Avios has teamed up with The Times and The Sunday Times to launch a generous subscription offer. If you buy either newspaper then you will find this deal very interesting.
There are four deals to choose from, as you can see here.
The cheapest is the Classic 6 Day Pack. For £5 per week (£260 over the minimum one year term) you receive:
- The Times in print form Monday to Saturday
- Access to the smartphone app and the websites (but NOT the tablet app)
- Access to the Times+ membership scheme
- 20,000 Avios, credited within 28 days
Pay £7 per week (£364) and you receive the Classic 7 Day Pack. This is everything listed above plus The Sunday Times in print form.
If you don’t want printed newspapers, the cheapest option is – oddly – more expensive than the cheapest print option! For £6 per week (£312) you receive The Digital Pack which gives you seven day access to the tablet newspaper.
For £8 per week (£416), The Ultimate Pack gets you seven days of print newspapers plus full access to the tablet app.
Purely as an exercise in buying Avios cheaply, this is clearly not the greatest deal ever. £260 for 20,000 Avios is still cheaper at 1.3p each than buying them from BA. I would not be a buyer at anything above 1p, however, unless you are topping off an account.
On the other hand, if you currently pay for The Times, or would swap from your existing newspaper, it becomes more interesting. If you are self-employed, perhaps ordering a daily newspaper for your office could be a business expense.
You can find full details on The Times website here.
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This is by far the best (very little known) deal for an online times subsciption – no Avios though. I think they keep it for when all else fails when people cancel and they try and persuade them otherwise – how I discovered it.
http://store3.thetimes.co.uk/membership-packs/sunday-digital-13-week-trial-online/
Hmm, It looks like the Classic 6 Day Pack for £5 per week is no longer available- a shame since that was the cheapest option for the 20K Avios…
It is – you just have to use the tool at the bottom to help you select the 6 pack edition. It even says min 3 months contract on that bit!
The Classic 6 Day pack is ideal for you…
Enjoy The Times every weekday & The Saturday Times
Also receive our smartphone app and Times+ worth over £100 a month
Includes 20,000 Avios
£5
per week
3 month minimum term
nah
you take it 1 step further and …
initial term. Simply contact our Member Services team.
•Minimum 12 month contract applies
Just a typo IMV
FWIW – My 20,000 Avios hit today