£815 Business Class flights to China ex-UK …. good for Avios and BA tier points

This is an excellent offer … almost as good as the £777 deal to Seoul that British Airways ran recently.

Finnair is promoting its services to Chongqing with this very good offer.

You can fly, return, from London or Manchester to Chongqing for just £815 including all taxes.

The flights are with Finnair so you will be changing planes in Helsinki.  The flight would earn 440 British Airways tier points – very close to the 600 required for a Silver card – plus a big pile of Avios points.

You need to be a member of Finnair Plus, Finnair’s loyalty scheme, to book this.  However, it is free to sign-up, and during the booking process you can put in a British Airways Executive Club number instead of your Finnair one.

The small print:

• Book by 17th December
• Must stay for 6 nights or a Friday or Saturday night
• Must return home before 31st May
• You cannot do a stopover in Helsinki
• No changes / no refunds

A visa is required for travel to China, don’t forget.

I haven’t dug out a map of China, so I’m not sure how easy it is to hop from Chongqing to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong etc.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.