Save 25% on Aer Lingus Avios flights this week

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios redemptions. See here for details.

It isn’t quite as good as it sounds, unfortunately.

Aer Lingus redemptions booked via avios.com or British Airways Executive Club are not discounted. These two booking platforms work off the standard Avios reward chart, where your flight is priced based on the distance travelled.

The 25% discount only applies to flights booked on aerlingus.com.

This is where you use Avios to reduce the cost of a cash flight. The good news when you do this is that there are no availability issues. If an Aer Lingus flight is bookable for cash, you pay for it – 100% of the cost – with Avios.

The bad news is that the value you get is poor.

To use the example on the Aer Lingus website, a €39.99 flight would usually cost 6,475 Avios. This is a poor 0.62 Eurocents (0.53p) per Avios. Why would you do this when you could convert your Avios to Nectar points and get 0.8p each for them?

Under the ‘25% off’ promotion, the same €39.99 flight will cost 4,850 Avios. This is still only getting you 0.82 Eurocents (0.70p) per Avios which remains poorer than sending your Avios to Nectar.

There are some black out dates for getting the 25% discount:

• you must book by 7th November
• you must travel by 24th March 2022
• you cannot travel 17th-23rd December or 2nd-8th January

Assuming that you live in the UK and have the option of redeeming Avios for Nectar points, there is no reason to bother with this promotion.

You can find out more on the Aer Lingus website here.

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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:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.