News: get 75% off National Express, BA / Aurigny interlining, Eurowings adds Manchester

News in brief:

Get 75% off National Express trips for Amazon Prime members

Coach operator National Express is offering a surprisingly generous 75% discount on all routes.

The only catch is that you have an Amazon Prime membership – and if you don’t, you can get a 30 day free trial by clicking here.

Here’s the small print:

• you save 75% on purchases for up to four adults
• you need to book by 4th December
• you must travel by 31st January (Christmas Day and Boxing Day excluded)
• you must be an Amazon Prime member and use your Prime email address when booking
• you can use the deal with Discount Coachcards but not concessionary fares
• you must pay via Check Out with Amazon Pay

You can read more on the National Express website here.

British Airways and Aurigny have an interline agreement

For some reason this wasn’t publicised at the time, but a reader pointed out that British Airways now has an interline agreement with Guernsey carrier Aurigny.

Having had a dig through the Guernsey press it seems that this was actually launched in July 2022.

Historically BA and Aurigny only shared operations at London Gatwick. However, in 2024 Aurigny will also be flying between London City and Guernsey 13 times per week.

An interline agreement is NOT a codeshare. You won’t earn Avios or BA tier points on Aurigny services if you book a BA flight on ba.com with an Aurigny connection. You will, however, get your luggage transferred across with no requirement to check it in again after the first flight.

Eurowings launching flights to Stuttgart

Eurowings, the low cost Lufthansa subsidiary, is launching flights from Manchester to Stuttgart.

Services will comments on 6th May. There will be four flights per week on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

The flights will be bookable using Miles & More miles, although in my experience Eurowings redemptions are often poor value, and will also earn Miles & More credit.

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How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (September 2025)

Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.

Booking flights on any airline?

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.

You can apply here.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 14th October 2025, the sign-up bonus on the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card is doubled to 40,000 Membership Rewards points. This would convert to 40,000 Avios! The spend target is changed to £5,000 within SIX months of approval. T&C apply. Click here to apply.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card

Your best beginner’s card – 40,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

Buying flights on British Airways?

The British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.

The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.

You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express Credit Card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.

You can apply here.

British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card

30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review

Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?

Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.

This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.

There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.

You can apply for either of the cards here.

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard

6,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review

Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard

36,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review