Earn 30,000 bonus Avios for every return Club World flight (15,000 in World Traveller Plus)
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British Airways has launched its semi-regular Autumn promotion on long-haul travel. And it’s a good one – 30,000 bonus Avios for a return flight (or two one-way flights) in Club World or First, and 15,000 bonus Avios for a return or two one-ways in World Traveller Plus.
There is, of course, a snag. This offer is not open to people with a BA account registered in the UK. But we’ll come back to that later – it is not necessarily a problem.
Here are the summary rules:
This offer is available on all long-haul routes operated by British Airways.
The offer is also available across all of the airlines in the ‘price fixing gang’ that BA has on North American flights, ie American, Finnair, Iberia, BA and OpenSkies (the BA subsidiary flying from Paris to New York). You could therefore fly Madrid-New York, Helsinki-New York, Zurich-New York (American) etc and it will still count.
Iberia and Finnair flights which do NOT go to North America from Europe will not count
The eligible booking classes are British Airways First (F, A), Club World (J, C, D, R, I), World Traveller Plus (W, E, T), OpenSkies Biz Bed (J, C, D, R, I), Prem Plus (W, E, T); American Airlines First (F, A, P), Business (J, D, R, I); Iberia Business (J, C, D, R, I), Finnair Business (J,C,D,I). In plain English, this means that even cheapo Club World tickets (which book into I or R) will count.
The travel dates are 1 September to 19 December.
Note that there is no upper limit to how many bonus Avios you can earn! If you have two long-haul flights on one itinerary (eg Moscow – London – New York return) then that counts as four flights and you would get 60,000 bonus Avios in Club World!
Getting around the residence restriction
The rules say:
Eligible Countries for this promotion are: Andora, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City State, Malta, Gibraltar, Albania, Russian federation, Tunisia, Turkey, Israel, Belarus, Iceland, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine, Morocco, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda, Montenegro, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Botswana, Tome and principle, Seychelles, Senegal, Namibia, Sudan, Libya, Guinea.
As I see it, you have three options:
You could change your BA registered address to an address in one of the countries above. However, you would not be allowed to change it back for six months. Remember that any documents posted to you over the six months – including any new BAEC card – would go to that address. Note that if you move your BA account abroad, you cannot collect BA Amex points. They remain sitting with Amex and are only transferred across when your account returns to the UK. Any 241 voucher will also not be triggered.
You could open a new BAEC account purely for the purposes of this promotion, registered in one of these countries. This is strictly against BAEC rules, and BA will close the second account if it spots it. If you added your date of birth or passport number to the second account, you massively increase the chance of BA spotting the duplication. There is also NO WAY of merging the Avios points with your UK-based account, and of course your UK account would not benefit from the tier points. If you have BA status, you will not earn any status bonus on flights credited to this account as it will be Blue – that reduces the benefit of the 30,000 Avios bonus.
Assuming you are flying to the USA, you could register for the American Airlines version of this promotion. You earn the same amount of bonus Avios points. You would still need to change the country of your AA account to one of the participating ones (note that the country list is different for the AA offer) but you wouldn’t be running the risk of having two BA accounts open.
If you have a chunk of Club World flying coming up, you need to have a think about whether this is worth going for. It is a big bonus, though.
Full details can be found here at ba.com.
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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (January 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 Mastercard
Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review
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.
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
50,000 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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