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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.

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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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Comments (146)

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  • Lesley Ritchie says:
    26 Jan26 January 14:23

    Tried several times on different browsers keep getting the error message!

  • RCHammer says:
    26 Jan26 January 15:19

    For those who have registered successfully what did you see once you clicked the link? Did you get a confirmation message? If you’ve registered already what message do you get if try again?

  • Phil W says:
    26 Jan26 January 16:12

    I suspect that this might be a targeted promotion, or has been coded as such. I have successfully registered but cannot do the same for my wife’s account.

    • NC says:
      26 Jan26 January 17:18

      Same here – suspect they have cookied so you cant do it more than once per device… heading off to another PC now! LOL

      • louie says:
        26 Jan26 January 21:38

        I entered all six of my household account members using one laptop without issue. I went back and tried a second time for one family member after successfully entering, just to see what happened, and got an error message.

  • No Longer Entitled says:
    26 Jan26 January 17:56

    Just checking to see if it has worked for everybody? If it didn’t, please let me know. Individually. It really adds value.

    • RCHammer says:
      26 Jan26 January 18:04

      What about those who it worked for? Why can’t they let you know individually? Can people who haven’t tried yet let know they haven’t tried yet. Individually.

      • No Longer Entitled says:
        26 Jan26 January 18:15

        good point, well made.

        I haven’t tried it yet. Should I post again when I haven’t tried it from Player 2’s account also?

        • No Longer Entitled says:
          26 Jan26 January 19:46

          Quick update: I still haven’t tried.

        • David says:
          26 Jan26 January 23:40

          I think I’m going to try. When I’ve decided whether to actually try, I’ll let you know.
          And when I’ve done that, if I’m going to be trying, I’ll let you know the time I will try.

          • No Longer Entitled says:
            27 Jan27 January 13:02

            Thanks David, that would be very helpful.

            For everyone else, I am still yet to try. Hope this helps everyone else.

  • yorkieflyer says:
    26 Jan26 January 18:08

    I got the message when registering for the wife’s account but simply logging out of my account then trying again Bingo

  • Manar says:
    26 Jan26 January 18:27

    The only thing that occurs as helpful is hearing from someone who had the error and THEN was able to work out a way to make it work.

    Fwiw, I got the error both before and after being logged into ba.com but then had zero issues logging out and registering (with the same browser) with my partner’s account and logging out to then registering with my mother’s account buy then got the error again when logging out and trying a 3rd time to register myself.

    So it’s nothing to do with cookies. I doubt it’s anything to do with the browser. I assume it’s our accounts for some reason, possibly because it’s targeted.

    Hence, unless someone who got the error can report they then later got it working…. I don’t think hearing about more problems is moving our understanding forward.

  • phantomchickenz says:
    26 Jan26 January 21:06

    Another “fails for me, works for my wife” here. Same iPad. Strange.

  • Nick says:
    26 Jan26 January 22:20

    For those struggling to make this work, try removing the original person’s personal details and link refs from the unhelpful URL Rob links to… will work fine if you do that. It’s not a targeted offer but Rob has given someone’s personal targeted link anyway. Ideally also clearing your cookies if you clicked first before doing it (no need if you copied and pasted).

    Helpful hint, anything in a URL after (and including) a ? is only ever a tracking reference. You can always remove this and still navigate to the base page. Applies to any website, not just BA’s!

    • sayling says:
      27 Jan27 January 09:00

      /chef’s kiss 💋

    • Sherri says:
      27 Jan27 January 10:18

      I tried to enter via my own BA Executive account and navigating to the competition page, didn’t use Rob’s link at all and it STILL didn’t work

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