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Get 50 free Avios via Iberia Plus – and it ‘activates’ your Iberia account

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As well as collecting Avios via avios.com and/or British Airways Executive Club, it is also possible to earn points via Iberia Plus, the Iberia frequent flyer scheme.  Any Avios you earn in Iberia Plus can be moved over via ‘Combine My Avios’ once your Iberia account is 90 days old.

One reason to have an Iberia Plus account is that Iberia runs regular Avios redemptions sales such as this one.  To take advantage, you need to move Avios points over to Iberia Plus.  However Iberia Plus has a nasty little rule – on top of making you wait 90 days from opening your account, you cannot transfer in or out of the scheme until your account is ‘active’, ie has earned 1 Avios point.

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Iberia has launched a new competition called “The Great Avios Conquest”.  Taking part earns you a whopping 50 Avios!  The most important thing, though, is that these 50 Avios will activate your account and allow you to transfer in or out.  The next time Iberia has a redemption sale, you will be able to participate.

This is how to play:

Open the July-August of the Iberia online magazine by clicking here

Scroll to the page marked “The Great Avios Conquest” and click Start

Answer the four questions – the answers are My Shoes, La Panza es Primero, All of the above and Cash card

Input your details and 50 Avios will be credit to your Iberia account.  The time frame is unknown.

If you do not already have an Iberia Plus account, you can sign up here.  Click on the Iberia Plus link in the menu bar and select ‘Register Now’.


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.

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.

Comments (48)

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  • Costas says:

    I joined Iberia plus account on the 8th May, there website gave me 8000 avios from the economist sub. Those points were credited to my IB+ account on the 23rD may. I tried the combine avios with no success on avios.com and also there is no option on IB+. Do I need to wait till August till this function is enabled?

    • avidsaver says:

      You can’t use “Combine My Avios” until your IB Plus account is 90 days old.

  • Tim says:

    It is also worth having an IB account for a couple of hotel chains which give higher earning rates than BAEC. Hilton and Accor are the only ones I think still do this.

    Also IB has a different set of non-OW partner airlines (GOL of Brazil for example) on which you can earn Avios.

    Get an IB PLUS account even if, like me, you never have an intention to visit Spain or set foot on an IB plane.

  • DV says:

    It worked in Safari.

  • flood says:

    I do not have a household account but also have issues using combine my avios. Will try changing the password to a numeric one and see if that helps

    • flood says:

      Changed to all numbers and still no joy…

      • TimS says:

        How old is your account?

        • flood says:

          Several years old… (maybe 2007?)

          • flood says:

            It’s the BA account that’s newer, maybe 12-18 months old.

          • avidsaver says:

            Have you checked that all of your personal details match in the two accounts? i.e. address, D.O.B., middle name if you have one, email address etc. etc.

  • Jay says:

    I am at the last page and entered the IB XXXX number but no response. What sort of number should I enter ? with IB or with out IB ?

  • JamesW says:

    Worked for me. Cheers. Mind you, not seen the avios posted yet !

  • Andrew says:

    Has anyone actually received these points into their IB + account as yet…….? Hoping it is just a bit of a wait rather than mine didn’t go through! cheers

  • MDM says:

    Just checked my account…nada

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