Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Save 10% on BMI Regional flights

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One thing I picked up on my trip to ITB in Berlin this week was a discount code for BMI Regional.

Discount code captain will get you 10% off your next flight.

It is valid for bookings by, and travel until, 31st December 2018.  Codeshare flights are excluded.  The discount only seems to apply to the base fare.

You still get complimentary drinks, snacks and checked baggage with BMI Regional too.


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Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.

Booking flights on any airline?

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.

You can apply here.

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

Buying flights on British Airways?

The British Airways Premium Plus American Express card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.

You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.

You can apply here.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?

Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.

This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.

There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.

You can apply for either of the cards here.

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Comments (82)

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  • Roger says:

    Men took two days to transfer, although it was to an already registered account.

    • JamesB says:

      Yes, I was very surprised as the amex rep said yesterday that SPG were very slow at the moment.

  • Hingeless says:

    We could do with a complete list of all the lounge types you get can access to with an amex platinum card, Amex don’t provide this

    eg
    Eurostar is not shown as a benefit if you live in Australia
    Virgin Australia is not shown as a benefit if you live outside Australia

    • Hingeless says:

      Also it would appear that that Amex play cards get treated differently depending on the country if issue, the oz card gets 2 guests at the place premium lounge

  • James W says:

    OT – if I refer my spouse for the free BA Amex card, from my Amex plat, do I get a referral bonus, and if so how much?

  • Louise Allen says:

    The AddLee website can’t be used to book the DragonPass offer. I emailed customer services and this was the response from DragonPass:
    “To purchase an eCertificate you have to purchases these through the mobile app rather than the website.”
    I don’t know if that’s the AddLee mobile app or the DragonPass one…

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