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REGISTER NOW: British Airways launches a new ‘double Avios’ points promotion for the autumn

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British Airways has launched a new ‘double Avios’ offer for the Autumn.

This could prove lucrative but, as often with these offers, has the potential to backfire due to intriguing small print.

The sign up page for the offer is here.   If you had trouble earlier, it is now working.

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The offer is simple on the face of it:

You earn double base Avios (excluding cabin and status bonuses) on your next 10 BA flights

The offer runs until the end of 2018

It only applies to new bookings made after you register

Looking at the small print, the offer is also valid on American Airlines, Iberia and Finnair flights when travelling between Europe and North America on a BA flight number.  Don’t be fooled by the comment at the top of the landing page that AA, Iberia and Finnair flights to North Ameria count – the terms and conditions say they do not, unless there is a BA flight number on your boarding pass.

The offer is also valid on Comair-operated BA services in Southern Africa.

However, apart from the exceptions above, no other BA codeshare or franchise flight will count.  You won’t get double Avios on, for example, a Bangkok Airways, Qatar Airways, Vueling or Flybe flight with a BA flight number.

Here’s the snag though ….

You only get double Avios on your first 10 segments. 

If you have a number of long-haul flights coming up before the end of the year, you don’t want to use up your 10 flight allowance too quickly.  This means, bizarrely, you may want to consider moving some short-haul flights away from British Airways.  This will preserve your 10 flight ‘double Avios’ allowance for long-haul flights which will be far more lucrative.

You can register for double Avios here.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 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

Get 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

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.

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

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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

20,000 points (ONLY TO 9TH DECEMBER) Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

30,000 points (TO 9TH DECEMBER) plus good benefits Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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 (82)

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  • ChrisC says:

    Just saw this posted on the BA website – so if youbooked today and register by MIDNIGHT you’ll get the double avios

    Apologies for the registration glitch this morning, it is now resolved and all Executive Club Members are encouraged to click on “Register Now” below, to complete their registration. Any Members that have booked on 27 September 2018, and register before midnight tonight, will be eligible for double Avios. Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience.

  • Nigel the pensioner says:

    The trouble is these will all be relatively late bookings and the fares will be proportionately higher. I dont regret buying early, taking cabin and gold status enhancements and paying a fraction of the price. Its another superficial offering from BA which compensates those who are regrettably not in a position to get organised in advance.
    More importantly it still doesnt address the lack of reward seats available on long haul since the Argentinian or Zimbabwean currency style devaluation of Avios!

    • Rich says:

      That’s a very fair point, not least given the fact that the sale has just finished – sale prices plus some avois v. higher price plus double avios? I know which I’d choose.

  • Colin JE says:

    By ‘move your bookings to another airline’ this could mean just change your frequent flyer number on your short haul bookings to another one world carrier.
    I suspect the number of people booking ten short haul flights and some long haul between now and Xmas will be very small.

  • Jonathan says:

    As others have already commented, it’s disappointing that unlike previous promotions, BA are only counting bookings MADE after registration rather than any flights taken after registration. Shame.

  • Jack says:

    Where do we register? Can’t seem to find it.

    • Rob says:

      You probably have an Ad Blocker on, which may block links in our articles. Heaven knows how you manage to understand our stuff though! Whitelist HFP and the link will appear.

  • Mark2 says:

    And another thing.
    I have just been denied Avios on a John Lewis purchase because I used gift cards. Apparently this in in the T&C.

  • Lady London says:

    And you think that’s the last devaluation of Avios? my bet is they might have pushed out the next devaluation to New Year – as British Airways has received has been so much bad press coverage of their failure to protect customers credit card data – but no later than that.

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