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

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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.

  • Alan says:

    27 May27 May 10:38

    Hehe my road tax was only £20 so I used a 3V card at no fee 😛

    • Mr Bridge says:

      27 May27 May 22:27

      my dear raffles,

      can we have a 3v category please

      regards
      Mr Bridge

      • Rob says:

        28 May28 May 08:29

        Done! Good service or what?!

    • Simon says:

      28 May28 May 17:26

      What sort of car have you got Alan !?!

      • Alan says:

        28 May28 May 19:48

        Audi A3 1.6TDI – its has stupidly low emissions 😛

• 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!

  • Sir Stamford says:

    27 May27 May 11:36

    Lloyd

    For background information about Avios valuation, have a look at this post from December 2012.
    https://headforpoints.com/2012/12/17/what-are-avios-airmiles-worth/

    The general consensus is that each Avios is worth about 1p. Using them in specific scenarios, they could be worth 2p to 4p each.

    31,000 Avios (i.e. 24k + 7k bonus) for £399 works out to be 1.3p per Avios. This is more than the general 1p valuation but it may still be worthwhile for you to purchase them if you are getting more than 1.3p per Avios on your redemption. I would also consider purchasing Avios this way if I need lots of Avios quickly as a result of an imminent redemption.

    When you consider that there are many promotions highlighted here that effectively allow you to purchase Avios for less than 1p each (e.g. Mighty Deal Shell Card allows you to purchase Avios for 0.43p each), you must ask yourself whether spending 1.3p per Avios is such a good deal after all.

    Sir Stamford

  • 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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