Win 100,000 Avios in the Heathrow Terminal 5 Galleries South lounge

If you are flying from Heathrow Terminal 5 in the next couple of weeks and have British Airways lounge access, you are in with a chance of winning 100,000 Avios.

This competition is a little weird that I will just cut and paste the details and let you decide for yourself if you want to bother ….

“One trip to the T5 Club South lounge at Heathrow could land you a share of one million Avios, all thanks to the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card photo booth experience.

The booth

Who doesn’t love a photo booth selfie? Draw the curtain on your own private photo shoot and choose from a range of destination backgrounds before posing up a storm. You can then customise the four final photos with a range of digital stickers, just for fun, and receive your photo via email ready for splashing on the socials – so you can make friends and family envious. 

The prize

That’s right. Here in the British Airways American Express photo booth, posing leads to prizes. At the end of the booth’s run, ten lucky customers who snapped and posted will be picked to win 100,000 Avios each as part of a whopping one million Avios giveaway.

Wondering what you can do with 100,000 Avios? How about an off-peak return flight (in Club World, our long haul business cabin) to New York? Or perhaps you’d rather whisk away a loved one on an off-peak, Club World return trip for two to Santorini? With 100,000 Avios in tow, the world is yours for the taking.

To add to the excitement, one photo booth picture will be featured in the forthcoming British Airways American Express Credit Card campaign to run across the digital screens in Terminal 5 – so you might just be saying hello to yourself as you head off to catch your next flight.

Prize draw closes on 23:59 BST on 2 August 2022.”

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 Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) and NO FX fees Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) 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.