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Up to 30% bonus when you buy Avios before 13th June

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British Airways has launched another ‘buy Avios’ promotion, offering a bonus of up to 30% for purchased before 13th June.

The link to buy is here.

Frankly, this is not an impressive deal.  The bonus on 1,000 Avios is nothing – despite costing a rip-off £31.  The bonus on 2,000 to 6,000 is a pathetic 100 Avios points.  You need to spend over £300 on 24,000 Avios to benefit from the full 7,000 Avios bonus.

In a couple of days, I will be running a post comparing all of the different methods of buying Avios points – including some obscure ones that you possibly hadn’t already considered.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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

Get 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

30,000 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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 (11)

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  • Mr Bridge says:
    27 May27 May 08:51

    I just renewed my tax disc £225. I have always paid for it with a debit card. I did not know that dvla took amex.They charge a flat fee of £2.50 for all credit cards. So £2.50 bought me 455 avios (diamond club amex). 0.54p each.

    It would hurt dvla not to charge a cc fee, as its still cheaper than the 10’s of pound they pay the post office in commision.

  • Lloyd says:
    27 May27 May 10:23

    I’d be interested to hear whether it makes it a good deal for the amex 2-4-1? If you spend not much above the 10k that will only get you 15,000 avios with PP and lets assume you dont get many more points over and above this. I then buy 62,000 avios (household account) for £600 so that gives me a minimum 77k avios for the year. I’m working on the basis that each point is worth twice the value when using the 2-4-1 and so it then becomes a good deal. Good or bad?

    Great site btw!

    • Rob says:
      27 May27 May 11:55

      The post that Sir Stamford linked is your best resource. Frankly, I would try to avoid paying anything above 1p per Avios unless you are buying a small amount to top off an account.

  • Nick Burch says:
    27 May27 May 23:47

    Does the Iberia 30% bonus offer that’s running at the moment not offer a cheaper route?

    • Rob says:
      28 May28 May 08:22

      Post on this in a couple of days! Very little difference, basically.

    • Sir Stamford says:
      28 May28 May 20:45

      Since Raffles is going to cover this later this week, I keep my reply brief. I haven’t compared at a lower Avios purchase level.

      You get effectively 31,200 Avios for €459 or £393 at the current spot FX rate. With BA, you get 31,000 Avios for £399.

      If you try to “double dip” by using an Avios earning card for payment (e.g. AMEX Premium Plus or MBNA Diamond Club AMEX), you will earn up paying 3% in commission on the Euro transaction i.e. the €459 would be circa £405. Therefore, extra £6 for 200 Avios!

      Sir Stamford

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