Get 15 free Avios per day (and earn 15,000) with Iberia’s Partners Gym promo

Iberia Plus has launched an interesting promotion called Partners Gym.  The aim is to get you to collect Avios points with as many of Iberia’s partner programmes as possible.

To get started, you need to log in at this website using your Iberia Plus credentials.  (If you are not an Iberia Plus member yet, you can join at iberia.com – assuming the site is working properly …..)

There are two parts to this promotion – one is easy but not very worthwhile, the other is generous but very difficult if you live in the UK.

Part 1 – earn 15 Avios per day until 31 January for logging in

If you go to the site above and link to either your Facebook or Twitter account, you will earn 15 Avios per day.  (With Facebook, remember that you can set it up so that when you ‘share’ the promotion it is only visible to you and not your friends.)

I’m not sure this is worth the trouble, to be honest!

However, everyone should do this once.  Why?  Because you need to earn at least 1 Avios in Iberia Plus to activate your account.  Only once your account is ‘active’ can you move Avios back and forth and to book redemptions via iberia.com (where the tax, for Iberia flights, is 75% lower than using ba.com).

So, do it once, bag your 15 Avios and keep your Iberia Plus account active.

Part 2 – collecting with Iberia partners

Iberia is offering you a bonus – which won’t arrive until the end of March – based on the number of different partners from whom you collect Avios points between now and January 31st.

The bonus is:

• 4 partners = 150 Avios
• 5 partners = 750 Avios
• 6 partners = 1,500 Avios
• 7 partners = 6,750 Avios
• 8 or 9 partners = 9,000 Avios
• 10+ partners = 15,000 Avios

If you live in Spain, this should be doable.  Most of us, of course, do not!

And that is the problem.  Whilst Iberia has 70 partners, a lot of them are only available in Spain.  You could – if you stayed in a lot of different hotels across a lot of different chains – possibly get up to 10.  The same goes for someone who does a lot of car hire.   Transferring Avios from American Express Membership Rewards is the only easy one to get, as would be buying some Avios, albeit at a poor price!

This is annoying, because it is very generous if you can hit 10.  Below 10, though, it isn’t really worth the trouble given the number of hotel and car hire transactions required – plus the time it will take to ensure that they all post in your Iberia Plus account.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (March 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.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to 120,000 points. You receive 80,000 points when you spend £12,000 within three months and a further 40,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 60,000 points. You receive 40,000 points when you spend £6,000 within three months and a further 20,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

American Express Business Platinum

Up to 120,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

Up to 60,000 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.