Using British Airways Avios on Partners Air Berlin and Niki

Point Me To The Plane wrote an interesting article about Avios Awards on Hidden Partners – Trip Report Monarch Airlines London – Mallorca today (August 15) that highlighted some of the lesser known Avios partners.  That reminded me that I booked a few flights for January 2014 on Air Berlin’s partner airline Niki.  According to Wikipedia, “NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH, also known as flyNiki is a scheduled semi-lowcost airline and a subsidiary of Air Berlin.”

To use British Airways Avios on Niki flights, just search BA.com as you normally would on the routes that Niki flies (complete list provided at the bottom of this post).

You are given the option to pay more/less Avios or more/less taxes.

Looking on ITA, the price for the flight is $104.70.

The fare itself is only $8, but the taxes are almost $100 per ticket.

I calculated each Avios and tax combination to determine what had the highest cost per mile (CPM).  Ultimately, the first choice is the best redemption value.

Avios	Taxes	CPM
4,500	$43.52	1.36
4,050	$53.52	1.26
3,600	$58.52	1.28
3,150	$63.52	1.31
2,700	$73.52	1.15
2,250	$78.52	1.16

Here is a list of all airports that Niki currently flies to/from as of February 2013:

Egypt

• Hurghada International Airport
• Luxor International Airport
• Marsa Alam International Airport
• Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport

Israel

• Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion International Airport

Turkey

• Antalya – Antalya Airport [seasonal]
• Dalaman – Dalaman Airport [seasonal]

Austria

• Graz Airport
• Innsbruck Airport
• Linz Airport focus city
• Salzburg Airport focus city
• Vienna International Airport (HUB)

Cyprus

• Larnaca International Airport [from January 31st, 2014]

Denmark

• Copenhagen Airport

France

• Nice – Côte d’Azur Airport
• Paris – Charles de Gaulle Airport

Germany

• Frankfurt Airport
• Munich Airport

Greece

• Chania – Chania International Airport [seasonal]
• Corfu International Airport [seasonal]
• Heraklion International Airport [seasonal]
• Kalamata – Kalamata International Airport [seasonal]
• Karpathos – Karpathos Island National Airport [seasonal]
• Kavala – Kavala International Airport [seasonal]
• Kos Island International Airport [seasonal]
• Mykonos – Mykonos Island National Airport [seasonal]
• Patras – Araxos Airport [seasonal]
• Preveza – Aktion National Airport [seasonal]
• Rhodes International Airport [seasonal]
• Samos International Airport [seasonal]
• Santorini – Santorini (Thira) National Airport [seasonal]
• Skiathos – Skiathos Island National Airport [seasonal]
• Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki International Airport
• Volos – International Airport of Central Greece [seasonal]
• Zakynthos International Airport [seasonal]

Iceland

• Reykjavík – Keflavik Airport [seasonal]

Ireland

• Shannon Airport [seasonal]

Italy

• Florence – Peretola Airport
• Milan – Malpensa Airport
• Olbia – Costa Smeralda Airport [seasonal]
• Rome – Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport

Kosovo

• Prishtina International Airport

Portugal

• Funchal – Madeira Airport [seasonal]

Russia

• Moscow – Domodedovo International Airport

Spain

• Barcelona Airport
• Fuerteventura – El Matorral Airport
• Ibiza Airport [seasonal]
• Jerez de la Frontera – Jerez Airport [seasonal]
• Lanzarote Airport
• Las Palmas – Gran Canaria Airport
• Málaga Airport
• Menorca – Menorca Airport [seasonal]
• Palma de Mallorca – Son Sant Joan Airport
• Tenerife South Airport
• Valencia – Valencia Airport

Sweden

• Stockholm-Arlanda Airport

Switzerland

• Zürich Airport

United Kingdom

• Edinburgh Airport [seasonal]

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.