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ENDS 10pm: Buy Avios for just 0.88p via Finnair Plus!

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Finnair (yes Finnair, not British Airways) has been running a VERY attractive ‘buy Avios’ bonus promotion.

You will receive a 50% discount when you buy Avios.

This takes the price down to 0.88p! It is the cheapest ‘buy Avios’ deal we have seen for a LONG time.

10pm tonight UK time (Wednesday) is your deadline to jump in.

You can buy on this page of the Finnair Plus website.

NEW: Buy Avios for 0.88p via Finnair Plus!

The Avios can only be credited to a Finnair Plus account. You can move them into a British Airways Executive Club account by linking your BA and Finnair Plus accounts via the process here.

Please don’t be put off by this because it is a very simple process:

That’s it!

How many Avios can you buy?

There is no minimum purchase, although your bonus depends on how many Avios you buy.

The discount is staggered:

  • 35% off when you buy 5,000 to 19,000 Avios (1.43 cents = 1.19p)
  • 40% off when you buy 20,000 to 49,000 Avios (1.32 cents = 1.10p)
  • 45% off when you buy 50,000 to 74,000 Avios (1.21 cents = 1.01p)
  • 50% off when you buy 75,000 to 200,000 Avios (1.05 cents = 0.88p)

What does it cost?

At the top end, you will pay 0.88p per Avios under this offer.

Transactions are charged in Euros, so you will pay slightly more if your credit or debit card adds a 2.99% foreign exchange fee.

The most you can buy is 200,000 Avios for €2,100.

Based on my spreadsheet of the last 9 million Avios I redeemed, I got 1.23p of value – and this is based on very conserative valuations for the flights I booked. If you have a plan to use the Avios, because you should never buy speculatively, then this is a very good opportunity.

You can check pricing and buy on this page of the Finnair website.

The offer ends at 10pm today, 20th November.

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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

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

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

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 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 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

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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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British Airways and Avios, Finnair and Finnair Plus

Comments (19)

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  • riku says:
    20 Nov20 November 08:04

    >>Midnight tonight (Wednesday) is your deadline to jump in.
    Perhaps it’s obvious to all, but the offer ends at 10pm UK time.

  • Rob says:
    20 Nov20 November 08:34

    Corrected! Thanks

  • Barracough says:
    20 Nov20 November 09:01

    I linked Finnair with BA six months ago but bought my first Avios from Finnair this morning. It went through OK but I’m not able to do a transfer from Finnair to BA. It is possible to transfer from BA to Finnair as I did a nominal 5 Avios test but transfers from Finnair are not possible, at least for me. I can contact Finnair Customer Services but has anyone here had problems and a solution?

    • Barracough says:
      20 Nov20 November 12:15

      I’ve still not been able to make a transfer of Avios and therefore contracted the BA chat line and was told that the transfer service is currently unavailable due to a technical issue. I’ll try again tomorow but if anyone does a succesful transfer today from Finnair to BAEC it would be good to know.

  • Andrew Halket says:
    20 Nov20 November 09:41

    Still cheaper at any level other than the top to get Avios through Avios boost (if you have Avios to boost!). A bit under 1p each at Avios boost.

    • Andrew Halket says:
      20 Nov20 November 09:44

      …which you can “boost” further buying with BAPP then again fronting with B’Card through Curve…

      The games that can be played to eek out the value…

  • HH says:
    20 Nov20 November 10:11

    Did this over the weekend, my only tip to those who choose 2FA by SMS is to keep trying again and again until you get the code – it does eventually come through after repeated attempts.

  • Neil MacPherson says:
    20 Nov20 November 10:16

    There are or were some issues with the two factor authentication. Finnair admitted to me that they have problems with texting codes to buyers for transfers to BA, so eventually I had to use the other method ( authentication app).

    • Rob says:
      20 Nov20 November 10:33

      It was screwed up a few months ago when I moved my old Finnair balance across to Avios. Struggling to see how tricky it is to send a text but they seem to have found a way. I eventually went onto chat and had 2FA disabled – this is an option in your account settings but of course you need to log in first to turn it off ….

  • Veyron says:
    20 Nov20 November 13:24

    Purchased 75k Avios a couple of days ago as they were cheaper than the 71k I actually needed for planned redemptions due to the 50% discount kicking in. Had to do this twice as the first transaction didn’t go through with points.com for some reason but I wasn’t charged on my Curve card.

    Could not link accounts because no matter how many times I tired, I would not receive the 2FA code via text. Used the chat feature to get 2FA disabled where the agent told me texts just don’t work for some countries and to use an Authenticator app instead. I downloaded the Google one and did it easily using that by simply scanning a QR code on Finnair. The Avios appeared in my BAEC account within minutes.

    My advice is just download and use the Google Authenticator app in the first instance to avoid the hassle and delay. It is available on iOS and Android. You don’t even need to be signed in. Hope this helps.

  • Vit says:
    20 Nov20 November 14:25

    I have got shy of 600k in my household account. I am really two-minded in buying more knowing this is a very good opportunity but quite concerned about devaluation. I guess it is just risk-taking decision. With little one now needing his own seat, I guess it is a must though as I think one RT to the East now cost ~400k avios for 3 of us.

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