Which 35 airlines can you earn Avios on?

Today I want to look at which airlines you can earn Avios from.

You know about British Airways, of course.  But there are actually 35 airlines which let you earn Avios for some or all of their flights.

This number went up by two when Finnair adopted Avios, since there are two airlines which partner with Finnair but which do not partner with British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus or Qatar Airways.

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 Executive Club
• IB for Iberia Plus
• AC for AerClub / Vueling Club
• QR for Qatar Airways Privilege Club
• AY for Finnair Plus

Note that, in some cases, only certain ticket types will earn. Heavily discounted Aer Lingus tickets do not earn Avios in British Airways Executive 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 (AY, IB, BA)

Airlink (QR)

Alaska Airlines (AY, BA, IB, QR)

American Airlines (AY, BA, IB, QR)

Avianca (IB, selected routes only)

Bangkok Airways (QR)

Binter Canarias (IB)

Braathens Regional Airlines (AY)

British Airways (AC, AY, BA, IB, QR)

Cathay Pacific (AY, BA, IB, QR)

China Southern (BA)

Fiji Airways (BA)

Finnair (AY, BA, IB, QR)

Iberia / Iberia Express (AC, AY, BA, IB, QR)

Japan Airlines (AY, BA, IB, QR)

JetBlue (QR)

Jetconnect (BA – potentially IB, QR, AY – with a QF flight number)

Juneyao Air (AY)

LATAM (AY, BA, IB, QR)

LEVEL (IB)

Malaysia Airlines (AY, BA, IB, QR)

Middle East Airlines (QR)

Oman Air (QR, Doha to Muscat route only)

Qantas (AY, BA, IB, QR)

QantasLink (BA – potentially IB, QR, AY – with a QF flight number)

Qatar Airways (AY, BA, IB, QR)

Royal Air Maroc (AY, BA, IB, QR)

Royal Jordanian (AY, BA, IB, QR)

RwandAir (QR)

S7 Airlines (QR)

SriLankan Airlines (AY, BA, IB, QR)

SUN-AIR of Scandinavia (BA)

Virgin Australia (QR)

Vueling (AC, IB)

United Airlines (AC)

Oman Air has announced plans to join the oneworld alliance. You will be able to earn Avios on all of their flights – and not just the existing one route available via Qatar Airways Privilege Club – from late 2025.

Find out more

Details of British Airways Executive Club partners can be found on ba.com here.

Details of the Aer Lingus / United Airlines partnership can be found on aerlingus.com here.

Details of Iberia Plus partners can be found on iberia.com here.

Details of Qatar Airways Privilege Club partners can be found on qatarairways.com here.

Details of Finnair Plus partners can be found on finnair.com here.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Executive Club works.  You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (March 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:

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. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

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.

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

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to 120,000 points. You receive 80,000 points when you spend £12,000 within three months and a further 40,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 8th April 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 60,000 points. You receive 40,000 points when you spend £6,000 within three months and a further 20,000 points if you spend on the card between Month 14 and Month 17. Points convert 1:1 into Avios and many other programmes. Click here to apply.

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