Bits: 500 Avios from Deliveroo, interesting flight auctions, get £25 off SWISS to Geneva

News in brief:

500 Avios from Deliveroo offer extended

The launch offer to promote the new Avios / Deliveroo partnership has been extended.  The deal was due to end on 30th September but will now run until 31st May 2018.

If you have never ordered food from Deliveroo before, you will receive 500 Avios points with your first order of £15 or more.

If you have registered with Deliveroo before, you could always open a new account via someone else in your household who has a BA or avios.com account …..

This is how the deal works:

1. Download the Deliveroo app or visit the deliveroo.co.uk
2. When placing your order use the promotional code AVIOSUK on checkout
3. Deliveroo will send you a promotional code within 30 days of your order
4. Visit aviosvouchers.com and enter your promotional code to claim your Avios

Further details can be found on avios.com here.

There is no longer any offer for existing customers – the only people who can benefit from this deal are new Deliveroo clients.

Interesting flight auctions including the last Brussels Airlines Avro flight

Regular readers will know that I was down at the Austrian Airlines maintenance base in Vienna for a tour recently.  It was part of a wider 3-day mix of weird and wonderful airline and hotel events I attended organised by the US MegaDO group.

Following the tour, the group has put together a number of auction items from the sponsors of the trip.  Anyone can bid on these, irrespective of whether they went on the event or not.  All proceeds go to charity.

As you can see here, auction items include:

A VIP tour of Austrian’s facilities at Vienna Airport, including maintenance, crew training, and airport facilities – current bid $500

1 long-haul Business Class ticket on Austrian Airlines (which has a very impressive Business Class including an on-board chef) – current bid $1,650

2 long-haul tickets as above – current bid $3,050

2 long-haul Business Class tickets on Brussels Airlines – current bid $2,250

Most interesting if you are in the ‘aviation fan’ category is this:

Two seats on the last Brussels Airlines Avro flight (a round-trip from Brussels to Geneva) on October 28th, including a participation in the festivities, and an opportunity to go behind the scenes.  The current bid for this is $500.

Auctions end on 25th October apart from the Avro flight which ends on 20th October.  You can bid here.

How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (December 2024)

None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.

There is, however, still a way to earn Star Alliance miles from a UK credit card. 

The route is via Marriott Bonvoy. Marriott Bonvoy hotel loyalty points convert to over 40 airlines at the rate of 3:1.

The best way to earn Marriott Bonvoy points is via the official Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. It comes with 20,000 points for signing up and 2 points for every £1 you spend. At 2 Bonvoy points per £1, you are earning (at 3:1) 0.66 airline miles per £1 spent on the card.

There is a preferential conversion rate to United Airlines – which is a Star Alliance member – of 2 : 1 if you convert 60,000 Bonvoy points at once.

The Star Alliance members which are Marriott Bonvoy transfer partners are: Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines.

You can apply here.

Marriott Bonvoy American Express

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