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The 90,000 Iberia Avios start to drop into accounts

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We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement ….

Avios from the Iberia ‘9,000 Avios for booking any flight (up to 90,000 Avios)’ promotion last weekend have started to drop in.

Here is a screenshot courtesy of Flyertalk:

Now we need to see how convertible etc they are  …..

If you missed the deal, you can read the details in this HfP article.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

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

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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

Comments (126)

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  • Paul says:

    I have received 54,000 and should be 90,000. I know from Amex statement there’s two different payment locations (?) one in UK and one abroad or something. No idea how. I am burning ready to book a certain deal and now can’t. Can anyone advise, I booked them all logged into Iberia+, i made sure.

    Not unappreciative, just wanted to switch off and now I can’t. 🙁

    • Paul says:

      Weirdly half my flights are “Iberia Airlines London” (5) and half “Iberia Central” (5) – Even if that’s the reason 54,000 of 90,00 doesn’t make any sense. I know I started every booking from the 9,000 promo page, logged into my existing IB+ account.

    • Carl says:

      Are they all on Iberia metal?

  • Paul says:

    Mine are in but I will spend them on hotels in Washington. Not the best value for my £200 outlay but still over 3 times what I paid and I’ll get 1 or 2 flights to Scotland as well. My aim was to ensure they were spent by Dec 1st.
    Have just told my wife about the gamble and now she is looking at other ways to spend them !

  • Ryan says:

    All posted here. A new account for the Wife, mine longstanding…

    Though we only had 8 flights. And it’s a trip around Spain we intend to take.

  • Dave says:

    Anyone who had to email in signed form and passport scan, how long did it take to get an account unlocked?

  • Brasov says:

    Wonderful. Thanks Rob.

    Not to mention the £30 from Curve that they were giving away to people buying drinks during the match!!!!!

  • Clive says:

    In case anyone needs a top up

    https://www.kaligo.com/ba-amex

    • Carl says:

      Thanks for that. Normally I find the difference in price large enough to make it not worth while using Kaligo, but should make sense in this instance.

  • Cat says:

    Is it just me, or is the difference between the peak and off-peak Iberia redemption chart not the standard 15% reduction? I’m seeing 28.7% lower during off-peak days. This seems a little odd – can anyone explain?

  • Ian says:

    Girlfriend has it, but I haven’t got them yet 🙁

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