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

  • Economy lowest (W, P, G): 25%
  • Economy low (K, M, L, V, S, N, Q, O, T, R): 50%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B, H): 100%
  • Business flexible (J, C, D, I): 125%

 

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  • Included: Royal Jordanian (RJ).
  • Minimum Avios: 300 (may vary in discount economy).
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

  • Economy lowest (H, K, L, M, N, O, Q, V, W, S): 25%
  • Economy flexible (Y, B): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D, I, Z): 125%

 

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  • Included: SriLankan Airlines (UL).
  • Minimum Avios: No minimum.
  • Avios tier bonus? No.

 

Avios awarded (percentage of miles flown)

  • Economy (R, S, N, Q, O): 25%
  • Economy (W, M, E, L, V): 50%
  • Economy (Y, B, P, H, K): 100%
  • Business (I): 100%
  • Business (J, C, D): 125%

 

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