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New Avios earning partner – Direct Ferries

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Avios.com has a new earning partner – Direct Ferries.

You can visit their website here.

Direct Ferries is a central booking site for 137 ferry companies around the world.  From the UK, they work with companies such as Brittany Ferries, P&O Ferries and Stena Line, as well as Eurotunnel.

The scale of the site is impressive.  You can book 1,770 ferry routes covering 516 ferry ports, connecting you to over 169 countries and islands.

The Avios earning rate seems decent – you will earn 4 Avios points for every £1 spent.

There is no special booking link.  Book as usual on the main Direct Ferries site.  When you create an account with Direct Ferries you will find a box to enter your Avios number.  Once done, you will automatically be credited with points from all of your bookings.

Remember that this is an avios.com partnership and not a British Airways Executive Club one.  You will need an avios.com account.  The points you earn can easily be moved across to BA afterwards using the ‘Combine My Avios’ function on ba.com.

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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 (45)

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  • ee says:
    6 Jan6 January 06:50

    O/T my daily emails from HFP and SP both failed to come thru yesterday and today! Is there an issue Rob?

    • Raffles says:
      6 Jan6 January 09:28

      I got all mine too!

      You may have accidentally clicked on the spam button in your browser whilst reading one, which probably blocks them at server level.

      No-one else mentioned anything and the open rate (yes, I know if you open them) was steady.

      • ee says:
        6 Jan6 January 21:45

        Strange, I don’t think I’ve spammed them away! I have another email address for the same account so I’ve signed that up and we’ll see what happens tomorrow!

  • harry says:
    6 Jan6 January 07:05

    Got all mine fine

  • Daniel says:
    6 Jan6 January 07:33

    F**k. I probably have spent close to 5k over the past 3 years and it seems that it will be it for some time…

  • Mikeact says:
    6 Jan6 January 08:26

    Excellent company. .have used them for last few years, US, Australia, Canaries, Greek Isles.

  • Henk says:
    6 Jan6 January 09:27

    I also checked for my eurotunnel trip in march, and directferries was £12 more than booking direct.

  • harry says:
    6 Jan6 January 09:35

    Can’t until next quarter 🙂

    Healthy young kitten or dog with middle-aged married owners living in peaceful countryside gets you £5/ month. You can cancel after 30 days but I should wait for the points first.

    • Andrew H says:
      6 Jan6 January 09:46

      Next quarter? How come?

      Some people seem to be getting it down to £30! 🙂

      • harry says:
        6 Jan6 January 09:48

        £31/£38 (bit worried about that one lol)

        • Andrew H says:
          6 Jan6 January 09:57

          What data did you enter for that deal?! 🙂

          • harry says:
            6 Jan6 January 11:17

            Sorry meant £310/ £380 on clubcard.

            As for pets, I can’t see better than £5/ month for a young healthy non pedigree pet etc but I didn’t put in my clubcard number so no discount

          • Lady London says:
            6 Jan6 January 13:27

            do they cover gerbils?

          • harry says:
            6 Jan6 January 13:42

            jerboa believe it 🙂

        • Andrew H says:
          6 Jan6 January 10:11

          Tried one British Bicoloured Shorthair kitten, eight weeks old, with middle aged married couple…

          Extra – £10.21 per month
          Premium – £14.20 per month (they only give you the 4000 points if you choose extra or premium)

        • Andrew H says:
          6 Jan6 January 12:22

          Can get it down to £4.55 a month

  • Roger says:
    6 Jan6 January 09:50

    How nostalgic to see the stock photo of a company no longer operating – MyFerryLink – thanks to the daft decisions of the UK’s ‘competition’ authority. 🙁

    • Rob says:
      6 Jan6 January 12:01

      That pic is actually from the Direct Ferries website!

    • Lady London says:
      6 Jan6 January 13:30

      @Roger I couldn’t agree more. The moment the demise of myferrylink was certain the fares of other operators across the channel went up by £20 each way.

  • Mr(s) Entitled says:
    6 Jan6 January 10:23

    Not sure why this hasn’t been covered on HfP. It was mentioned in the comments section yesterday and is covered in a lot of the usual places elsewhere. The offer does run for a while but I suspect it might be withdrawn before too long.

    Anyway, I have just insured my healthy, chipped, spayed, 3yr male indoor cat for £6.31 for the first month’s direct debit. A very good outlay for £40 of CC points. Now, where did I put my cat?

    • Andrew H says:
      6 Jan6 January 10:32

      Am assuming you might have to do two months before the points arrive.

      Although, can they take the points away if you cancel after a couple of months?

      • Mr(s) Entitled says:
        6 Jan6 January 13:47

        T&C’s with regard the 4,000 point simply state: “If you cancel your policy within the first 30 days you will not receive the Clubcard points.”. Within 30 days tells me that the 30th day should be fine but even with two premiums I’m still quids in.

        Also worth noting, that the premium I quoted was my first attempt. I wasn’t going to spend too long playing around with criteria to save a pound or two. Literally took me 2 mins.

    • Worzel says:
      6 Jan6 January 11:26

      Mr(s) Entitled, whereas I won’t be taking out the insurance, I am reminded of Mrs Slocombe, thank you 🙂 .

    • Rob says:
      6 Jan6 January 12:01

      I was in the Four Seasons Hotel in Hampshire yesterday, that’s why! Kids didn’t go back until today.

      It will run across both HFP and SP tomorrow.

      If I was even 50% on the ball I would have remembered the SPG closing date and saved myself the bother of knocking out the ‘bits’ piece at 1am ….

      • Sohan says:
        6 Jan6 January 15:37

        I hope you’ll be able to do a review of that one. Saw it on FHR. How is it for family/kids?

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