Avios.com Adds Search for Connecting Flight Itineraries

Avios, the award currency of several major carriers, has made meaningful improvements to its online search capabilities, adding the ability for travelers to search for award itineraries across Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia — even those that involve connections.

This is the latest in a string of improvements made to Avios.com that have made the currency far easier to use. Let’s take a look at the details.

Avios.com Improves Search Functionality Again

Following a recent update that provided a new monthly calendar search view, Avios.com has made another improvement, this time adding the ability to search for award itineraries that involve connections in Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia’s hubs in Dublin (DUB), London (LHR), and Madrid (MAD), respectively.

Before this change, searches were much more rudimentary, requiring travelers to perform multiple searches to piece together itineraries and accurately compare prices. Currently, the functionality is limited to connections that use the same carrier (e.g., a British Airways itinerary with a layover in London and another onward BA flight), but the goal is to soon allow search results to incorporate options from all 3 participating airlines.

Here’s how it works:

• Navigate to the Find Rewards Flights page on Avios.com.
• Input your origin and destination cities, the date you’d like to travel, and the number of passengers, and click Search.
• Your search results, including options from Aer Lingus, British Airways, and Iberia, will be displayed on the right side.
• Note that if you prefer nonstop flights, you can select the Show Direct Only filter.
• Once you select the itinerary that works best, you’ll be taken to the operating airline’s website to complete your booking.

Here’s an example of what you’ll see when you perform a search:

In the example above, I searched for one-way flights between New York (JFK) and Rome (FCO) on a random day in February 2027. The search returned a British Airways business class itinerary with a connection in London, an Aer Lingus economy itinerary with a connection in Dublin, and an Iberia economy itinerary with a connection in Madrid.

Displaying search results like this makes it easy for travelers to see important information, such as total trip duration, length of layover, and, perhaps most importantly, a side-by-side price comparison.

Since prices vary by carrier, as shown in the example above, the ability to see all of the available connecting options in a single place eliminates the need to check each carrier individually to find the best option.

Final Thoughts

This is the latest in a string of improvements for the Avios platform. The ability to search for connecting itineraries across multiple airlines in 1 place is a very useful update for travelers. We hope to see this new functionality expanded to include itineraries with a combination of carriers soon, but for now, this is a big step in the right direction and should make using Avios even easier.