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Bits: Avios launches targeted Super Boost promo, Lloyds brings back refer-a-friend

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News in brief:

Avios launches new targetted Super Boost promotion

avios.com launched a new promotion yesterday to encourage you to increase your Avios collecting this spring.

Super Boost is a targetted offer which has gone to a minority of members.  None of my family have received anything.  If you didn’t get it, there is nothing you can do about it.

You need to opt in by the end of February and then collect a specific number of Avios before the end of April.  Irrespective of when you register, all earning from 1st January counts towards your target.

The bonuses are based on your previous earning activity and vary sharply.  For example, I saw one offering:

1,500 Avios for earning 18,000 points or 3,000 Avios for earning 25,000 points

but another reader got:

200 Avios for earning 400 points or 400 Avios for earning 600 points

Quite a difference.

Avios from all air and non-air partners count towards your target.  There is no leeway on the receipt of Avios, however – they must be in your account by 30th April.  If you have the Lloyds credit card, check what date your points hit to ensure that you don’t spend unnecessarily in the final month.

The easiest way to hit your target is probably from a Tesco Clubcard conversion although the cut-off date for the next voucher run is Thursday 26th January.  This means that you will struggle to do anything quickly to earn additional points this quarter.

Be careful about crediting British Airways flights to avios.com because you not receive any elite status bonus that BAEC would give and your tier points will be lost.

Bonus Avios will be credited to accounts by 31st May.  The full terms and conditions are here.

Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card refer-a-friend bonus is back

I wrote an article yesterday moaning about the loss of the refer-a-friend bonus on the Lloyds Avios Rewards credit card. 

This definitely seemed to have died. I saw two separate tweets sent by Lloyds to Head for Points readers confirming it.

And then, a few hours after my article appeared, it was relaunched!  You can, yet again, receive 4,500 Avios points when you are referred for the Lloyds Avios Rewards card.

Meanwhile, I have been sent a document showing potential plans for the future of the Lloyds Avios Rewards card.  More on this tomorrow …..

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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British Airways and Avios

Comments (201)

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  • Hannes says:
    11 Jan11 January 16:52

    I was offered 2000 points if I collected 8500 and 4000 points for 11000 points. I might actually make it if the 5500 missing points from currys appears in my account some time soon

  • cristian says:
    11 Jan11 January 17:14

    can you transfer from TPC ?

  • BillyBoy says:
    11 Jan11 January 17:17

    500 for 8500 and 1000 for 11000 hardly sets my pulse racing 🙂

    Oh well, free money I suppose…

  • Jonny says:
    11 Jan11 January 17:24

    OT: re Iberia Plus “90 day” rule.
    My understanding was that this just applied to transferring *out of* Iberia Plus, and you could transfer *into* Iberia Plus straight away, so long as the account is “active” (i.e. earned 1 or more Avios).
    Is this correct, or is the 90 day rule for “both ways”?

  • Chris says:
    11 Jan11 January 17:29

    FYI, and not wanting to cause lots of similar replies, I received my 18700 Avis bonus in my Iberia account this afternoon. That was ‘unprompted’, i.e. I hadn’t complained about the delay.

  • AndyFox says:
    11 Jan11 January 18:57

    I had exactly the same email, so disappointing. I left avios.com some feedback saying how cherry picking certain customers to get certain deals is ridiculous 🙂

  • Tony M says:
    11 Jan11 January 19:53

    I get 2000 for earning 8500. Should be very possible.

  • Alistair Todd says:
    11 Jan11 January 20:18

    Just got my 18k Iberia avios from Avis too. Really pleased with that one, even if the Citroen they gave me was an awful piece of crap! Also just got 10k avios from Nutmeg (which should trigger a measly 400 from the Super Boost promo), another 1k for the “new partner” offer, 500 from a Shell bonus offer and another 100 for stopping the fill up on 0pence, and 26k from the BA amex card. Pretty good day for my avios balance!

    Just checked my Hilton statement and for a 10k point redemption I scored 2500 pts by using the HH Visa, 5k pts for booking through the app, and with 3.5x points from bonus offers and a diamond bonus, and another 1k as a diamond, my stay earned nearly 12k points! Just booked the same again, which will also count towards retaining Diamond – Interestingly my HH account is telling me I need 29 stays to “retain diamond in 2018”, which makes me wonder if my current diamond (from a status match to Accor) will stay active for all of 2017?

    I also just realised that my IHG redemption in Minsk will be getting cheaper on the 15th so I can cancel and re-book, saving 15000 IHG points!

    Thanks Rob and everyone for turning me into an obsessive points and miles whore!

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