Get 1,000 Avios with your first Uber train or coach booking

Some readers have been emailed by Uber with a special Avios promotion.

You would receive 1,000 bonus Avios for making your next train or coach booking via the Uber app. The offer ends on 16th May and you can only earn the bonus once.

This stacks with the on-going Uber offer of 10% cashback – in the form of Uber Credits – for train, coach or Eurostar bookings made via the app.

If you received this offer, remember that a child ticket from Edinburgh Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley is just £1.35 ….

Is this a targeted offer?

Is the offer targeted? The small print doesn’t say it is. That said, I didn’t receive it myself.

If your Avios and Uber accounts are linked and you need to book a rail ticket before 16th May, you may want to do it via the Uber app just in case it triggers the bonus. It’s a low value gamble and you get the 10% Uber Credits cashback regardless.

However, you may have a 12% LNER cashback deal available on one of your American Express cards (the current rates vary from 7% to 12%) which is a guaranteed return. Remember that all train operators, except Eurostar, can be booked via the LNER website.

Our full guide to linking your Avios and Uber accounts is here. You earn 1 Avios per £1 spent at Uber and they post instantly – literally within minutes.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (June 2023)

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 13th June, the sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card is doubled to 60,000 Membership Rewards points – and you get £200 to spend at Amex Travel too! Apply here.

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.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

EDIT: Applications for this card are temporarily suspended due to IT issues with the British Airways On Business SME loyalty scheme.

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.