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ENDS TONIGHT: Buy up to 84,000 cheap Avios points, from 0.7p, via Groupon Ireland

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It’s back! You can buy cheap Avios points – from 0.71p – simply by heading over to Groupon.

The link for the deal is here.

This time there is a fundamental change to the offer, and it is for the better.  It is being run by Aer Lingus Aer Club, not Iberia, and via Groupon Ireland, not Groupon Spain.  This means that, if you have a problem receiving your voucher code, your chance of getting it resolved as a non-Spanish speaker is now much improved. 

I am also in touch with the people at Avios who are looking after this offer, so if there are any problems with missing codes we should be able to resolve them.

Note that, whilst you need to buy now, you won’t receive your Avios until 28th June.  There have apparently been fraud issues with the Iberia version of this offer and a delay is being put in place in case of problems with payment cards.

This is a now an Aer Club deal.  This means that you need an Aer Club Avios account (easily fixed by going to aerlingus.com if you don’t have one).

In the past, an avios.com would double-up as an Aer Club account.  This is no longer an option as all avios.com accounts are being closed.  Even if you have an avios.com account, you need to open an Aer Club account.   During the sign-up process, when you are asked if you have an Avios account already, say ‘No’.

If the Aer Club website is refuses to accept your application form, try removing the space from your post code and, when formatting your mobile number, put the first two numbers in the first box and the rest in the 2nd box.

When your Avios have arrived in your Aer Club account, you can move them across to your British Airways Executive Club account by using the ‘Combine Your Avios’ feature on avios.com or ba.com.

What do the Avios cost?

There are five price levels- the 2,000 Avios deal is the cheapest.

If you do not use an existing groupon.ie account and open a new one, you can use code HELLO15 to save a further 15% (capped at €20).  

2,000 Avios = €19 (£16.71) – 15% with HELLO15 =  0.71p    SOLD OUT

4,000 Avios = €59 (£51.91) – 15% with HELLO15 = 1.10p   SOLD OUT

8,000 Avios = €99 (£87.10) – 15% with HELLO15 = 0.93p

15,000 Avios = €189 (£166.28) – €20 with HELLO15 = 0.99p 

20,000 Avios = €249 (£219.12) – €20 with HELLO15 = 1.00p 

35,000 Avios = €439 (£386.32) – €20 with HELLO15 = 1.05p 

You can buy a maximum of ONE of each remaining package, which means 84,000 78,000 Avios in total.  If you buy multiple packages, remember that the HELLO15 discount is capped at €20 per order and not per package.

Even if you make a separate Groupon purchase for more codes to take you beyond 84,000 78,000 Avios, you will not be allowed to apply them to your Aer Club account – although obviously you could buy for family members and add the codes to their Aer Club account.

If you do not use a 0% payment card, remember to factor in the 3% FX fee to the prices shown above.

What happens next?

You will be emailed a voucher code.  This must be redeemed at aviosvouchers.com.

The voucher will only be accepted for redemption into an Aer Club account, not an Iberia or British Airways account.

You can only redeem your voucher between 28th June and 28th July.  Do NOT buy if you need the Avios immediately.

The big question …. is it worth it?

Because this is an Irish rather than a Spanish deal, I am pretty confident that you will receive your Avios without too much of a fight.  To be fair, even the recent Groupon Spain / Iberia versions of this deal have been trouble-free for most people.

Picking up 2,000 Avios for 0.71p is a no-brainer.

In general, I am not keen on paying more than 0.75p per point.  I tend to average 1.15p when I redeem and I want a big margin between my ‘purchase’ and ‘sale’ costs.  That said, if you know you will get substantially above 1p per Avios when you redeem then it would be worth jumping in at the higher levels.

The Groupon Ireland page is here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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

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Barclaycard Avios card

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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.

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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

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The Platinum Card from American Express

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We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

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

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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.

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Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (156)

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  • Lady London says:
    5 Jun5 June 20:26

    If British Airways is reading this then my willingness to mention these things to others has been greatly enhanced over the years by the cruel and rotten so-called Customer Service I received, particularly on one incident that literally had me in tears on the phone with your so-called customer services on another Continent.

    • the real harry1 says:
      5 Jun5 June 20:39

      yep I also got to the point where I felt BA were acting so evilly to people demanding proper compo for delays and cancellations – ie there is a clear corporate policy of denying everything, refusing everything, lying about everything and saying BA is not liable under EC261 no matter what – purpose being to make 90% of legit claimants just go away – that I felt empowered to help people with proper compo claims get their rightful compo

      • Lady London says:
        5 Jun5 June 20:45

        Oh dear. It’s not just me then?

      • the real harry1 says:
        5 Jun5 June 20:46

        the good news is: once the 90% have gone away, BA is more than happy to fold & pay the persistent their rightful compo 🙂

      • RussellH says:
        6 Jun6 June 16:57

        Pleased to be able to report that we have just received our 2 x €400,– for our delayed return flight from Madrid to Newcastle on 25 March. “Only” about 90 mins lste off MAD, but that meant we missed the last flight LHR-NCL.

  • Sam says:
    5 Jun5 June 23:38

    The 2,000 bundle seems to be sold out.

  • RichE says:
    6 Jun6 June 00:58

    Keep getting error saying I have purchased the maximum number of packages when I haven’t managed to buy any!!

  • JamesS says:
    6 Jun6 June 08:58

    Grabbed an 8k and a 2k, went through Groupon for an extra 1500 Avios or so. Thanks!

  • Philly Crockatt says:
    6 Jun6 June 10:26

    Struggling to sign up to AerClub. Giving me an “Unfortunately we are unable to complete your registration” but not giving any reasons as to why this is. Anyone got any ideas to overcome this?

    • Gill says:
      7 Jun7 June 08:53

      And me! Did you get a solution to this?

    • Gill says:
      7 Jun7 June 09:15

      Phil – I have resolved the problem – when you put your postcode join it all up, dont put a space between the 2 parts of your post code. Also when you enter your mobile number, the +44 automatically appears, in the next box, just put the first 2 numbers of your mobile number and all remaining numbers in the last box – hope that makes sense!

  • Ian says:
    6 Jun6 June 10:36

    A bit OT, but I want to use the miles from this deal to redeem an open-jaw. Is it better to book two one-way redemptions (online) or a single open jaw ticket over the phone? If I book a two one-way redemption and I later need to cancel I would I have to pay the cancellation fee twice?

    I’m booking for two people, does this mean that I would pay £70 to cancel the open jaw? And £140 to cancel the two one-way redemptions?

    Is the cancellation fee per person or per booking?

    Thanks.

    • Mark2 says:
      6 Jun6 June 11:33

      I always book the first leg online at t-355 when the return is not available and ring to add the return when available (on 241).
      I cannot comment on the cost of cancelling.

      • Genghis says:
        6 Jun6 June 15:35

        Sometimes the two singles are more than the return (e.g. USA), sometimes less (e.g. Hong Kong).

      • Lady London says:
        7 Jun7 June 18:55

        And GIG has no fuel surcharges I think Brazil has outlawed them. So any ticket or standalone oneway leg starting in GIG is going to be cheaper.

    • Polly says:
      6 Jun6 June 15:22

      It’s per booking per person.. so yes you would pay 35 x 4. Have to decide which risk is best for you. We have cancelled our 241 in F to Asia in the past when a good ex EU J QR sale came along. Not worth sacrificing 280000 avios for a £400 pp difference in price. So def worth our while paying the cancellation fees, albeit only 2 x 35 that time.

  • Bee says:
    6 Jun6 June 11:39

    OT. I got the Curve card in May and have my Tesco card linked to it. I made a couple of cash withdrawals – one in May, that was fine. In June, I made one at the weekend for <£100 and when I checked my tesco account, I had been charged a 4% fee. I also made a charity donation, and was also hit with the 4% charge.

    Is anyone experiencing similar, is this a Tesco CC specific issue. I generally use cards so I pay no fees – now I am being charged for something I could easily have used my Debit card for.

    I have contacted Curve support team – they say they are looking into it.

    Thanks

    • Tony says:
      6 Jun6 June 13:11

      I just a letter from Tesco I had received a few days ago to say from June they are going to charge 3.99% on all cash transactions, they have also changed what they class as cash transactions so anything to do with cash, money transfer etc.

      I had got stung by this charge on the Lufthansa card in the past and Tesco card was the only one still going ok but oh well.

      • Lady London says:
        7 Jun7 June 19:26

        4% is outrageous as a transaction charge given the current level of interest rates which are lower that that for the use of money for a whole year.

        3% for FX transactions, often accompanied by a loaded bank rate as well, is also like the money lenders in the temple. Those providers should be thrown out too.

    • Lady London says:
      7 Jun7 June 19:24

      However if you were not notified of this change so that it is clear you saw it or dependent on contract or statute (I think 7 days seems to be the norm by a means you should have reasonably seen in that time) then they can’t charge it.

      Such as if you left for abroad a certain amount of time ago not having seen/received the notification personally I would query it as you made a decision to rely on the service you had signed up to at the price you agreed and you did not have the opportunity to make a different decision as you had not received the notification.

  • Bryan says:
    6 Jun6 June 15:11

    OT: I recently had a flight cancelled on a short city break. I had to book an additional night in a hotel. Not knowing I could claim it back I booked a relatively cheap hotel. My question is how far can you push the costs you can claim back? How far have you pushed them in the past?

    • roberto says:
      6 Jun6 June 16:17

      Depends where you are of course.. But the general rule I understand is up to £150 per night. In Hong Kong for example you might struggle to find somewhere decent for that so there might be some wiggle room.

      • the real harry1 says:
        6 Jun6 June 16:25

        On FT the received wisdom is that BA are perfectly happy to refund <£200 per hotel night under duty of care. Sometimes there ARE no £200 hotel rooms available, in which case you prove it with a bit of evidence (eg run a hotel room search and get an image of the page) and BA refund more. Certainly there is no good reason to slum it with a cheaper room because you're worried £200 is OTT. Presumably sharing with your significant other, you could go higher and claim half each.

        Not sure about other airlines but must be similar.

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