New Avios redemption opportunity – Thomas Cook Sport

A new partner has popped up on the avios.com website – Thomas Cook Sport.

Thomas Cook Sport is described as Europe’s leading sport travel company.  They are, for instance, the official travel partner for nine Premier League football clubs, and can also supply travel packages for most major sporting events.

What they do NOT offer, in the main, is just tickets.  However, you are not necessarily losing out here since these are mainly fixtures and events where it would be difficult to buy a standalone ticket.  Tickets to UK Premier League matches, for example, seem to come bundled with a local hotel.

You can see the sort of events they cover by looking at their official website here.

A Head for Points reader who enquired about packages with Avios was told that you get 0.5p of value per Avios redeemed.  This means, as with a lot of the avios.com non-flight offers, that it offers far lower value for money than a flight redemption.  However, as with all these offers, if you are Avios-rich with more than you can use at present, this is as good a way as any of using them.

(Here is my recent article, in case you missed it, on another new offer – redeeming Avios for wine and champagne.)

You need to redeem via avios.com to order from Thomas Cook Sport.  If your Avios currently sit in British Airways Executive Club, you can move them across instantly and for free via ‘Combine My Avios’ under ‘My Account’ when logged in.

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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.