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Win 18,000 Avios via avios.com Facebook and Twitter competitions

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Avios is giving away 10 lots of 18,000 points across two separate social media competitions at the moment.  Both close at midnight on Monday if you want to have a go.

First up is a Twitter competition.

This is what you need to do:

Anyone over the age of 18 who ReTweets the following post on Twitter including their dream destination in the copy using #WinningWithAvios and tagging @AviosUK will be entered into a Prize Draw to win one of 5 prizes of 18,000 Avios.

So, something like (feel free to cut and paste!) ‘New York #winningwithavios @aviosuk’ will do the job.  Use that disposable Twitter account which I know you all keep for use with HFP competitions!

The Facebook version is very similar.

Here is how you enter this one:

Anyone over the age of 18 who comments on the following post on Facebook including their dream destination in the copy, using the hashtag #WinningWithAvios will be entered into a Prize Draw to win one of 5 prizes of 18,000 Avios.

The post you need to respond to is pinned to the top of the Avios UK Facebook page which you will find here.

There were 466 entries at the time of writing so, whilst your odd are not great, they are not so terrible either.

Note that Avios is sticking to letter of UK competition law and has banned residents of Northern Ireland from taking part in either draw.

Remember that both competitions end at midnight on Monday.


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.

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.

Comments (10)

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  • Dave Barron says:

    I’ve entered both competitions so fingers crossed! If it’s not me then hopefully a fellow HFP reader will win them! Cheers Rob

  • Corrine says:

    Oooooh thank you, this is why I love this site! I am so avios poor after our last trip, would love to win this 😉

  • Andrew H says:

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  • Red says:

    Just under 1300 comments on the Facebook page currently, a lot of them are the Avios page themselves as well as a good number of people who haven’t followed the rules and didn’t include #WinningWithAvios in the post. So the chances of winning are probably quiet good if you do it correctly.

  • Graeme says:

    Thanks Raffles! I wouldn’t have seen these otherwise.

    Fingers crossed someone on here will win some – you know, those who need them most!

  • Yan says:

    Thank you Raffles! I’ve just won a prize through Twitter. As said above I wouldn’t have entered without reading your blog

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