TPG Lemonade British Airways Avios

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Life has given us all a few (or perhaps a lot of) lemons over the last couple of weeks. The entire TPG staff has been hard at work not only reporting everything you need to know about COVID-19 but also thinking about how we can take those lemons and turn them into lemonade for you, our readers.

This led us to develop our new #TPGLemonade sessions: a series of 15-minute overview trainings on one loyalty program at a time.

Today's session covers the British Airways Avios.

Show notes:

1:25 - How to earn Avios
4:10 - How to redeem Avios
5:40 - Distance-based pricing
5:54 - Priced per segment
6:22 - Taxes and surcharges (YQ)
6:57 - Redemption examples
13:00 - Points and cash booking
14:12 - Avoid having multiple airline partners
14:40 - Fifth-freedom routes

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TPG Lemonade session: British Airways Avios