How to earn Avios points from Budget car rentals
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We have run various article on how to earn Avios from Avis car rentals. The Avis / BA partnership is fairly well publicised and has good benefits, in particular the free additional driver when booking using the British Airways Executive Club discount codes.
The Avis parent company is Avis Budget Group and, unsurprisingly, it is also possible to earn Avios with Budget. I thought it was worth looking at again today.
The main Budget website is here.
Budget wasn’t originally part of the Avis / BA deal but it is now a fully fledged part of the joint venture and has equal billing on the combined Avis / Budget / Avios website – you can find it here.
How many Avios do I earn from Budget?
It’s very simple.
You earn 2 Avios per £1 spent. All Budget locations worldwide are included. You do not need to use any special British Airways booking codes.
There is minimal small print – you are capped at 10,000 Avios per rental (!), corporate rates do not qualify, chauffeur and van hires do not qualify, rates booked via third parties do not qualify. Apart from that, you’re good to go.
Note that you do NOT get a free additional driver when renting with Budget as a British Airways Executitve Club member. This benefit is only available with Avis rentals.
The earning rate with Budget is clearly poorer than the Avis earning rate (5 Avios per £1 with Avis vs 2 Avios per £1 with Budget) but if Budget is more convenient or a better deal then you can at least pick up some Avios.
You can find out more on the Avis Budget / BA site here. For more general information on Budget, visit their website here.
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