Last year, Iberia and British Airways announced they would be moving towards a new spend-based system of earning miles, rather than distance flown, with Iberia adopting the changes in November.
British Airways has now announced changes will be taking place to the way Executive Club members earn from 18 October this year.
Under the new collection model, members will be able to collect up to nine Avios per £1 spent, depending on their tier status, and will also be able to collect Avios on ancillary purchases such as upgrades and pre-paid seat selection.
Based on tier status, members booking flights from 18 October, 2023 will now earn the following Avios:
- Blue members will receive 6 Avios per qualifying £1 spent
- Bronze members will receive 7 Avios per qualifying £1 spent
- Silver members will receive 8 Avios per qualifying £1 spent
- Gold members will receive 9 Avios per qualifying £1 spent
Qualifying costs include the base fare and carrier-imposed-charges on commercial tickets of all British Airways and Iberia marketed flights. This will also include upgrades purchased online or at the airport, pre-paid seating charges, or excess baggage charges.
On flights marketed or operated by other airlines, passengers will continue to collect Avios according to each airline’s model of accrual.
Ian Romanis, British Airways’ director of retail and customer relationship management, said: “We continue to listen to our customers’ feedback and ideas to evolve our Executive Club. This is a simpler and more transparent system offering more opportunities to collect Avios than ever before and rewarding loyalty based on customers’ cash spend. It’s a tried and tested model already used by a number of global airlines, including our sister airline Iberia.”
