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It’s back – buy up to 100,000 cheap Avios, from 0.81p, via Groupon

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It’s back.  Fortunately, or unfortunately (it depends how much trouble you had getting the Avios to post when this deal ran last year) you can yet again buy cheap Avios points simply by heading over to Groupon.

The fall in the Euro in recent days means that this deal is not as good as it was last year, where you were paying as little as 0.7p per Avios.  It is still worth a look though.

This is an Iberia Plus deal.  This means that there are two hurdles to jump:

You need an Iberia Plus Avios account (easily fixed by going to iberia.com if you don’t have one)

Your Iberia account will need to be 90 days old before you are allowed to use ‘Combine My Avios’ and send your points across to your British Airways Executive Club or avios.com account

Start by visiting the Iberia home page here.

Iberia has its own online shopping portal.  However, it is not meant to be offered to UK residents.  You must change the site language (top left) to Spain – English.  It will not work if you are set to United Kingdom – English.

Click on ‘Iberia Plus’ in the top menu and you will see a link for Iberia PluStore.  Go there.  Search for Groupon and click through.  You will earn an extra 10 Avios per €1 for your purchase in the IberiaPluStore – if it tracks.

Once you have clicked through to Groupon and got the relevant cookie on your computer, click here for the Avios page you need on the Spanish Groupon site.

It is best to use Google Chrome to open it.  Chrome should offer to translate the text.  If it doesn’t, right click on your mouse and a translation option will appear.

There are five price levels- the 2,000 Avios deal is the cheapest:

2,000 Avios = €19 (£16.19) = 0.81p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

4,000 Avios = €59 (£50.28) = 1.25p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

8,000 Avios = €99 (£84.37) = 1.05p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

15,000 Avios = €189 (£161.07) = 1.07p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

20,000 Avios = €249 (£212.21) = 1.06p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

34,000 Avios = €429 (£365.61) = 1.07p (excluding the PluStore Avios)

However, if you do not use an existing groupon.es account and open a new one, it appears that you can use code CUPON20 to save 20% (capped at €20).  

You can buy a maximum of five packages per Iberia account.  However, you are restricted to just one of the ‘2,000 Avios’ packs and three of the ‘34,000 Avios’ packs.  The maximum number of Avios you can buy is therefore 3 x 34 + 2 x 20 = 142,000 Avios for €1,785, less €20 if the coupon code works.

You can pay by PayPal which may be easier – I did during the previous promotion – although you get legged over on the exchange rate.  All other credit cards are accepted including American Express.  If you do not use a 0% payment card, remember to factor in the 3% FX fee to the prices shown above.

About 30 minutes later you will receive an emailed voucher.  If you don’t, the voucher will also be showing in your account on the Spanish Groupon site.  There is a link in the voucher to a page on the Groupon site where you need to input the codes.

You are told that your Avios will take 30 days to appear but, in reality, they have historically turned up quicker.

The big question ….. is it worth it?

This isn’t the most straightforward promotion ever.  The exchange rate is moving around daily and you can’t be 100% certain that you PluStore purchase will track.  I am least more confident these days that you will get your Avios without huge amounts of trouble.  Buying 2,000 at 0.8p is a decent deal but the time required may be too much of a faff to justify it.

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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Iberia and Iberia Plus

Comments (83)

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  • Sam G says:
    12 Feb12 February 04:54

    Did anyone ever have any luck chasing down missing points from Iberia? Tried all sorts of contacts but never got anywhere

  • Sam G says:
    12 Feb12 February 05:27

    Also – OT: @Rob & others – any idea why Supercard aren’t issuing cards and how long it might be until I can get one?

    • Neil says:
      12 Feb12 February 08:11

      There is some kind of technical issue, which has been going on for ages. They will not say when it will be fixed. For me, Supercard has been a massive disappointment. It is a great idea, but my card has never worked when I have tried to use it. Travelex clearly launched a product that wasn’t ready!

      • John says:
        12 Feb12 February 09:57

        The so-called pilot product worked much better than the actual final release

        This is because they were completely different products and the beta project was more like an extended market research study

        • Ian says:
          12 Feb12 February 11:39

          Agree beta was much better – had more than one process but never charge my card 😉

          Now it fails more often than not – just use Curve instead.

          • Danny says:
            12 Feb12 February 12:02

            Maybe I’m lucky but have had over 50-60 transactions (Vietnam, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong…) and not a single one has failed/declined, most recently online yesterday with the Iberia/Groupon offer.

          • Pid says:
            12 Feb12 February 13:04

            My super card has worked fine in France and for online bookings in foreign currency, must just be pot luck.

            However, agree the pilot was better as you could withdraw cash. I also experienced one that processed but then never charged the link card.

        • Alan says:
          12 Feb12 February 14:33

          Totally agree, the pilot was flawless!

      • Alan says:
        12 Feb12 February 14:31

        I definitely found it hit and miss in France. Often would give PIN error, even though clearly the correct one – would then work fine in the next shop! When it does work though it’s nice to earn points with no forex fee.

    • Rob says:
      12 Feb12 February 08:42

      No, not mentioned to me, didn’t even they had paused.

  • Lumma says:
    12 Feb12 February 07:15

    The terms and conditions in the iberia plus store seem to suggest that you don’t get the bonus points when you buy the iberia avios on Groupon

    • Sam G says:
      12 Feb12 February 07:46

      I’ve had them before but like all portals I wouldn’t count on it, just a nice bonus if they do post!

    • Genghis says:
      12 Feb12 February 08:14

      I got them last time though T&Cs may indeed have changed.

    • Rob says:
      12 Feb12 February 08:41

      It said that last time – and I didn’t mention it – but apparently they did actually post so I am mentioning it this time.

    • Marc says:
      12 Feb12 February 08:50

      To clarify, if you read the Spanish T&Cs they don’t mean that. What they say is that they are not responsible for the posting of the 2k,4K,8k… Avios packs, not that you don’t earn Avios when you click Groupon and buy the Avios through the Iberia Plus store.
      They wrote that after the first edition of the promo, because I guess many people contacted them regarding the missing 2k,4K,… Avios, when really they’ve got nothing to do with that.

  • Sunny says:
    12 Feb12 February 07:20

    How long has this offered lasted in the past? I might need to buy some in a few weeks if I can’t get some amex referrals.

  • BrianDT says:
    12 Feb12 February 08:17

    I guess my cookies are screwed up, Groupon keeps bouncing back to the UK even though I’ve logged out.

  • HGreen says:
    12 Feb12 February 09:01

    O/T but my husband and I have booked to go to Dubai in May (we managed to book first class seats as our first redemption through reading this site!). Can anyone recommend a good beach hotel that will not cost us an arm and a leg? We have the Amex platinum card but don’t have any hotel loyalty points. We were thinking of joining the isme Jumeirah loyalty scheme for a discount? We think it’s too late to sign up for the Hilton honours credit card to get the free night voucher? Any recommendations appreciated!

    • Mark1980 says:
      12 Feb12 February 10:03

      You should be fine do the Hilton card. I applied in January, hit the target spend in a week and the voucher posted last week.

    • Rashad says:
      12 Feb12 February 10:08

      It’s not late to sign up for Hilton Barclays card. It took me literally 4-5 week between signing up for the card, spending £800 required spend and receiving an automatic email with a voucher.

      Waldorf and Astoria Palm Dubai is an amazing property as well as Sofitel Palm Residence. Have a look also under fine hotels search with your Amex Platinum there are currently few fantastic deals for May

    • czechoslovakia says:
      13 Feb13 February 15:36

      Can recommend the DoubleTree by Hilton Dubai – Jumeirah Beach. Good price/quality ratio. Private beach. Nice suites.

  • Brian says:
    12 Feb12 February 10:06

    The fall in the Euro or the fall in the pound means that the deal isn’t as good???

  • the real harry1 says:
    12 Feb12 February 10:24

    so 1x 2000 (£16.19) + 1x 8000 (£84.37) = £100.36

    take off the EUR20 = £83.50

    an easy 10000 Avios @ 0.835p/ point

    • Genghis says:
      12 Feb12 February 10:40

      Have you bought?

      • the real harry1 says:
        12 Feb12 February 10:48

        on the borderline for me, I guess I can justify 2x 10K though – this makes my trips to & fro (our place in the sun 🙂 ) peak 7500 + £17.50 = £80.13

        yourself?

        • Genghis says:
          12 Feb12 February 10:56

          I bought last time at 0.8p IIRC. This time I’ll keep my cash. Don’t partic need the avios.

    • Ian says:
      12 Feb12 February 20:34

      It would seem that one can only purchase one of these per transaction.

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