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Earn 5,000 bonus Avios with a generous Avis & British Airways Black Friday deal

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Avis and British Airways have come together to launch a very generous Black Friday deal which actually runs until next Tuesday evening.

If you book an Avis car at a participating location for three days or more, you will receive 5,000 bonus Avios.  This is on top of the base Avios you will earn.

Here is a summary of the terms and conditions:

You must book before midnight on Tuesday 27th November

You must collect your car before 31st January 2019

You must book a Group C car or above

You must rent for a minimum of 3 days

Avis British Airways black friday offer

You must rent from a participating Avis office in Europe, Africa, the Middle East or Asia (North America is excluded)

You must use the British Airways discount code (AWD), which we list below, when booking

The offer is not valid on Prestige, Van or Chauffeur Drive rentals worldwide

Check the full terms and conditions on the Avis / BA website here before you book.

How many Avios will I earn?

You will earn 5,000 bonus Avios under this promotion, on top of your base Avios.

For a 3+ day rental, which is what is required here, your base earnings will be 3 Avios per £1 with a minimum of 700 Avios.

You will also earn an additional 250 Avios if you pay for your rental with a British Airways Premium Plus American Express card.

Assuming you do pay with a BAPP Amex, you will earn a minimum of 5,950 Avios and potentially more depending on how much you spend.  If you pay with a different credit card you will earn at least 5,700 Avios.

There is cap of 10,000 Avios per rental.

How do I book?

Avis and BA have a dedicated booking site which you can find here.

You can also book via ba.com or directly at avis.co.uk.

If you use avis.co.uk, you will need to manually add the British Airways discount codes (AWD) which are, based on your British Airways Executive Club status:

Gold members – N744400

Silver members – N744300

Bronze members – N284300

Blue members – N744100

Are there any other benefits from booking with Avis?

Yes.  Book via the British Airways discount codes above and you will receive a free additional driver.

There is also a free ‘meet and greet’ service at London Heathrow for anyone booking a Prestige vehicle, although Prestige rentals are excluded from the 5,000 bonus Avios offer.

Avis also has two other Avios bonuses you can collect on top of this offer:

If you join Avis Preferred for free you will collect an additional 500 bonus Avios on your first Preferred rental

If you rent with Avis four times in a calendar year, you will earn 1,000 bonus Avios

Conclusion

Black Friday car hire deals have been thin on the ground, so it is good to see Avis coming out with something so generous.  If you value an Avios at 1p, which is our usual minimum valuation on the site, you will receive £57-worth of points for your 3+ day rental.  This is likely to be an excellent return on the money you spend.

Full details of this deal can be found on the Avis / BA booking page here.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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.

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Comments (36)

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  • Stewie says:
    23 Nov23 November 13:15

    Hmmm – thought i might rebook an existing res for this weekend to take advantage of this … price goes from £155 to £400!
    No way, Avis/BA…

    • Dale says:
      23 Nov23 November 18:42

      +1

      These deals are always a con, you pay more with that code compared to what the best price will be especially if you have decent status. That should be made clear in the article otherwise people are being potentially misled

      • Rob says:
        23 Nov23 November 23:19

        That’s not why the price went up. The price went up because it was being rebooked at 24 hours notice!

        In general Avis is very good about not messing about with its pricing when offers are on.

        • londonsteve says:
          24 Nov24 November 23:45

          +1
          I’ve got some fantastic prices collecting at LHR when taking advantage of Avis/BA/Iberia special deals. In fact, the prices of late on the Avis Iberia page have been LOWER than booking direct on Avis.co.uk, even when logged in with Preferred status.

          Prices for car rental from the big names booking at short notice for collection Mon-Thu, particularly at LHR or central London locations can be absolutely crazy. The know these bookings are for business travellers and prices escalate accordingly, no different to flight bookings.

    • Louise Allen says:
      26 Nov26 November 11:16

      I booked on Thursday for this weekend coming, just £63 for three days hire of a group D (I think) car.
      My only gripe is that the T&C’s refer to participating locations but I can’t find which locations are participating so I’ve no idea if my hire (from Glasgow airport) will attract the bonus or not.

      • Rob says:
        26 Nov26 November 12:37

        Will be fine. It is only a few obscure franchises that don’t participate in these offers. The big airport sites will be company owned.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:
    23 Nov23 November 13:55

    Any idea whether a flight+car BA Holidays itinerary will trigger this?

    • czechoslovakia says:
      23 Nov23 November 14:02

      According the blurb, yes.

    • Anna says:
      23 Nov23 November 14:10

      The flight plus car package I have booked for next summer has gone up by £1000 this week so be careful!

    • Will says:
      24 Nov24 November 04:14

      Yes. I booked a flight and car with BA Holidays on Thursday and the offer is noted on the itinerary and prepaid voucher they give you.

  • Chris says:
    23 Nov23 November 14:10

    Seems a bit pointless (well minus points in fact), as the 9,000 Avios for exactly the same conditions is available via Iberia.

    • czechoslovakia says:
      23 Nov23 November 14:18

      That has to include a Saturday I think. No good to me for the usual Mon – Fri rentals. 5000 bonus better than 0, in my case.

  • Alex W says:
    23 Nov23 November 18:03

    Ugh. Just booked a rental for Christmas couple of days ago. Wish I’d waited now!

  • CC says:
    24 Nov24 November 08:10

    That meet and greet is only if you are arriving at Heathrow. If like us last year you came from a different airport they wont meet you and you have to get their shuttle bus. So if in same situation lie and give them a flight number.

    However, this turned out to be a good thing as when were able to give it a thorough check at the depot the ‘prestige’ car had 4 unreported damage we had to add before leaving. Upon return when the representatives took out the file on the car I noticed the damage had actually been recorded on a past document. I dont normally have any issues with Avis but maybe they were seeing what damage isnt noticed by a customer and then charge accordingly?

  • Gary says:
    24 Nov24 November 09:24

    Miles&More have a current 5k mikes offer for 3+ days hire if you book before the 30th November. The rates for December seems reasonable.

  • Santa says:
    24 Nov24 November 09:30

    On the website it also shows Budget cars – are these also included in the offer?

  • Alex says:
    24 Nov24 November 10:35

    Iberia’s 9000 offer is way better than this and is still running. Not sure why anyone would choose this BA over the Iberia one.

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