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New BA bonus: 4,000 Avios on ANY long-haul and 500 on ANY short-haul flight

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British Airways and Avios launched a number of promotions yesterday – not entirely unexpectedly, since I expected an uptick in offers immediately after the Avios devaluation.

This is the most interesting one, although I will obviously cover the others too.

Until 14th July, you will receive:

4,000 bonus Avios for each long-haul return flight you take, in any class, maximum 4 flights

500 bonus Avios on each short-haul return flight you take, in any class, maximum 4 flights

You MUST register at this web page to receive the bonus.

Iberia and Iberia Express services from the UK also count.

British Airways BA London City Airport

The rules are slightly more complex than is necessary:

Your BA account must be registered in the UK or Ireland

You must be over 18 (which means no bonus for children)

Strictly speaking, you must book your flights on or after May 26th.  Generally this rule is not imposed by BA when they run promotions, but be warned – you might not get it on flights already booked.

The deadline for completing your return flight is July 14th.

Your flight must be ticketed in the UK.  This will be a problem for some business travellers who use a ‘contracted out’ travel booking service which processes bookings in, say, India.

A domestic connection to a long-haul flight will NOT count as a separate trip – you will only receive the 4,000 Avios bonus for taking a long-haul flight.

The ‘maximum four bonuses’ rule is unclear.  The text says: “Eligible Participants will qualify for Bonus Avios Points on a maximum of 4 separate Qualifying Flights booked for travel within, and completed during, the Promotional Period.”.  Does this mean four x short-haul bonuses and four x long-haul bonuses, or simply four bonuses in total?  If the latter, you may want to move your short-haul bookings away from British Airways to another airline in order to guarantee you receive the long-haul bonus, assuming you have long-haul flights planned. 

Even if you have no British Airways flights currently planned, you should register for this offer in case something comes up later when you have forgotten all about it.

The registration link is here.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

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.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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

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Comments (43)

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  • Paul says:
    27 May27 May 06:44

    Children are not eligible just to add some further complexity.
    Am hoping the 2 offers are a sign that BA are suffering as a result of the changes. I certainly shifted 12 separate lomg haul business class sectors and will end my year with just 4 paid short haul flights on BA.
    Bottom line for me is that BA are overpriced and club world is very poor value for money. This offer does not change that.

    • Jon says:
      27 May27 May 07:11

      Agreed. My latest flight was on Etihad, with 30% off business, chauffeur car, 3 x miles, better business product, and under half the cost of BA. No brainier.

      Given AA still gives 100% of the miles on BA, I’m tempted to ditch exec club altogether when I lost status. Not an easy decision though.

  • Asher says:
    27 May27 May 07:14

    Will this offer apply for exisisting bookings?

  • Alba says:
    27 May27 May 07:20

    Grr, just as I’m about to go on leave for a few weeks!

  • Keith says:
    27 May27 May 07:41

    4,000 Avios for a Premium long haul fare an incentive? Not for me. The temptation needs to be much stronger. Due to this website (I’m a BA Gold for life) my eyes have been opened to Qatar or Cathay that offer much much better levels of service and quality of product. Having recently endured a red eye from Miami On BA (booked before my eyes were opened by HFP) in the bubble when the main lights would not go out (I thought that was illegal in hours of darkness for take off?) for the entire flight, the compensation of Avios offered was the same as if the reading light or IFE didn’t work…..5,000 Avios. Given it was difficult to sleep in the illuminated environment and given the cost of the ticket, this shows how much BA really care about their passengers!

    • Andy says:
      27 May27 May 11:19

      When you put it in that perspective it doesn’t seem like a great deal. Still, 5k Avios for a broken reading light seems surprisingly generous!

      • Alan says:
        27 May27 May 11:55

        Rather than a broken reading light, I thought Keith was saying the main cabin lights were on full brightness the whole way through his night flight?

        • Keith says:
          27 May27 May 16:18

          Correct, lights on full on overnight. 5000 Avios ‘compensation’.

          • James67 says:
            27 May27 May 19:51

            That’s actually quite good service from BA, I’m still waiting for them to honour the prize I won in 2013 Christmas competition.

  • Jack says:
    27 May27 May 08:04

    Just a totally off topic Q regarding amex/amazon offer from last week…

    I signed up for the offer but it doesn’t show in my offers in my amex account. I’m sure that previously even offers where I have registered through the amex network website have then appeared in my amex account as an active offer.

    Can anyone confirm I will still get the credit even if this doesn’t show in my active offers?

    Thanks

    • Alan says:
      27 May27 May 08:06

      Yep, you’ll be fine – this particular offer doesn’t seem to be showing up in anyone’s accounts but is crediting fine.

    • Steve says:
      27 May27 May 16:32

      Confirmed – As soon as you spend the £30 or more you should get an email stating you have completed the offer and the £10 statement credit will appear within 12 weeks. Mine actually appeared the next day.

      I spent exactly £30 on a gift card.

  • Brian says:
    27 May27 May 08:22

    A bit OT but Tesco have published a 500 points (1,200 Avois ) code for existing customers. £60 minimum spend. Delivery by Friday.

    XXPLTK

    Cheers

    • Thywillbedone says:
      27 May27 May 10:10

      Thank you – good spot on the clubcard pts – where did you see this as I don’t seem to get those alerts?

      I also used the AMEX Ocado £15 off – good to see some competition amongst the supermarkets!

    • Kinkell says:
      27 May27 May 19:56

      Thanks…filled the gaps in the wine rack!

    • DaveX says:
      27 May27 May 20:12

      Just do the same again on your partner/ dog’s a/c

  • Andy says:
    27 May27 May 08:23

    Seemingly not everyone is eligible for this promo, mine application states i am ineligible, no reason given!!

  • Pol says:
    27 May27 May 09:14

    OT but just got an email from Kaligo to say Virgin Atlantic have joined as a new partner. Still finding them much more expensive though.

    • flyforfun says:
      27 May27 May 11:09

      Always worth checking direct with the hotel too. Was looking at a hotel on a Greek Island over the summer. Booking direct I saved 25% from what the hotel sites were charging.

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