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Avios and Flybe are ending their partnership on 30th April.  Details are on the Flybe website here.

You will still earn Avios on any Flybe flights taken by 30th April (you must complete BOTH legs, not just the outbound).  You can also still book Flybe redemptions with Avios until 30th April.

There is no risk in booking a Flybe redemption apart from the standard £35 cancellation fee.  Whilst it will be impossible to change it from 1st May, you can still cancel it and have the Avios put back into your account.

Act now or your avios.com account will be closed if linked to Flybe

avios.com is NOT following the same migration process that it used when the Avios Travel Rewards Programme was closed.  In that scenario, your avios.com balance was transferred to your British Airways Executive Club account, and if you didn’t have one then one was opened for you.

This is not the case here.  If you have an avios.com account which is linked to Flybe, it will be closed on 30th April and all Avios lost.

Full details are on avios.com here.

In order to check if your avios.com account is linked to Flybe or not, take a look at my earlier article on the end of the Avios / Flybe partnership from 5th April.  It has a step-by-step guide with pictures!

If you have pending Avios coming into your Flybe-linked avios.com account, they will NOT be transferred to your British Airways account.

The Q&A page says that you need to ring avios.com in a few months time, after you expect the missing Avios to have arrived, and they can look into your old account.  If the Avios did arrive, the call centre can transfer them to British Airways.  You will not be able to do any of this online.

Read my 5th April article here if you think any of this will impact you.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold is increased to 30,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 30,000 Avios. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 14th January 2025, the sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card from American Express is increased to 80,000 Membership Rewards points. This converts into 80,000 Avios! The spend requirement is changed to £10,000 in six months for this offer. Click here to apply.

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 9th December 2024, there are EXCLUSIVE sign-up offers for our readers on the two Capital on Tap small business Visa cards. You can earn 20,000 points on the Business Rewards card and 30,000 points on the new Pro card. Click here to apply.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

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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.

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Comments (59)

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  • IanMac says:
    29 Apr29 April 13:25

    I’ll pass on my experience with avios.com :
    I just learned today that I must have had an Avios Travel Rewards Programme account.
    When that scheme was closing some time back I received correspondence from BA about a new account etc but called BA and avoided having a duplicate account and was also able to transfer avios from Avios TRP to BAEC.
    However I was still earning avios from occasional Flybe flights – these were still crediting into my Avios TRP account.
    I also earn avios from Scottish Hydro Electric (SSE plc) which transfer every quarter or so (??).
    Prompted by Rob’s article I tried to log in to my avios account today and was blocked – it was closed.
    However, it was not really closed – there were still 3,691 avios in the account (from Flybe and SSE). I called the avios helpline where the guy could see the avios in the ‘dead’ account and transferred them over to my BAEC account.
    No more problems with Flybe after tomorrow.
    However, I will still earn periodic avios from SSE. Avios cannot set up that any future SSE avios automatically transfer to my BAEC account. He suggested that I call SSE and see if they can re-route my avios through to my BAEC account.

    • Rob says:
      29 Apr29 April 13:30

      Another option, because I doubt SSE can do this, is open an Aer Lingus AerClub account. This gives you an avios.com ‘3081xxxxxx’ number which SSE can use and you’ll be able to access the account via avios.com.

      • IanMac says:
        3 May3 May 09:34

        Rob, thanks for the advice !
        So I registered with Aer Lingus website – easy enough.
        Then went to register with Aer Club – not so easy !
        After numerous attempts to join online, I called the Aer Club helpline – and helpful they were
        WARNING – when you enter your postcode it cannot have a space so SW19 5AE has to be input as SW195AE back on your Aer Lingus registration.
        WARNING – your address first line can only have so many characters (mine has 21 which won’t work) – I had to change Terrace to Tce (gives 17 characters which does work).
        SUCCESS !!!
        Now the problem is getting Scottish Hydro / SSE to change the recipient account number – because that tariff plan is no longer offered almost nobody has dealt with it and nobody knows how to change destination accounts …
        Waiting to hear back from Scottish Hydro / SSE

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