123 Direct Flights From Philadelphia That Can Be Booked With British Airways Avios

Great

Thanks Dan!

btw, are you planning to update those published posts to include US Airways flights?

So nyc to tlv can be 34.5k avios each way..? Sounds good

thanks – can you do one for boston please?

@Andy F.:
Your wish is my command, it’s done!

@Yehuda:
Yup, though TLV is always the toughest route to find awards on.

@robert:
At some point, probably will finish the hubs first.

So how are the awards? Are they as easy as finding availability on American?

I appreciate the post. A friendly request for any future Avios route postings: Boston! (I’d be happy to wait in line)

Thanks Dan, great job as always!
Which of the new international flights with no fuel surcharges stick out as particularly good values? (eg. TLV)

Are you sure toronto is 3x for business class? On BA for AA flights it’s only double for any flights to/from canada. I tried to check toronto but it was only showing economy.

@Dan fan:
Should be pretty comparable.

@brian:
Everything in Europe is fantastic!

@Ryan:
AA markets Canada/Caribbean as business so it’s only double miles.

USAirways markets those as first, so unfortunately it is triple miles.

If the non-stop to TLV isn’t available, where are the best places in Europe to get connecting flights using avios? Thanks!

NYC>PHL with what public transportation?

Hey Dan,
Thanks again for all of your wisdom. We are actually having trouble syncing USAirways reward dates with that of Avios. They are showing availability on USAirways, but not when we attempt to search through BA…
Any advice?

just noticed that BA.com seems to be charging $20 instead of 2.50 for lga-yyz is that a glitch or have our fees just gone up? thanks

Thanks for the list, Dan. It’s very helpful to have it in one place.

For Philly-based readers familiar with the US Airways Dividend Miles (DM) program, you can see how incredibly useful it now is to have Avios points. It kind of works well in conjunction with having DM miles. DM works great for long haul trips, particularly those in premium cabins. Avios works best for nonstop short to medium haul (including Europe!), but only in coach class, because both the premium cabin and connecting-flight redemptions tend to be expensive. Avios also has no award ticketing fees (DM has plenty), even on close-to-travel-date award travel, and seems to only take any cancellation fees out of the taxes (which means if you’ve paid only $2.50 for your domestic award redemption, that’s effectively your change/cancellation fee!).

But, sadly, all is not wonderful. It is not correct to say US award availability is similar to AA’s. AA’s award availability has deteriorated in recent years, but it’s still better than what US offers. US offers Delta like availability; you’re probably going to be disappointed if you want to travel on any popular day, even if you try to book many money in advance. The seats just won’t be there. So understand that this is a great new tool, but also one that is less than perfect.

That’s book many “months” in advance.

And I forgot another great difference with Avios over DM: you can book one-way. In fact, you should consider booking all your Avios as one-way trips, as it makes it easier to make changes.

What about destinations from toronto?

hi dan! thanx for all good deals you post.
Pls help, im looking to fly to la with avios points and i cant find on British airways website anything on may 20. would you know if any good deals will come up closer to this date? or any another way to book ?

Intresting from nyc to Toronto in biz they charge only double that’s 9k and from phl they charge triple that’s 13.5k
any reason

Thanks Dan!

Thanks, Dan. You’ve just helped me decide where to transfer my AMEX Membership Rewards points before closing our PRG cards (I really wished there was a BA transfer bonus now or coming soon!)

I appreciate all the work you put into these lists. Unfortunately I have NEVER been able to find round trip availability in the 3 years I’ve had these BA points. Plenty from LGA-ORD but nothing on the way back, same with LGA-ATL, NYC-MIA and now PHL-ORD.

@ Dan:
Great post! Loving the option of using Avios on USAirways flights now.
One important question now that it’s an option: Do you or anyone else know how to add your Dividend Miles number to a USAirways reservation after booking with Avios? This would allow for free checked baggage or other benefits for anyone with a Barclay’s USAirways credit card or elite status. There is a way for AA, now we need one for USAirways! Thanks.

Dan, does BA avios WEBSITE only show nonstop flights because when I looked on AA site it showed three different flights on 8/31/14 one way phil to san diego(one nonstop and two with stop overs); but when I inserted that date on Ba avios it only showed the one nonstop?

@Kermit:
Madrid would be an option.

@Benyamin:
Search on AA.com for nonstops.

@dfd:
Click through to the next page and it goes down.

@iahphx:
US award space is better than DL, IMHO.

@hannah:
Award space changes daily, keep checking.

@@dan:
See comment 10.

@Jim:
Definitely due for one.

@MarktMan:
No idea what you’re doing wrong, I’ve booked hundreds of such tickets.
Search the AA calendar for space and then book one-ways on nonstop flights via BA.com

@CtownBin:
Did you try changing it on USAir.com?
You can always call USAir until Finnair adds USAir as an option online.

@Anonymous:
Nonstop only.
You can just book them seperately and they’ll send your bags straight through.

can you pls do one for detroit?

@milzz:
phx-10k
mia-10k
ord-4.5k
lga-4.5k
phl-4.5k
clt-4.5k
dfw-7.5k

Hi Dan – thanks for sharing all this great information! Will you be putting together this list for WAS (IAD, DCA, BWI) anytime soon? If you can instruct me how to pull together such a list I’d be glad to do it and share it with you (and your readers).

DL

Haha, thanks so much!

Any chance of a similar list for Charlotte?

PHL to EDI is no longer a route

Any suggestions on using Avios around the beginning of June from Tel Aviv to Dublin – not through London with its horrific fees? I want to take advantage of the Dublin-Boston bargain.

I have 55k avios, jfk,ewr, or phl, to tlv, may 4 to 11? elal?

I have 55k united, 60k AAdvantage, delta 51k jfk,ewr, or phl, to tlv, may 4 to 11? elal? or best price May 4 to 11, or 12 ?

@dan PHL-YQB seems to be seasonal on AA. Anyway no availability for Avios on any date in 2016!?