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One of the lesser known British Airways Executive Club partners is market research group ‘Avios for Thoughts‘.

It turns out that we haven’t covered this for (ahem) five years, when it was branded ‘Rewards for Thoughts’, so I though I’d give it a mention today.

‘Avios for Thoughts’ is offering a decent 600 Avios points for signing up, taking the welcome tutorial and completing one survey.

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You can find details on ba.com here.

It seems simple enough.  Once you sign up, you will be emailed consumer surveys on an occasional basis.

You will earn between 20 Avios and 350 Avios for every further survey you complete.

To be honest, I doubt this is worth your time for such a small number of points but you could always do them on the train in the morning or in front of the TV.

However, when you complete your welcome tutorial and first survey you will receive a bonus of 600 Avios points.  This is more like it!

Whether or not you cancel your membership after the points post from your first survey is up to you.  It is worth joining and completing one survey.

You can join via this page of the British Airways website.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

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

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios 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

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

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.

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.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

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The Platinum Card from American Express

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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.

Capital on Tap Visa

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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.

American Express Business Platinum

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American Express Business Gold

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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 (51)

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  • N16K says:
    27 Jun27 June 11:35

    My welcome bonus was only 500. Did I do something wrong? Got 500 and 80 avios for signing up and doing one survey.

  • DanC says:
    27 Jun27 June 12:20

    I had some really dull conf calls. Managed to get 624 points through signup & some surveys 🙂

  • VSCXFAN says:
    27 Jun27 June 14:12

    Signed up and accepted for/earned from tutorial – but still waiting (after 10 minutes) for Available Surveys to load so that I can earn 500.

  • VSCXFAN says:
    27 Jun27 June 14:23

    …and has now loaded 8 surveys all of which have rejected me.

    I’d rather give Virgin the feedback they want (for 50 points per survey) than waste more time on BA’s (appropriately!) dysfunctional “benefit”

  • Simon says:
    27 Jun27 June 14:41

    I’ve been doing these, and e-rewards, for a few years. The surveys are rarely anything but tedious but I think that the pay off is just about worth it.

    I get 2,000 Avios a month on e-rewards and between 1-2,000 on Avios for thoughts. I’d guess that I spend about 4-5 hours a week on them and it allows me a long haul flight every so few years. Realistically this is the only way I’m getting on the front of the plane nowadays so I think that the boredom is worth it.

  • Peter Mc says:
    27 Jun27 June 16:27

    I’ve been doing them since the last sign up bonus, having the points sent to my Iberia account both to keep that alive and to avoid swamping my BA account with entries which would make it hard to see if a flight/car/hotel had credited.
    Avios for Thoughts does award 2 Avios for any ineligible surveys, over time I have learnt what survey partners not to bother with and make sure I’m screened out.
    Sometimes having answered all the qualifying questions honestly and then been presented with an inappropriate survey which I have then completed to the best of my ability and earned 40 or 80 Avios.

  • Steve says:
    27 Jun27 June 16:44

    I find these sites useful for making downtime productive, but I agree with everyone who’s annoyed at the number of the pre-selection questions sometimes. Some surveys also expect you to answer 100 (not exaggerating) sub-questions in the surveys themselves. I’ve ditched more than one out of boredom.

  • A says:
    27 Jun27 June 16:59

    Did the tutorial, now says to complete your first survey and earn a 500 bonus, and below that ‘no surveys are available at this time’.

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