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News in brief:

Get 1,200 Avios with LEGO DC Heroes

Tesco Direct has launched another LEGO offer which can earn you Avios.

Until 26th April you will get 500 extra Clubcard points – convertible into 1,200 Avios or 1,250 Virgin Flying Club miles – when you spend £30 or more on LEGO DC Super Heroes.

Heathrow Rewards adds AerClub as a partner – and a competition

Heathrow Rewards has added Aer Lingus AerClub as a redemption partner.

This doesn’t make any major difference to the scheme.  Before, an Irish-based member of AerClub could simply have transferred their Heathrow Rewards points to British Airways  Executive Club and then on to AerClub via ‘Combine My Avios’.  You now save a little time but the end result is the same.

However ….. there is one interesting quirk.  If you transfer Heathrow Rewards points to AerClub before 31st May, you will be entered into a draw to win one prize of 10,000 Heathrow Rewards points.  That is worth 10,000 Avios (potentially more if you wait for a transfer bonus) or a £100 Heathrow shopping voucher.

If you were planning to transfer Heathrow Rewards to avios.com or BA, you might want to open an AerClub account instead and send them there.  It gets you entered into the competition and you can move the Avios across via ‘Combine My Avios’.

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How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards

How to earn Hilton Honors points and status from UK credit cards (April 2025)

There are various ways of earning Hilton Honors points from UK credit and debit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.

There are two dedicated Hilton Honors debit cards. These are especially attractive when spending abroad due to the 0% or 0.5% FX fee, depending on card.

You also receive FREE Hilton Honors status for as long as you hold the debit cards – Gold status with the Plus card and Silver status with the basic card. This is a great reason to apply even if you rarely use it.

We reviewed the Hilton Honors Plus Debit Card here and the Hilton Honors Debit Card here.

You can apply for either card here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 30th April 2025, the annual fee on the basic Hilton Honors debit card is halved from £60 to £30. The sign-up bonus is also easier to earn – you need to spend £1,000 either in the UK or abroad within three months. The usual bonus rule requires you to spend the full £1,000 outside the UK.

NEW: Hilton Honors Plus Debit

10,000 bonus points, Hilton Gold status and NO FX fees Read our full review

NEW: Hilton Honors Debit

2,500 bonus points, Hilton Silver status and 0.5% FX fees Read our full review

There is another way of getting Hilton Honors status, and earning Hilton Honors points, from a payment card.

Holders of The Platinum Card from American Express receive FREE Hilton Honors Gold status for as long as they hold the card.  It also comes with Marriott Bonvoy Gold, Radisson Rewards Premium and MeliaRewards Gold status.

We reviewed American Express Platinum in detail here and you can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

You can also earn Hilton Honors points indirectly with:

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

and for small business owners:

The conversion rate from American Express to Hilton Honors points is 1:2.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which can be used to earn Hilton Honors points.

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Comments (23)

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  • NigelM says:
    22 Apr22 April 07:41

    OT – would appreciate it if anyone knows the answer: I wanted to book a flight through amex travel because they’ve given good service in the past. Their search doesn’t offer the cheapest itinerary offered on the QR website with a 15 hr layover (amex only offers more expensive options with shorter connections). I can bring up the same flights and price on amex travel if I add the flights separately as a multi city itinerary. If I do this, would our bags still be checked through between the connecting flights? Or would the fact I’d put them into the itinerary as separate legs with a 15hr gap mean we’d have to collect them in Doha??

    • Ro says:
      22 Apr22 April 08:27

      Qatar recently relaxed their rules RE seperate tickets and *should* check them through especially as it’s their own flights. Havent had any experience of this myself though

      • Alan says:
        22 Apr22 April 10:14

        But if you book it as a single multi-city booking then it is all on one PNR anyway and would be a protected connection.

    • Matt says:
      22 Apr22 April 08:40

      A multi-city itinerary all on one booking? If so that won’t be a problem for through checking

  • Matt says:
    22 Apr22 April 08:16

    Has anyone got the 250 Avios for pre-registering with Aer Club?

    I phoned up to chase them up a while back and have heard nothing since. Just wondering if it’s worth bothering again.

  • JamesB says:
    22 Apr22 April 11:10

    OT Bit for Anika (and others): targetted 50% nectar points back on ebay.

    • Rob says:
      22 Apr22 April 12:30

      Oooh, might be able to dump my 6k then!

      • JamesB says:
        22 Apr22 April 21:12

        Capped at 5k Rob for £12.50 points return, ends tomorrow. It validated in my ebay account but no mention of it in my nectar account or by email so I’m uncertain whether I qualify or not.

  • Roger says:
    22 Apr22 April 11:52

    Some of your remember my post yesterday about closing BA Amex account.
    I can confirm Amex has posted googwill gesture in my PRGC account.
    so instead of Avios I got MR points, so good result there.

  • h1tvd says:
    22 Apr22 April 12:38

    O/T I am going to Orlando this summer and want to buy tickets for Universal studios, I’m looking at the 3 park explorer tickets about £220 each and I need 5 of them. Its a spend over 1k and I want to maximize either discounts or miles….any suggestions on where to buy them? I’ll be putting the purchase on my BAPP unless the spend is in $ then I’ll put it on my Lloyds Avios. Thanks

    • Rob says:
      22 Apr22 April 13:52

      Whilst this is not a Disney question, I reckon the DIBB forum is a good place for this.

      • Kevin says:
        22 Apr22 April 14:40

        The DIBB covers Universal as well so yes. If you haven’t got all your accommodation sorted then consider staying a night or two in one of the hotels that give you front of line passes.

        • Tracy says:
          22 Apr22 April 20:10

          Thankfully got all our hotels for 2 weeks on Hilton points 🙂
          Did think about Hard Rock hotel for a night to get 2 days fast passes though……..

    • Tracy says:
      22 Apr22 April 14:37

      Thanks, will have a look at this.

    • JamesB says:
      22 Apr22 April 21:22

      If you have AA membership you have AAA membership and so can sometimes get very useful offers, Disney included, through them. However, it’s now over seven years since I was last in the States so I have no recent knowledge on the subject. Liz might know as she has done a lot of road trips there recently and may have used AAA services.

    • fuzzbox01 says:
      22 Apr22 April 22:38

      Hi.

      May be no help whatsoever but having overspent in florida with universal parks still to go (had tickets already), I couldn’t face all the queuing again with my family of five. Being cash poor but avios rich, I booked one night through ba site at royal loews Pacific for a room for 5 (70k avios). This qualifies you upon check in for two days worth of universal express pass (as long as you already have park tickets) and you get in an hour earlier to the Harry Potter nonsense (buying express passes on the day would have been 159 usd each) . You can pre check in from 6 am on the first day. Result – jumped most queues very quickly, less moaning from kids, did the wizard stuff early doors. Admittedly not the best use of avios on a strictly cost per avios basis but seeing as though I was skint, I felt it was worth it. Ended up not even staying in the hotel overnight.

      • Tracy says:
        22 Apr22 April 23:51

        Yeah, I looked at the Hard Rock hotel for one night. Sleeps 5 to a room so 5 fast passes for 2 days at £350 might just be worth it so kids don’t moan as much 🙂

  • the real harry1 says:
    22 Apr22 April 14:46

    O/T 2x £10 Uber rides free for new customers – 02 priority – code PRIORITYTWO

  • Roger says:
    22 Apr22 April 14:53

    Yes that was me.
    Until tomorrow ebookers has £10 off £50 spend on activities so I will be using that instead of Viator via Avios.com

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