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Bits: Avios launches targeted Super Boost promo, Lloyds brings back refer-a-friend

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News in brief:

Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion

avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday to encourage you to increase your Avios collecting this spring.

Super Boost is a targetted offer which has gone to a minority of members.  None of my family have received anything.  If you didn’t get it, there is nothing you can do about it.

You need to opt in by the end of February and then collect a specific number of Avios before the end of April.  Irrespective of when you register, all earning from 1st January counts towards your target.

The bonuses are based on your previous earning activity and vary sharply.  For example, I saw one offering:

1,500 Avios for earning 18,000 points or 3,000 Avios for earning 25,000 points

but another reader got:

200 Avios for earning 400 points or 400 Avios for earning 600 points

Quite a difference.

Avios from all air and non-air partners count towards your target.  There is no leeway on the receipt of Avios, however – they must be in your account by 30th April.  If you have the Lloyds credit card, check what date your points hit to ensure that you don’t spend unnecessarily in the final month.

The easiest way to hit your target is probably from a Tesco Clubcard conversion although the cut-off date for the next voucher run is Thursday 26th January.  This means that you will struggle to do anything quickly to earn additional points this quarter.

Be careful about crediting British Airways flights to avios.com because you not receive any elite status bonus that BAEC would give and your tier points will be lost.

Bonus Avios will be credited to accounts by 31st May.  The full terms and conditions are here.

Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card refer-a-friend bonus is back

I wrote an article yesterday moaning about the loss of the refer-a-friend bonus on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card. 

This definitely seemed to have died. I saw two separate tweets sent by Lloyds to Head for Points readers confirming it.

And then, a few hours after my article appeared, it was relaunched!  You can, yet again, receive 4,500 Avios points when you are referred for the Lloyds Avios Rewards card.

Meanwhile, I have been sent a document showing potential plans for the future of the Lloyds Avios Rewards card.  More on this tomorrow …..

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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British Airways and Avios

Comments (201)

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  • Steve says:
    11 Jan11 January 10:11

    Avios must like me for some reason then.
    Looking at what other people have been offered I am happy to be offered.
    Collect 8000 receive 4000 & Collect 12000 receive 5000

  • James says:
    11 Jan11 January 10:34

    I see that the Caffe Nero rate has changed to 1 per pound from 10.

    Offer Collect 2000 receive 400.

    • Harpo says:
      11 Jan11 January 11:38

      Showing as 10/£ on the website now – and what I got this week (plus 2 HR points and 10% Amex!)

      • Iain says:
        11 Jan11 January 14:12

        There was some discussion about this a couple of days ago. It looks like the earning rate drops after a couple of uses. T&Cs state (vaguely) that the earning rate is based on previous purchase behaviour.

  • James67 says:
    11 Jan11 January 10:36

    OT: Just curious, is HFP avoiding the promotion of anything related to Virgin and Flying Club? There seems to have been very little coverage of late or is there nothing much going on?

    • Nick says:
      11 Jan11 January 11:47

      Virgin Atlantic’s new website is terrible, I know that.

    • Anon says:
      11 Jan11 January 12:06

      Their “Sale” seems to be as underwhelming as BAs “Unforgettable” one..

      Have a look at VS FB page, lots of comments on the FlyBE hookup.

      As for HFP coverage, see here…
      https://headforpoints.com/?s=Virgin&submit=Search

      • James67 says:
        11 Jan11 January 12:37

        It goes up and down as would be expected but I just thought that very recently there was a notable absence of posts. I know Rob has to weigh up the relative merits of the issues he can give time and space to but wondered if there was another reason. Coverage of Virgin is not so important to me personally as I use it only to top up hilton points.

      • Rob says:
        11 Jan11 January 14:01

        Since the new Virgin website was launched, the marketing team has stopped sending out details of Virgin promotions. (Long story.) If they had, I might have covered it. I also haven’t seen a single comment on here saying it was great – if they had I would have dug into it. I will now go and have a look!

        • James67 says:
          11 Jan11 January 16:20

          Thanks Rob, the marketing failure on their part is interesting in itself. Agree with everybody on the website. Only things I have seen of note are the 7000 miles on ISA through end of this month. There is also something on triple miles too, I guess to match the current BA promotion but it seemed to be tied up with mile booster which I’m unfamiliar with so it might not be anything new at all

          • Anon says:
            11 Jan11 January 20:08

            Thanks for miles booster bonus offer will go look.

            Also VS Cust Services are taking ages to reply to a complaint I put in over a month ago. Not best pleased with lack of response, puts you off booking again…

  • Anthony Telling says:
    11 Jan11 January 10:41

    Mine were:

    1) collect 8500 – bonus 2000
    2) collect 11000 – bonus 4000

  • Genghis says:
    11 Jan11 January 11:32

    Just been on avios.com chat to enquire why I might not have received an email:
    “I can see from your account that you do have marketing emails requested on your account, so you will receive offers from us. The Superboost offer is only being sent to selected customers, so you may not receive an email.”
    Oh well…

    • Harpo says:
      11 Jan11 January 11:42

      Nothing in our house either – despite one opted into marketing.
      Is there a link to a superboost page? And what happens if you access it without an invite (I know the T&C mentions eligibility but…..)

    • Cate says:
      11 Jan11 January 11:57

      Thanks for letting us know Ghengis.

    • Leo says:
      11 Jan11 January 13:10

      You aren’t necessarily missing out on anything you know….well maybe 50 avios.

  • Derek H says:
    11 Jan11 January 11:38

    My offer was collect 8500 and get 2000 free or collect 11000 and receive 4000.

    • Boi says:
      11 Jan11 January 15:33

      And they offered me a quarter of that….11000 get 1000. Do you not collect much with avios normally and they are trying to entice you? Just trying to see their logic

  • Dan says:
    11 Jan11 January 12:03

    OT but has anyone had the 18k Avios for an Avis rental post yet? I’ve had the 700 but not the 18k bonus.

  • Cate says:
    11 Jan11 January 12:08

    Just had an email from avios – been offered Boost only ?!?

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