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Win 100,000 Avios with Avis – simply fill in a form

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If all goes to plan, we should have a fantastic competition to win a very large pile of Avios exclusively for Head for Points readers over the next week or so.

In the meantime, you might want to have a look at this Avios / Avis competition to win 100,000 Avios points.

It has been knocking around for a few weeks but I missed it until yesterday.  The deadline for entries is Wednesday 30th so don’t hang around.

Entering is easy.  All you need to do is visit this website and fill in your name and address.  Note that the (optional) box for your Avios account number is for an avios.com number and not a British Airways Executive Club one.

No purchase is required and you don’t need to have rented from Avis recently either.

There is no need to watch the video, but it has lots of nice Irish scenery in it – but not many jokes.  Sorry Jarlath ….


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 (43)

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  • Simon Matthews says:

    Avis & Avios, go together like cheese & wine!

  • Henry Larsen says:

    Again, read the fine print: UK RESIDENTS ONLY

  • Andy S says:

    well i’ve never bothered with an avios account before (not seeing the point having BA account) but this was the incintive to sign up!

  • JPH says:

    Link doesn’t work for me in either Chrome or IE.

    Anyone else having a problem?

  • mark1980 says:

    Rob, OT but any idea why QR avios redemptions are no longer available to / from the UK? There used to be wide open availability for all the UK-DOH routes and now there are none. Yet there is still loads of availability for Eu airports auch as AMX, CDG, MXP etc etc…

    • Rob says:

      Haven’t seen this, to be honest. Could it be something to do with the new BA / Qatar revenue sharing / codesharing deal?

      • mark1980 says:

        No idea but it’s frustrating as I was looking at Doh – Man next March and they suddenly stopped showing up. Tried other UK destinations and the same aswell. OT again – but off the top pof your head do you know how much taxes you pay for a DXB – LHR flight on Qantas in J? It always errors when I try and look in BAEC.

        • Wayne Phillips says:

          You should be able to make a dummy ITA matrix booking and see the taxes

  • John says:

    Rob

    Remember that competition you ran ages ago with Qatar, which specifically wanted entrants from ROI/N Ireland (presumably to add to its mailing list):

    http://www.independent.ie/business/qatar-airways-confirm-it-will-operate-flights-between-dublin-and-doha-35250910.html

  • Gavin says:

    Entered myself and Mrs Gavin – look forward to the HfP competition!

    • damboy says:

      Off topic, does anyone know a clever way of keeping Carlson Club (Radisson hotels) points valid without having to make a stay at their hotels. My points expire in 30 days but I’m unable to complete a stay during that time. Any advice appreciated.

      • Wayne Phillips says:

        Can transfer to a partner who’s been living at the same address for the last month or so (if you have one)- I just did this yesterday via emailing customer services. That’s with no status. Fewer restrictions if you have status

      • Nick says:

        Amex MR points transfer..

  • MrHandBaggageOnly says:

    Entered, thanks. But more importantly it jogged me to check my Avios account and…

    …O/T My 4,500 bonus Avios for the Sunday Times Travel Mag subscription (applied on 22/10) has appeared today. Thanks for the tip on that! Also read my first copy of the magazine last night and thought it was a good read. 🙂

    • RussellH says:

      Still not in my BA Exec Club a/c. I was promised them by last Monday, and no reply yet to my follow up e-mail either.

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