Bits: earn Avios with Uber in Ireland, 10% LeShuttle discount, Accor / Sixt bonus

News in brief:

NEW: Earn Avios with Uber in Ireland

Avios has a partnership with Uber in the UK which allows you to earn 1 Avios per £1 spent on UK rides. It also pays out on train tickets booked via the Uber app.

This HfP article explains how the Avios / Uber promotion works.

Whilst this has not been widely promoted, the deal has now been extended to cover Ireland. Anyone with a British Airways Club number in their Uber account will now also earn on Irish rides.

The reason for this is that Aer Lingus has just become an Uber partner too. The Aer Lingus deal is based on rides in both Ireland and the UK, so it makes sense to expand the British Airways offer to cover the UK and Ireland.

If you are based in Ireland then you can add your AerClub number to the Uber app. Follow the instructions in the article linked above.

AerClub members who link their AerClub and Uber accounts via the Uber app and complete a journey by 31st July will receive 500 bonus Avios.

Save 10% on LeShuttle with Accor

On Thursday we covered the launch of the Avios partnership with LeShuttle, the service which transfers cars through the Channel Tunnel.

Hotel programme Accor Live Limitless is offering its members (you can join for free here) a 10% discount on new LeShuttle bookings.

The offer is available for bookings made, and travel completed, by 14th December 2025. Some blackout dates apply.

Flexiplus bookings are excluded. It isn’t clear if you will also earn Avios on these bookings.

You can find out more on this page of the LeShuttle site.

Get bonus Accor points with Sixt car rentals

Talking of Accor Live Limitless, it has launched a new promotion with Sixt.

This could be quite valuable. Remember that Accor points are worth 2 Eurocents each towards a hotel stay, or convert at 1:1 into Iberia Avios (ignore the weaker option of 2:1 into BA Avios).

This offer also includes a free additional driver.

You receive:

• 400 ALL points for a €50 rental
• 700 ALL points for a €100 rental
• 1,100 ALL points for a €150 rental

This means you’d get points worth €22 for a €150 rental and get the free additional driver benefit.

The small print is:

• Book by 17th June
• Return the vehicle by 30th September
• Rent from 2 to 27 days
• Points offer is valid in all countries
• Free additional driver is valid for rentals in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Monaco, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, USA, Canada

You can find out more on the Sixt website here.