Bits: 4500 Avios for new BAEC members in Germany, decent Virgin / Enterprise promo
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News in brief:
4,500 Avios for new BAEC members in Germany
British Airways Executive Club has launched a 4,500 Avios sign-up bonus for new members in Germany.
This offer is being targeted at people via Facebook, with a view to picking up some interest from Air Berlin flyers.
The exact rules of the offer are vague.
You need to use promotional code DE2017 on this page of the Executive Club website when signing up. You will not get any acknowledgement that the code has been accepted.
It is not clear if your account must have a German address and / or your ‘Country of Residence’ must be set to Germany. I am guessing that it probably should be.
The Avios will not be issued immediately but will be added during November. The closing date for the offer is not known. Apologies for the vagueness of the details but that’s all I have.
Good Virgin / Enterprise Rent-A-Car offer
Virgin Flying Club members can earn 4x the usual number of miles when they rent a car from Enterprise this month.
The Virgin / Enterprise partnership is not hugely lucrative. The usual earning rate is just 100 Flying Club miles per day, with a maximum of 1,200 miles per rental. This promotion increases that to a more tempting 400 miles per day, with a very interesting 4,800 mile cap for a 12-day rental.
You must book via this special website here to earn quadruple miles. You can learn more about the Virgin / Enterprise partnership on this page of the Virgin Atlantic site.
For short rentals, you still can’t beat the Virgin / Hertz deal of 1,000 Flying Club miles per rental. This is what I choose as my reward whenever we rent from Hertz.
How to earn Virgin Points from UK credit cards (April 2024)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Virgin Points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses.
You can choose from two official Virgin Atlantic credit cards (apply here, the Reward+ card has a bonus of 18,000 Virgin Points and the free card has a bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points):
Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
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Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
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You can also earn Virgin Points from various American Express cards – and these have sign-up bonuses too.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is FREE for a year and comes with 20,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 20,000 Virgin Points.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
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The Platinum Card from American Express comes with 40,000 Membership Rewards points, which convert into 40,000 Virgin Points.
The Platinum Card from American Express
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Small business owners should consider the two American Express Business cards. Points convert at 1:1 into Virgin Points.
American Express Business Platinum
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American Express Business Gold
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Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Virgin Points.
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