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Register now – TRIPLE AVIOS on all British Airways flights, all classes, is back

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So, how bad are British Airways forward bookings at the moment?  I was surprised that the current British Airways sale (covered here) was so underwhelming.  I couldn’t even bring myself to write a full article on it.

However, now we have a very serious statement of intent – BA has brought back its offer of triple base Avios on all British Airways flights, irrespective of ticket class or price.

If you are travelling to North America from Europe, flights on Finnair, Iberia and American Airlines are also included if you credit them to your British Airways account.

British Airways BA A350 in flight

You MUST register in advance by clicking here.

It is not yet clear if members of the On Business small business scheme will also receive triple OB points – they did when this offer ran last Autumn.

Let’s look at an example of how good this could be.

Berlin to Hong Kong on British Airways, Club World

Avios earned as a Blue member (a status member would get more):

Calculated at this web page as (869 + 8969 + 8969 + 869) + a bonus of (579 + 5979 + 5979 + 579) + (579 + 5979 + 5979 + 579) = 45,908

That is a VERY generous incentive and, if you manage to pick up a cheap business class deal, a substantial rebate on the cost of the flight itself.

I expected this promotion to come with a catch (ie excluding non-refundable fares) but there isn’t one.  The only rule is that your flight must be BOOKED and flown between the start date – which is not named in the rules – and 31st March 2017.

There is some risk here if you are looking to book a BA flight today.  Who knows what the official start date of this promotion is?  Whilst the website is live, BA has not yet emailed anyone about the offer.

The registration page is also buggy at present.  This is what I got:

Thank you, you are now registered for this offer.

Your registration has been unsuccessful, unfortunately you are not eligible for this offer.

For clarity, EVERYONE can register for this offer, irrespective of what country their BAEC account is in.

Here are the other rules:

You get the bonus on up to EIGHT segments (ie four return flights or eight one-way flights) – this means, weirdly, that you may want to keep your BAEC number out of some short haul bookings so you can get triple Avios on later long haul flights

You MUST register via this page of ba.com

All cabins and all ticket types are included

Only base Avios are tripled, not any cabin or status bonus

American, Iberia and Finnair flights will count if they are for travel between the EU, Norway, Switzerland and North America, Mexico and Puerto Rico or an OpenSkies service from Paris Orly to Newark or New York JFK

Unlike the September version of this offer, Comair flights in South Africa ARE included this time

SUN-AIR franchise flights are excluded as are BA numbered codeshare flights on other airlines

I strongly recommend that you register now by clicking here.  You will also find full details on this page.  You could easily forget if you end up not having any qualifying flights until nearer the end of the offer in March.

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

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Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

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There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

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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

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The Platinum Card from American Express

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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

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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

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American Express Business Gold

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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 (140)

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  • David says:
    3 Jan3 January 10:52

    Same error message (as everyone else). Same concern that this has not been activated and no good way to check.

    However, as noted it is a BA site and its just there incorrect wording so I am taking it that I am registered!

  • Will says:
    3 Jan3 January 10:52

    How does one know whether they will get the offer applied before proceeding with the booking? Doesn’t come up on the BA booking page to my best knowledge.

  • RussellH says:
    3 Jan3 January 10:56

    Perhaps it might be interesting to see if anyone has NOT got the contradictory response to registration?

    • Lawro says:
      3 Jan3 January 11:10

      Reports on Flyertalk suggest some BAEC members whose accounts are not based in the UK have registered successfully without the second error message.

      • Alan says:
        3 Jan3 January 11:26

        Indeed. Rob have you heard from your BA sources that this promo is definitely registering folk OK? Given the quality of BA IT I’m not surprised to get an error but I’m also a little dubious that it has actually registered me properly! Many on FT seemed to think BA were planning to launch this offer but hadn’t quite gone live with it yet…

        • Rob says:
          3 Jan3 January 12:19

          I doubt anyone would know for sure. I will run a reminder on Thursday and people can reregister then now the T&C’s have been amended.

  • HB133 says:
    3 Jan3 January 11:32

    They’ve now managed to update the T&C’s and it’s not available to UK & Ireland until 5 January:

    Triple Avios is available in all regions except UK&I and US as of 3 January 2017. Triple Avios will be available in UK&I and US as of 5 January 2017.

    • Alan says:
      3 Jan3 January 11:37

      Ah OK, thanks – will register again then. A bit silly to have a 2 day difference in start date, but that’s BA for you!

    • whiskerxx says:
      3 Jan3 January 11:54

      if t&c’s are now saying 5th January from UK and USA perhaps the article should be edited?

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  • Ro says:
    3 Jan3 January 11:42

    Thanks for the info Rob. I was thinking of flying to the US on American Airlines, but on a Finnair codeshare. I know you said that flying with either of these, or Iberia, to the US would qualify but was just wondering if the fact it is flying with one airlines, on a different airline’s codeshare would make a difference? Flying economy so I’m still not sure if the triple avios are worth it, as opposed to contributing to status with qatar, but would be nice to make an informed decision.

  • Lisa says:
    3 Jan3 January 13:58

    🙁 I have the same error message not working at the moment it seems.

  • Nick says:
    3 Jan3 January 14:01

    Can someone give me a definitive answer please… I have quite a few flights already booked with BA up until March 31st, INCLUDING a trip departing at 7.55am on Thursday, the day this triple-Avios promotion now begins. Will I get them on those trips (if I register at, say, 5am on Thursday) or is it only on bookings made subsequently. Many thanks…

    • Dave says:
      3 Jan3 January 14:07

      If it works in the same way as the equivalent promo at the end of 2016, no, you won’t get the bonus on any existing bookings.

      • Nick says:
        3 Jan3 January 14:15

        Damn! OK, thanks Dave.

      • TGLoyalty says:
        3 Jan3 January 14:22

        Though lots of people who did buy their tickets before the promo started did get the triple Avios

        look at the mess today don’t think BA IT is that good. either way worth registering as what do you have to lose

        • Rob says:
          3 Jan3 January 14:49

          Corporate travel agents tend not to ticket until very close to the date of travel, so it is possible you could have booked (and got a PNR) for a ticket which has not actually been ticketed – and therefore it did count.

          Tickets bought via third parties tended to count IIRC, presumably because the original purchase date is obfuscated.

          I thought, in general, people who bought pre-paid tickets directly from BA before the promo start date did not get the bonus? There is a long Flyertalk thread on this from last time.

          • Barry cutters says:
            3 Jan3 January 15:48

            My flight to Hawaii , bought in the American sale in the summer (on AA.com) gave me tripple avios on the LAX leg. And so did a BA flight to Johannesburg. Both in club/business

      • Alan says:
        3 Jan3 January 14:33

        Indeed, the exception seemed to be when ticketing was on different stock (eg 001 AA rather than 125 BA).

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