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If you collect Etihad Guest miles, there is a decent Accor hotel promotion running.  This covers Mercure, Ibis, Sofitel, Pullman, M Gallery, Novotel etc.

You will receive triple Etihad Guest miles on stays booked and consumed by 30th June.

Your Accor account must be set to automatically transfer points to Etihad after each stay.

Note that if you have over 2,000 Accor points in your account they will automatically be sent to Etihad Guest when you change the settings on your account (and not tripled) so don’t do this if that isn’t your plan.

The standard Etihad Guest earning rate is 1 mile for every 2 Le Club AccorHotels points earned,  which will triple to 3 miles for every 2 Accor points under this offer.

Points earning varies by brand and status but a non-status member will generally receive 2 Accor points per €1 spent, which would mean – under this offer – getting 3 Etihad Guest miles per €1.

Full details and terms can be found on the Accor website here.

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How to earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards

How to earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards (April 2025)

Etihad Guest does not have a UK credit card.  However, you can earn Etihad Guest miles by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.

Cards earning Membership Rewards points include:

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.

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.

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:1 into Etihad Guest miles which is an attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 1 Etihad Guest mile.

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card earns double points (2 per £1) on all flights you charge to it, not just with Etihad but with any airline.

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Comments (24)

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  • Choons says:
    6 May6 May 07:02

    Morning all, for the Virgin/Avis deal, does the 3+ days mean hiring for at least 72 hours or can it mean hiring on Friday evening and returning on Sunday morning. Also, if I chose to hire for 72+ hours but returned the car early, would this matter? thanks

    • Rash says:
      6 May6 May 08:53

      I put pick up time earlier and when I dropped off asked them to close it in a few hours to ensure I had the full 3 days. The branch should not have a problem with this.

    • Dave says:
      6 May6 May 09:34

      It just states that it has to be 3 days and does not specify that it needs to be 72 hours. Ergo, rentals that charge the 3 days rate but are under 72 hours should qualify. However, if Avis automatically apply the points is 50/50 so it may require you to send emails back and forth.

  • Chris A says:
    6 May6 May 07:48

    It will be interesting to see if LHR to SYD does become possible to book with miles.
    You can of course get LHR to Melbourne on VFC Miles for as little as 25k + £202 one way on economy via USA.

    • Mike says:
      6 May6 May 09:29

      How?

    • Dave says:
      6 May6 May 09:29

      How does this work?

      • Rob says:
        6 May6 May 10:13

        Virgin Australia flies to LA.

        • Richy says:
          6 May6 May 11:39

          … at a cost of 47,000 VFC miles one way. SYD/MEL/BNE

        • Chris A says:
          6 May6 May 21:40

          Oops – just got to Atlanta! No, only joking – thankfully.
          What a stupid mistake, and thanks for pointing out, Mike! Although it was one of those situations where I had been looking at it out of geeky interest as opposed to with a view to booking, it could easily have been the other way round!

      • Chris A says:
        6 May6 May 11:20

        A stopover in Atlanta and switching onto a Delta flight.

        • Mike says:
          6 May6 May 17:25

          Hi Chris. Please could you elaborate more? The indirect redemptions normally cost more miles and taxes. Are you saying to book Heathrow to Atlanta to LA to Australia is 25k plus £202 one way?

        • Chris A says:
          6 May6 May 18:08

          Hi Mike, sorry yes my reply was unclear. It is a direct redemption i.e. search LHR – MEL in the Virgin app.

          The above price that I mentioned is the lowest off-peak economy price, I suspect. I’ve just done a search for 14th August, and London to Melbourne one way (Upper Class with Virgin to Atlanta, then First Class to Delta) is 80,000 VFC miles and £375. For a return it is 160k VFC miles and £537.41.

        • Mike says:
          6 May6 May 18:19

          I hope you haven’t booked those Chris, that’s for Melbourne in Florida!

  • Louie says:
    6 May6 May 09:58

    Just got a quote from Avis for three weeks UK rental next month. £500.46. Hertz was £284.96.

    • Rash says:
      6 May6 May 10:09

      This link does increase the price! Have you tried splitting the 3 weeks into 3 day blocks?

  • Nigel Williams says:
    6 May6 May 21:31

    Will the rentals count if the rental is overseas? (USA)

  • Rob says:
    6 May6 May 22:52

    You can never be sure. In general multiple transactions do trigger these deals but you can’t rely on it.

  • Richard says:
    7 May7 May 03:19

    Data point : my 5500 bonus did not initially post, so I emailed to say post them. They emailed back two weeks later saying that I hadn’t added a virgin AWD so they “couldn’t” do it. I replied with copied and pasted offer terms that made no mention to it, and mysteriously it was now possible to give me the points! 3 days later they hit my virgin account.

    So yes some pushes may be required but they have posted.

    • Benedict Addis says:
      22 May22 May 22:44

      I’m having the same problem 🙁 Can you share the email address?

  • S says:
    9 May9 May 20:05

    Data point on the Amex spend £125, get £20 back deal: this worked for me with two separate bookings of ~£65. YMMV.

  • Gillian Bain says:
    22 May22 May 18:21

    I’ve just booked via link for ten-day car via link today. Offer says book before 5th June – via link says book by 30th April, which is correct?
    Thanks.

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