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Get 43,000 Avios and an upgrade voucher with Barclays Premier
We ran a special series this week on how to earn Avios from a Barclays Premier current account:
This week’s top travel news stories:
SPECIAL FEATURE: What happens when a new business class seat undergoes a crash test? We went to watch one to find out
American Airlines launches Edinburgh to Philadelphia flights, bookable with Avios
Norse Atlantic reversing ‘unbundling’ as it launches £259 sale seats to New York
IHG gains a new Maldives resort following a rebranding
Derry to get a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel next year
Virgin Atlantic adds new Riyadh and Accra flights for 2025
SAS has now joined SkyTeam – what’s the impact in the UK?
The Randolph Hotel Oxford now bookable via Hilton Honors for cash or points
IHG’s Hotel Indigo brand opens in the mountains of Oman
Credit card news:
What is the best Avios business credit card? Either get a 30,000 Avios bonus with BA Accelerating Business (now relaunched, image above) or choose from the other options.
Get £300 back on a £2,000 Qatar Airways spend with American Express
British Airways and Avios news:
ENDS SUNDAY: Get a 50% bonus when you buy Avios via Qatar Airways Privilege Club – click here to buy
Hotel news:
Register for a new (and rarely seen) Radisson Hotels bonus points promotion
Get 1,000 Lufthansa Miles & More miles on every Hyatt stay – and keep earning your normal Hyatt points
What are the best hotel promotions for September 2024?
Which hotel loyalty programme is the most rewarding, based on our points valuations?
Are Marriott Bonvoy’s flight ticket redemptions a good deal?
Reviews:
Our reviews section will return next week. We know we said this last week, but it definitely will! Content from Istanbul, Bodrun, Nagoya and Paris is on the way ….
Other travel news:
Get a 50% bonus buying Lufthansa Miles & More miles
How does Hilton’s ‘guaranteed connecting hotel rooms’ feature work?
Do you know that American Express has a private lounge for cardholders at The O2 arena?
How I turned my expiring Etihad Guest miles into cash with the Etihad Guest Reward Card
STILL ON: Get 10,000 Avios with the FREE Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card!
Barclaycard has launched a special promotion if you sign up for the free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card by 26th September.
The sign-up bonus is doubled – you will receive 10,000 Avios instead of the usual 5,000 Avios.
If you’ve not had any Barclaycard products for the last two years then you will definitely get the bonus if you spend £1,000 in three months. If you have/had other Barclaycards, the full rules about whether you qualify are in our article here.
This is the ideal credit card to use when American Express is not accepted. You will earn 1 Avios for every £1 spent.
It is also worth using as your primary credit card if you currently have the free British Airways American Express card but don’t spend £15,000 per year to trigger the Companion Voucher. You might as well use the free Barclaycard Avios credit card and just have one credit card for all your spending.
If you spend £20,000 per year on the card you will also earn an upgrade voucher, valid on any Avios redemption. Full details of how that works are in our article here.
You can apply for the free Barclaycard Avios credit card by clicking here.
The representative APR is 29.9% variable.
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here.
Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
