Vueling announces two additional routes from London Gatwick

Vueling, the low cost short-haul carrier within the IAG group, and a sister airline of British Airways, continues to expand at London Gatwick. This is due to the airline taking over a number of take off and landing slots from BA.

We have previously covered new routes from Gatwick to A Coruna, Almeria, Granada, Mahon, Malaga and Seville which launched in April.

This was on top of the existing routes which include Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, Bilbao, Paris Orly, Asturias, Florence and Rome Fiumicino.

Vueling is now adding:

• Gatwick to Genoa (launches 3rd July, three flights per week)

• Gatwick to Jerez de la Fronera (launches 1st July, two flights per week)

The other UK routes this Summer are:

• Cardiff to Palma, Alicante, Malaga, Paris
• Birmingham to Barcelona, Paris
• Manchester to Barcelona
• Edinburgh to Barcelona, Paris
• Newcastle to Paris
• Glasgow to Paris

Vueling flights can be booked with Avios.  There are two totally different ways of doing it:

• redeem via Vueling Club on a revenue-based basis (eg the points price is the cash cost of the flight divided by a fixed value per Avios) or
• redeem via Iberia Plus, using the standard Avios pricing chart which is based on distance

The former does not require reward seats to be available, unlike the latter. The former also lets you pay for 100% of the cost of your flight with Avios, including the taxes and charges.

Full details of how to redeem Avios points on Vueling flights can be found in this HfP article.

You can find out more, and book, on the Vueling website here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (September 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 26th September 2024, sign up for FREE Barclaycard Avios Mastercard and you will receive a sign-up bonus of 10,000 Avios. This is double the usual bonus! You only need to spend £1,000 within 90 days. Our full review is here. Click here to apply.

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.

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.