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Get 1,500 bonus Avios with any British Airways economy flight booked by Tuesday

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In any effort to perk up bookings in its current sale, British Airways is offering an extra carrot if you make a booking before next Tuesday 15th.

Book any economy return flight – domestic, short or long haul – before Tuesday and you will receive 1,500 bonus Avios when you fly.

British Airways BA A380 flying

Here is the small print:

You MUST register in advance via this page on ba.com

You must fly between 1st October to 22nd October 2015 or 1st November to 13th December 2015

You must fly on “a published or corporate negotiated net fare return flight travelling in Euro Traveller, Domestic, World Traveller or World Traveller Plus (British Airways), Economy (Iberia and Iberia Express) and Main Cabin or Main Cabin Extra (American Airlines). Flight must depart and return to an airport in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland, on a British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia or Iberia Express operated service.”

You can receive the bonus for a maximum of four flights

If you were planning to make a booking in the sale, this is not a bad deal.  If you value an Avios point at 1p you are effectively getting at £15 discount on a cheap European trip.

To get your bonus, you MUST go to this page on ba.com and click ‘Activate Offer’ before you book.

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 (42)

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  • Mr(s) Entitled says:
    11 Sep11 September 06:56

    Does this preclude RFS?

  • Werner says:
    11 Sep11 September 07:29

    Promo valid only for UK and around.

    • Danny says:
      11 Sep11 September 07:42

      It is for any cash economy flights from UK and Ireland airports.

      • Werner says:
        11 Sep11 September 08:04

        Sorry but TC says: An Eligible Participant is a … resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland …

  • ben says:
    11 Sep11 September 07:53

    when i click activate offffer it says “Your registration has been unsuccessful, unfortunately you are not eligible for this offer.” why is this? I am not in the UK right now – does this stop me from registering with the promo?

    • Jovanna says:
      11 Sep11 September 08:05

      I got that message too. I’m in the UK but my account is abroad.

    • cheekychappie says:
      11 Sep11 September 08:17

      It’s probably a simple location tool barring you from registering. Try using a VPN like https://hola.org/ to give you a UK location & see if it allows you to register.

      This lets me watch UK TV abroad for free but some channels are better than others at working out you’re using a VPN.

      Somebody here recommended uninstalling hola after use as it is intrusive.

  • Clive says:
    11 Sep11 September 08:31

    On the subjehts?ct of Bonus miles does anyone know how long it takes for Birthday bonouses to post after the flig

  • JB says:
    11 Sep11 September 08:59

    If I booked a domestic flight yesterday evening but only registered for the Avios this morning having only just heard about it today (thanks Raffles) do I need to cancel and rebook under the 24 hour rule (still seats at the same price) or will BA add the offer if I ring them?

    • Rob says:
      11 Sep11 September 09:58

      Good question. If rules you do not say you need to register first then you have a claim for getting the bonus even if it does not post. No harm in cancelling if you have the time to call though.

      • JB says:
        11 Sep11 September 10:35

        Called them. They said do it as they would definitely not backdate the offer. Phew! Now to use that Cathay Gold card in its dying days (sob).

        • Rob says:
          11 Sep11 September 11:33

          My wife got her Green one in the post yesterday! Useful only for cleaning ice from your car windscreen or keeping the lights on in hotel rooms.

  • Roger says:
    11 Sep11 September 09:21

    avios.com has a similar but apparently more attractive offer:
    ‘Book a cash return flight in economy with British Airways to any destination from a UK or Irish airport and you’ll collect an extra 1,500 bonus Avios. Just book by the 15 September 2015 for travel between 1 October and 31 December 2015 (excluding 23–31 October 2015).’
    Note the longer travel period.

    However, T+Cs include:
    ‘To participate in this promotion, Eligible Participants must:
    ,,/,,,
    c) travel between 1 October to 22 October 2015 and 1 November to 13 December 2015 (the “Promotional Period”).’

    Oo er!

  • Mikescores says:
    11 Sep11 September 09:30

    One thing – I saw this yesterday and to me it was not clear, so I rang BA and they told me it is per booking not per passenger. Therefore my wife and I made separate bookings. The fact that all passengers are members of the Exec Club does not make a difference.

    Hope this helps.

  • Modern Day Sinbad says:
    11 Sep11 September 09:42

    Anyone know why the last week of October is not included in the offer? I was planning on going to the USA then.

    • cheekychappie says:
      11 Sep11 September 09:46

      half term

      • cheekychappie says:
        11 Sep11 September 09:52

        Talking of school hols, nearly time to book Avios return flights for summer hols 2016.

        Currently able to book 30th August, 31st (Weds) will pop up @ midnight tonight.

        • Kipto says:
          11 Sep11 September 21:50

          Already done. Up at 0100 last weekend to get 4 seats on two separate flights from SFO to LHR in J..Early bird……….and all that. Hope more flights open up so we can all sit together but only 2 hours between flights.

          • cheekychappie says:
            11 Sep11 September 22:03

            Well done, it’s worth staying up or alarm clock 🙂

            As for us, luckily I reckon we have got a couple more days holiday abroad as the schools here & in neighbouring county (one of my kids is transferring schools to a better one) are using Thurs/ Friday as training days, so real school begins 5 Sept 2016.

            PS Raffles: I thought you were going to put midnight seat release (or is it 1am?) into Avios Univ?

          • Kipto says:
            12 Sep12 September 21:01

            Midnight GMT=0100 BST

          • cheekychappie says:
            12 Sep12 September 21:34

            doh! you are correct

    • rum says:
      11 Sep11 September 09:48

      Most probably that’s the half term holiday in the UK where pricestraditionally sky-rocket…

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