British Airways has launched a new ‘double Avios’ offer for the rest of 2019.
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. You must register to take part.
The offer is simple on the face of it:
You earn double base Avios (excluding cabin and status bonuses) on your next six one-way British Airways flights
After completing your 6th sector, you get an additional bonus of 2019 Avios
The offer runs until the end of 2019 but flights must be booked by 19th April
All routes and all cabins are included
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 with ‘double Avios’ though ….
You only get double Avios on your first six segments (ie six one-way flights) after registration.
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 six flight allowance too quickly. This means, bizarrely, you may want to consider moving some short-haul flights away from British Airways or delay registration. This will preserve your six flight ‘double Avios’ allowance for long-haul flights which will be far more lucrative.
You can register for double Avios here. You MUST register to receive your bonus.
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About Head for Points
Looking at the definition of Qualifying Flight in the T&Cs and was intrigued by point (ii)
Could this open up getting points on a CX or MH flight to Asia if booked as a flight + hotel package (and in the current luxury holiday sale), or would point (iii) effectively wipe this out? What’s the point of saying ANY flight booked as a package if it’s then going to be restricted.
A Qualifying Flight is
(i) a BA prefix on any selling class (excluding Reward flights or upgrades using Avios) or cabin on any BA operated service, or
(ii) any flight included as part of a British Airways Holiday package, and
(iii) a BA prefix on a transatlantic flight operated by British Airways (BA), American Airlines (AA), Iberia (IB) or Finnair (AY) between Europe and North America.
Sorry, might be a dump question but if I book the ticket via another website (travel agent(, after registering for this offer on BA.
Would the tickets still get me double avios?
Yep!