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ENDS TONIGHT: Win £600+ of suitcases with HfP and new Avios partner Rolling Luggage

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This week we are running a great competition in association with Rolling Luggage.  One Head for Points reader will win a pretty cool set of new suitcases, worth over £600.

Rolling Luggage is the latest company to join forces with Avios.  You now have the opportunity to collect Avios when buying luggage, either online or instore.

The luggage company, owned by the Samsonite Group, has stores in major airports as well as on high streets in the UK, Denmark, Ireland and Norway, although you can only collect Avios in the UK.  It sells brands such as Samsonite, TUMI, American Tourister, Lipault and Hartmann.

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In the UK, you can find Rolling Luggage stores at the two Westfield centres in London and at St Pancras International station. You will also find them in the following airports:

  • London Heathrow (Terminal 3 Airside, Terminal 3 Landside, Terminal 4 Airside, Terminal 5A Airside, Terminal 5B Airside)
  • Manchester (Terminal 2 Airside, Terminal 3 Airside)
  • Luton
  • Edinburgh

How to collect Avios with Rolling Luggage

You can collect Avios with every purchase online and in their UK stores.

Customers must be members of British Airways Executive Club, AerClub or Avios Travel Rewards Programme (including Flybe)

You will earn 5 Avios per £1 spent

Customers will be awarded 1,000 bonus Avios on their first purchase at Rolling Luggage online or in store with a minimum spend of £100.

If the customer makes a second purchase online or in store within 12 months of the first purchase, 750 bonus Avios will be awarded with a minimum spend of £50.

You can check out their impressive selection on their website here.

Win with our exclusive competiton

To celebrate this new partnership, Rolling Luggage has offered Head for Points a suitcases set to give away in an exclusive competition.

The prize is a set of Cosmolite suitcases comprising:

1 x cabin case – 4 wheeled spinner – 55cm RRP £299
1 x medium case – 4 wheeled spinner – 75cm RRP £385

The set is available in two colours and the winner can choose which one they prefer. The colour options are Ice Blue or Black. Both cases must be the same colour.

If you don’t win, you can buy a Cosmolite suitcase from the Rolling Luggage site here.

As always, all you have to do to enter this competition is fill out the Gleam widget at the bottom of this page with your name and email address.

You can have up to two entries per person:

You receive one entry automatically for completing your details

You receive a 2nd entry if you tick the box to sign up to Rolling Luggage’s email newsletter. A good reason to do this – apart from increasing your chances of winning – is that, once the competition has closed, Rolling Luggage will email you a 10% discount code valid off your first online order.

You need to enter by midnight tonight, Tuesdy 3rd October.  Entry is limited to UK residents only due to logistical delivery issues.

The formal version of the rules is in the widget below if you click ‘Terms & Conditions’.

If you can’t see the Gleam widget below click here to be taken to the special entry page.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 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

Get 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

30,000 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 – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) and NO FX fees Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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.

Comments (55)

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  • Ian says:

    It’s a shame that even though this is a traveller website, if you are not in the UK (I am in the US on business) you cannot apply.

    • Rob says:

      It is running for a week and I assume you have a VPN like TunnelBear on your laptop or phone anyway so you can keep watching Strictly …..

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