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Buy Avios from 0.85p in a new Iberia Plus promo

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Until 31st December, Iberia Plus is offering a 50% bonus when you transfer your Iberia Plus Avios points to another member.

This offers an interesting opportunity to pick up a few cheap Avios points and may also allow you to consolidate Avios from other family members into your account.

As usual, you can only take part in this offer if you have an ACTIVE Iberia Plus account.  This means that your Iberia Plus account is 90 days old and has earned 1 Avios point.  

If you do not have an Iberia Plus account, I strongly recommend you open one now and get 1 point into it (an Amex Membership Rewards transfer, for example) so you are able to take part in future Iberia offers.

This is how the deal works:

You need to go to this page of the Iberia website and click on ‘Transfer’.  If you are not logged in, you may need to log in first and then click this link again.

The pricing goes up in chunks so I have only shown the most attractive option at each price level:

Transfer 6,000 Avios – receiver gets 9,000 Avios = €30 fee (£25, 0.85p each)

Transfer 12,000 Avios – receiver gets 18,000 Avios = €75 fee (£63, 1.0p each)

Transfer 18,000 Avios – receiver gets 27,000 Avios = €115 fee (£97, 1.0p each)

Transfer 24,000 Avios (max) – receiver gets 36,000 Avios = €160 fee (£135, 1.1p each)

If I wanted to do this, this is how it would go:

I would use ‘Combine My Avios’ to move 6,000 Avios from my ba.com or avios.com account to my iberia.com account

I would pay €30 to transfer 6,000 Avios into the Iberia Plus account of my wife, effectively paying 0.8p for each of 3,000 ‘new’ Avios created

My wife would use ‘Combine My Avios’ to move 9,000 back from Iberia Plus into her avios.com or ba.com accounts

This deal won’t work for many people because it requires both you and your partner to have active Iberia Plus accounts.  If you do qualify, however, it is worth a look – even if you only buy 3,000 Avios for £25 by taking the cheapest option listed above.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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.

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Comments (74)

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  • RussellH says:
    22 Dec22 December 11:02

    OT – Sunday Times Travel Magazine 4 500 Avios offer.

    Finally got my points posted today – five days off 3 months from taking out the sub.

    Only got them after I e-mailed a number of senior staff yesterday. One of them replied **immediately** that he would look into the matter, phoned me and e-mailed me yesterday afternoon with a promise that the Avios would be in my BAEC a/c by the end of today.

    They are and I thanked him. But it really should not be necessary to go through all this!

    • Mikeact says:
      22 Dec22 December 12:10

      Lucky you…what an appaling organisation for a so called top paper.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      22 Dec22 December 15:33

      So strange. Mine posted without issue within a couple weeks 4,500 to both Avios and BAEC

      Obviously they didn’t expect the take up they got and weren’t prepared for that level of orders?

      • Worzel says:
        22 Dec22 December 17:00

        First lot of Avios posted within a couple weeks, 2nd, with a little chasing, arrived today.

        Customer services polite and helpful-no mention of Genghis clogging up the system! 🙂 .

        • th real harry says:
          22 Dec22 December 17:09

          ISTR he only got 4

        • RussellH says:
          23 Dec23 December 11:10

          My partner is going to have to contact the manager in question – she has not got hers either.

          Their original excuse was that names and BAEC numbers did not match up. As these were gift subs, I suspect that they were trying to mach our numbers with the unrelated recipients.

          CS then got her purchase and mine mixed up, which I did not notice for a long time, as I assumed that the e-mail tracking number was they bit that mattered, but CS told me that they totally ignored that!

  • aliks says:
    22 Dec22 December 11:12

    With 3 of us in the family, I should get 6 transfers. The first 3 A-B-C-A went through instantly. I’ll do the reverse loop tomorrow,

    18,000 Avios for £154.32 makes 0.857p per Avios. I think I am averaging 1.4p redemption value (very subjective, I know) so the net profit will be £100 for half an hours fiddling.

  • idrive says:
    22 Dec22 December 14:56

    OT: I made a MR transfer to Hilton, but this did not reflect an extension of expiration of my HHonors points. I thought this was considered as activity as per previous reports. can anyone confirm please?

  • Andy S says:
    22 Dec22 December 18:14

    OT. Tesco payqwik. Just had email offering another 100 bonus points for the next 5 transactions by 15th Jan.

    • Alan says:
      22 Dec22 December 21:14

      Interesting – I haven’t had any emails from them, wonder if it’s targeted or widely available? I switched away onto using Android Pay to get entries in their Christmas Cracker compo but would switch back!

      • Andy S says:
        22 Dec22 December 22:23

        Targeted I think – I’ve just gone back into the email and read the small print :

        “Offer only available to existing PayQwiq customers who receive this email from PayQwiq. One offer per customer. Clubcard points will be added to a future Clubcard statement. “

        • Alan says:
          22 Dec22 December 22:45

          Ah OK, shame. Thanks for checking.

          • Liz says:
            22 Dec22 December 22:59

            Hubby got this email on his Tesco account but I didn’t get it on our original joint account. We did 5 trsactions on the same day across both accounts back in October. I never get any Tesco offers on our joint account even though the preferences are set to receive offers and emails. It’s annoying.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      22 Dec22 December 22:43

      Had the same but the west midlands is a PayQwiq waste land and no trip to London planned, never know though.

      • Liz says:
        22 Dec22 December 23:00

        It’s widely on offer now theoughout the country – not just London and Edinburgh anymore.

        • Alan says:
          22 Dec22 December 23:10

          Indeed, seems to work on any self-service tills that have been upgraded to take contactless (the Riverside Drive ones never have a queue at the self-scan ones where you take the scanner round the store either, love them!)

        • Brian W says:
          22 Dec22 December 23:30

          Liz is correct, its available in a lot of the UK now. I’ve used it in many Edinburgh, Glasgow and Coatbridge stores in November and their website suggests its had a major roll out with the map showing many areas covered.

          I got the email on 3 CC accounts out of 4. The account on which I didn’t get the email on was the most recent one I used PayQwiq for in Nov to get the last bonus so I reckon its targeted at those that signed up a while ago but haven’t used it recently. The other 3 on which I did get the email were the ones I used to get the Sept bonus and never used again after the 5 transactions.

          15 more transactions to do before 15th Jan…….easy Avios 🙂

          • Fenny says:
            23 Dec23 December 21:09

            I signed up and tried to use it at the newly installed tills at our Tesco local a couple of months ago, but it hadn’t been enabled there yet. I really CBA to try it again, as it seemed like such a faff, what with having to get my phone out, unlock the phone, open the app etc. Even the archaic method of putting a card into a C&P machine and typing in a 4 digit number, rather than using contactless, is easier. But then I’m the person who will leave home without a phone, but not without a wallet, never the other way around.

  • Talay says:
    22 Dec22 December 18:32

    I have 2 IB accounts but only one has a balance, both over 90 days old.

    Does this preclude me sending from the one with a balance to the one without and as that then receives Avios, making it available to send back ?

  • S says:
    22 Dec22 December 19:17

    Can someone one help me.

    My Dad has a 241 Amex voucher which he wants to use next year, however he doesn’t have the required Avios for trip his short 40k. He plans on buying an extra 30k next week, but will still be short 10k. I spoke to BA today who confirmed that we are unable to pay the rest as a cash substitute as you would cash and Avios bookings. Is this correct?

    • th real harry says:
      22 Dec22 December 19:50

      what do you want us to say? info is correct

      easy enough to buy the missing Avios or just acquire them more cheaply in other ways

    • Peter K says:
      22 Dec22 December 20:12

      Yes they are correct. You can pay a cash ticket and reduce the cost with “part pay with avios” to reduce the cash required. With an avios redemption ticket however there is no leeway, you must pay the full avios cost and cannot reduce the number you need by paying extra cash.

      There are usually MUCH cheaper ways to get avios than to buy direct from the companies. Is there not a friend they could refer for an Amex? The above is a cheaper way to do it than buying outright if you go for the 0.85p per avios method.

      • Genghis says:
        22 Dec22 December 20:45

        Get a referral for an Amex MR card / BA card / SPG to get the sign up bonus from the required spend / convert from Tesco. Avios are easy enough to pick up. I’ve picked up 200k in a few months it seems…

      • Brian says:
        22 Dec22 December 23:15

        You can reduce the number of Avios you need for a redemption by paying part cash. You get a list of various options, with decreasing numbers of Avios and increasing cash amounts. (Obviously, the first one is the normal Avios cost and the normal taxes and fees). I’ve done it a couple of times before. But I’ve never done it with a 2for1 voucher, so can’t comment on the veracity of Amex’s information.

  • Peter K says:
    22 Dec22 December 20:50

    A bit OT.
    I cannot move Avios to or from my wife’s Avios.com account for some reason from either BA or IB. I realised the address needed updating and I have done this but it is still not working. Nothing else has changed. Anyone any ideas. All other details are identical on Avios.com, IB and BA accounts.

    • th real harry says:
      22 Dec22 December 20:55

      no household accounts?

      • Peter K says:
        22 Dec22 December 21:03

        Only BAEC. Never been a problem before and of course should not stop IB Avios.com movements.

        • th real harry says:
          22 Dec22 December 22:02

          have you tried both push & pull? if it doesn’t work logged into one, go to the other & try again

        • Peter K says:
          22 Dec22 December 22:09

          Tried that in all four ways. I think an email or phone call may have to be made if no better by tomorrow. Having said that, with the strikes I imagine the call centres will be a mite busy!

  • mark2 says:
    22 Dec22 December 23:05

    We just acquired 3,000 Avios each using the small change left on the Moneycorp Explorer cards recommended by Rob in about August plus the £20 offer on each.
    I also discovered 755 Avios on wife’s Iberia account that I had overlooked.

    • Boi says:
      23 Dec23 December 09:17

      How did you get the 3000 Avios? I still have the small change on my card…

      • mark2 says:
        23 Dec23 December 09:32

        I had the small change in Euros and the £20 extra from the offer. I converted the £20 to euros giving me EUR30 for this offer. I am now undecided whether to cancel the card in case there is another offer or keep it for when we go to US in June.

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