Yes, British Airways has partnerships with several other airlines. In this way, you can transfer the points accumulated with your Absa British Airways Visa card to finance airline tickets on other airlines. You can use your points to buy tickets on all companies that are part of the Oneworld alliance. These are: American Airlines, British Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, SriLankan Airlines and 21 other affiliates.

Yes, you don't have to look for trips just to take advantage of the accumulated points. In fact, there are other, easier ways to do this. You can get a hotel reservation near you or use them to buy tickets to attractions of any kind. If you like wine, you can use your Avios to buy bottles of famous wines. Plus, you can even share your planes with friends or gift them.