News: new BA Amex / BA offer, new Qatar Airways promotion

News in brief:

Bonus Avios offer for holders of the free BA Amex card

If you have the free British Airways American Express credit card, you may be targetted for a ‘bonus Avios’ offer.

This may, or may not, show under the ‘Offers’ tab in the Amex app or on your online statement page. You need to save the offer to your card to register.

You will receive 1,000 bonus Avios if you spend £200 with British Airways by 10th May. You need to book via ba.com, according to the rules, but I imagine call centre payments would work OK too, as would BA Holidays payments.

The rules state that flights must depart a UK airport but I would question whether that actually matters. It may be that any non-Sterling spend is excluded.

Because the bonus Avios will come from American Express and not BA, you will also earn the bonus for paying the taxes and charges on Avios redemption bookings, or even booking partner airlines via the BA website.

The offer is restricted to the first 40,000 people to register.

Save 20% on Qatar Airways flights in May and June

Qatar Airways is running a special sale for the next few days, exclusively for Qatar Airways Privilege Club members.

(If you’re not a member of Qatar Airways Privilege Club you can sign up for free here. This HfP article shows you how to link your BA Executive Club and Privilege Club accounts so you can transfer Avios back and forth.)

Until 19th April, logged-in members will see special discounts – up to 20% off the base fare – on a range of destination including the Maldives, Seychelles and Zanzibar. A full list of destinations is in the T&C on the landing page here.

You must be booking for travel in May or June.

You must use code MEM22 when searching for flights.

The discount applies to both Economy and Business class bookings.

Your Qatar Airways Privilege Club number will be used in your booking, but you can easily – if you wish – swap it over to a British Airways Executive Club number later, or at check-in. You will earn Avios either way but you may want the BA tier points.

You can find out more on this page of the Qatar Airways website.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

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.