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Win one of 10 prizes of 300,000 Avios in a ba.com prize draw

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To promote the current British Airways sale, BA has launched a competition to win 300,000 Avios.

There are 10 prizes up for grabs.

The good news is that it literally only takes a few seconds to enter.

The entry page for the competition is here.

Scroll down and click the ‘Register Now’ button. If you are logged in you will automatically be entered. If you are not logged in, you are entered as soon as you have done so.

You will get an on-screen confirmation after registering.

Here’s a quick summary of the rules:

  • you need to enter by 31st January 2023
  • you must be a UK-registered member of the Executive Club aged 18+
  • you must have joined the Executive Club before 10th January 2023

That’s it! Good luck. Click here to enter.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus 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 card

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.

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

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

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 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.

Comments (146)

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  • Mark says:

    Same here. there is a problem with your registration…..

    This essentials voids all entries as it can be proved that it wasn’t a one off!

  • Jonathan says:

    Once again BA reminding us that they have no interest in their non-UK membership.

    • Rhys says:

      Pretty common for competitions to be restricted to specific countries due to competition law…

      • Rob says:

        Indeed. We also have to block non-UK entrants to our competitions. Even allowing people from Northern Ireland to enter puts us at risk of court, although we do it.

        • LittleNick says:

          Curious why including NI is risky? Services are the same regulatory framework as GB no?

  • Peter Campbell says:

    There was an error 😡 I’ll try again later

  • Polly says:

    It’s been sent ages ago in an email from BA. Thought everyone would have entered by now..was surprised to get another email reminder yesterday. Great competition tho..hope the error gets solved tho…

    • sayling says:

      I thought I’d seen this before… so when I got the same error being reported by many here, I assumed it was because I had already registered.

      Perhaps they have, too

  • A says:

    There was a problem with your request. Groan!

  • Bob Clarke says:

    Tried to enter 3 times using Chrome and today Microsoft Edge.. same response “There was a problem with your request, please try again later” :–(

  • Michael C says:

    Entry went straight through (after logging in) on Safari.

  • BC8 says:

    O\T but if there are any Italy resident readers, the latest bonus for the plat is a mad 200,000 mr points (5:4 conversion to Avios). Clearly Amex are trying to build some market share in Italy (relatively unknown / unused here).

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