Global Hotel Alliance drops Avios as a partner – 31 fewer hotel chains to earn at

On 31st March, Global Hotel Alliance dropped all of its airline partnerships except for Lufthansa Miles & More.

As I wrote in this article last month, Global Hotel Alliance is currently focussed on rolling out its own loyalty scheme, GHA Discovery.  As part of this, they appear to want to persuade more people to join by removing the alternative option of taking a handful of airline miles instead.

The Avios earning rate used to be 500 points per stay, although occasional promotions lifted that to 1,000 Avios.

Kempinski is the biggest name on the list of GHA members who you might be using.  We also profiled the Corinthia Hotel in London recently.  Readers in Ireland may also be regular users of The Doyle Collection properties.

You can read more about this decision on the GHA website here.

The full list of members, none of whom will now issue Avios, are:

• Alila
• Anantara
• Art Series
• Atura
• Avani
• Corinthia
• Doyle Collection
• First
• GLO
• Grace
• Individual Collection
• Kempinski
• Leela
• Lungarno Collection
• Marco Polo
• Meritage
• Meydan
• Mokara
• Omni
• Pan Pacific
• PARKROYAL
• Per AQUUM
• QT Hotels
• Rixos
• Rydges
• Shaza
• Tangram
• Thon
• Tivoli
• Ultratravel
• Viceroy

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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.