Earn bonus Heathrow Rewards points when you use ‘Reserve & Collect’ for your airport shopping

‘Reserve & Collect’ is one of the lesser known ways to earn bonus Heathrow Rewards points, which convert into Avios, various other miles or shopping vouchers.  It is also a way of making your airport shopping a lot easier if you want certainty about a product being available.  If you are flying this week and are still in search of a few gifts it may be worth a look.

If you’re not a member of the scheme yet, you can find out how Heathrow Rewards works in this article.

What you probably don’t know is that a lot of core products offered by the boutiques at Heathrow are available for pre-order on the Heathrow Airport website.  Not everything, of course, but a lot of the staples which you would generally expect the stores to stock.

Reservations can be made between 7 days and 24 hours before departure.

This is how it works:

Step 1:  Select your retailer or brand

This page of the Heathrow website shows the brands which take part in ‘Reserve & Collect’.  Some of these brands have stand-alone Heathrow stores whilst others are concessions in larger outlets.

Step 2:  Reserve your product

Click through and you are asked for your flight number, so the system knows that you are in a terminal where the product can be made available.

Step 3:  Collect and pay on the day

There are two important things to note about ‘reserve and collect’:

You do NOT pay in advance

No credit card details are taken, and there is no penalty if you fail to pick up the item for any reason or, for clothing, change your mind after seeing the item

There is only upside for you – you have basically given yourself a one-way option to buy the item when you are in the airport, knowing it will be sitting and waiting for you at the counter.

Get bonus Heathrow Rewards points too

As well as the standard ‘1 Heathrow Rewards point per £1 spent’, you will receive 100 bonus Heathrow Rewards points with every ‘reserve & collect’ order.

If you are a Premium member of Heathrow Rewards – which requires £750 of annual spend at the airport – this increases to 150 points.

These convert into 100 airline miles, including Avios and Virgin Flying Club, or a £1 Heathrow shopping voucher or a £2 Heathrow parking voucher.  Not a fortune, of course, but a bonus is a bonus and you’ve got the added benefit of saving time at the airport by pre-ordering.

If you are new to Heathrow Rewards, you can also earn 3,000 bonus points – worth 3,000 Avios – if you sign-up and spend over £150 in one day before 31st December.  You can learn more about the Heathrow Rewards sign-up offer in this article.

You can learn more about ‘reserve & collect’ on the Heathrow website here.