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Win 100,000 Avios with Avis – simply fill in a form

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If all goes to plan, we should have a fantastic competition to win a very large pile of Avios exclusively for Head for Points readers over the next week or so.

In the meantime, you might want to have a look at this Avios / Avis competition to win 100,000 Avios points.

It has been knocking around for a few weeks but I missed it until yesterday.  The deadline for entries is Wednesday 30th so don’t hang around.

Entering is easy.  All you need to do is visit this website and fill in your name and address.  Note that the (optional) box for your Avios account number is for an avios.com number and not a British Airways Executive Club one.

No purchase is required and you don’t need to have rented from Avis recently either.

There is no need to watch the video, but it has lots of nice Irish scenery in it – but not many jokes.  Sorry Jarlath ….


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (October 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

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, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

10,000 points bonus – plus an extra 500 points for our readers 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

Up to 80,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

Get up to 40,000 points as a sign-up offer 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 (41)

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  • Tobias says:

    Has anybody seen the Iberia-Avis offer? 18,000 bonus Avios if you hire a car on 8-11DEC for minimum 3 days. Looks like it has to be on that weekend but could be an easy 18k

    • Rob says:

      Thanks, will run this tomorrow.

    • Chris says:

      Thanks for sharing. I have pre-paid £44 for a three day hire – a very decent price for just over 18000 Avios let alone for a 3 day car hire too.

    • Umba says:

      Thanks for uncovering and sharing this very generous offer. Booked my weekend rental earlier this evening for €49.15.

  • Alex W says:

    Any idea if you will still get the Avios if you “forget” to pick up the car?

  • Jonathan says:

    With these promos, is there a way – or have people been caught out- by entering with multiple email addresses?

    • Rob says:

      The back-end software they use should be able to identify multiple entries from the same IP address and may be set up to disqualify all of them.

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