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Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from.
You know about British Airways, of course. But there are actually 36 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of their flights.
With Oman Air becoming an Avios partner earlier this month following its move into the oneworld alliance, I thought it was worth updating this article.
Juneyao Air has been removed from the list since it was last updated because its partnership with Finnair ended on 15th April 2025.
Earning with Fiji Airways is extended to all oneworld Avios partners after it moved to full oneworld membership on 1st April 2025.
Which airlines let you earn Avios?
The list below is alphabetical. In brackets, I have added the programmes which let you earn Avios from that airline:
BA for British Airways Club
IB for Iberia Club
AC for AerClub
VC for Vueling Club
QR for Qatar Airways Privilege Club
FI for Finnair Plus
LO for Loganair
Note that in some cases only certain ticket types will earn. Heavily discounted Aer Lingus tickets do not earn Avios in The British Airways Club, for example. You need to credit such flights to an Aer Lingus AerClub account and then transfer the Avios to your BA account.
Here we go:
Aer Lingus (AC, BA)
Air Nostrum / Iberia Regional (BA, FI, IB)
Airlink (QR)
Alaska Airlines (BA, FI, IB, QR)
American Airlines (AC, BA, FI, IB, QR)
Avianca (IB, selected routes only)
Bangkok Airways (QR)
Binter Canarias (IB)
British Airways (AC, BA, FI, IB, QR)
Cathay Pacific (BA, FI, IB, QR)
China Southern (BA)
Fiji Airways (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Finnair (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Garuda Indonesia (QR)
Iberia (AC, BA, FI, IB, QR, VC)
Iberia Express (BA, FI, IB, QR, VC)
Japan Airlines (BA, FI, IB, QR)
JetBlue (QR)
Jetconnect (BA – potentially FI, IB, QR – with a QF flight number)
LATAM (BA, FI, IB, QR)
LEVEL (IB)
Loganair (LO)
Malaysia Airlines (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Middle East Airlines (QR)
Oman Air (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Qantas (BA, FI, IB, QR)
QantasLink (BA – potentially FI, IB, QR – with a QF flight number)
Qatar Airways (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Royal Air Maroc (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Royal Jordanian (BA, FI, IB, QR)
RwandAir (QR)
S7 Airlines (QR still available despite oneworld suspension)
SriLankan Airlines (BA, FI, IB, QR)
Virgin Australia (QR)
Vueling (IB, VC)
United Airlines (AC)
Find out more
Details of The British Airways Club partners can be found on ba.com here.
Details of the Aer Lingus / United Airlines partnership can be found on aerlingus.com here.
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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (August 2025)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
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 Card
30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review
British Airways American Express Credit Card
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 Credit Card
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express
50,000 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 points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 on the FREE standard card and 1 Avios per £1 on the Pro card. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.
Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 Read our full review
British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card
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.
The American Express Business Platinum Card
50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review
It is 17 months since I purchased and flew with MAS from SIN to KUL, on the most expensive economy ticket available on line (fully changeable, fully refundable).
I never recieved Avios or Tier points to my BA executive account (silver).
I applied for the missing points via the BA form, and BA replied saying they would ask MAS for them. After a long period with nothing heard, I wrote to MAS customer services, and they replied saying it was up to BA to issue them.
Well, I don’t know exactly how the system is supposed to work, but for sure I didn’t get the reward I was entitled to. I can’t be bothered chasing them both, so I now ‘walk with my feet’ – no more bookings with MAS, and reduced bookings with BA (for several reasons). I have just booked SQ Business to Sydney and return for next January.
Totally agree.
I was unaware that certain classes of flight do not earn Avios. Had booked with BA LHR-KUL and BA then cancelled all flights to KUL. Decided to book with a Oneworld airline to get Avios. Booked to go on the same day and just selected to go Economy. Never gave a thought to the class. Then managed to bid and get upgraded to Business. After flight no sign of Avios. After Chasing BA many times eventually got the reply that the flight was not eligible. I feel I have been conned to fly Oneworld. The class of flight is not shown anywhere on malaysia airlines booking until you get your ticket. However after much searching I have found that you can drill down on the final booking page and it does show the class. BA told me it was a heavily discounted price I paid, however, on checking it looks a pretty standard fare to me.
As an extra we also booked 3 flights on one booking and one ticket with Qantas. Two paid out, however, the third was rejected. Same reason given although absolutly nowhere on the Qantas ticket or itinery does it show a class code.
As an extra comment when BA on their website talk about the % of miles that might get Avios they use the worde Economy(Lowest) surely if there are economy tickets that are below this then lowest is very misleading. Would be interested in someone looking into this as to me Oneworld was all about getting points. If lots of fares do not give points and it is not obvious I think it is verging on misrepresentation.
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