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In this article I want to look at which airlines you can book with Avios points.
You know about British Airways, of course. But there are actually 34 airlines which let you use Avios for some or all of their flights.
The list has got bigger in the last couple of years as Qatar Airways, Finnair and Loganair adopted Avios as their loyalty currency. This means that you can now redeem via a number of Qatar Airways partners which were not already partners with British Airways, Iberia or Aer Lingus, such as Virgin Australia, Garuda Indonesia and JetBlue.
You won’t find the information in this article in one place on any of the Avios websites – iberia.com, ba.com, qatarairways.com, finnair.com etc – but we have pulled it all together for you.
It’s worth noting that – with no publicity – some China Southern flights have recently appeared on ba.com for Avios redemption.
Not all routes seem to be included but, for example, if you search Guangzhou to Bangkok there is availability, albeit only in economy.
Taxes are nominal – Guangzhou to Bangkok, one way, is 12,000 Avios + £13.50 for example for a three hour flight.
What flights can you book with Avios?
I have listed all of the airlines below which accept Avios redemptions.
The airlines marked ‘(BA)’ can be booked on ba.com. This means that the process is the same as booking a redemption flight on British Airways.
An airline marked ‘(AC)’ can be booked via Aer Lingus. You can open an Aer Lingus AerClub account on its website and then use ‘Combine My Avios’ on ba.com to move your points across. Confusingly, you need to select ‘Avios Partners’ in the dropdown menu. Read this article to learn more about the new-ish Aer Lingus reward booking site, launched in 2024.
An airline marked ‘(IB)’ means that you can only book from an Iberia Club account. To transfer to or from an Iberia Club account, the Iberia account must have been open for 90 days and have ‘earned’ at least 1 Avios. The easiest way to ‘earn’ an Avios in Iberia Club is to transfer 1,000 American Express Membership Rewards points.
Vueling (VC) flights can only be booked by Vueling Club. You can open a Vueling Club account on its website and then use ‘Combine My Avios’ on ba.com to move your points across. Confusingly, you need to select ‘Avios Partners’ in the dropdown menu.
When a flight is bookable across multiple websites, it is worth checking each of them to see if there is a difference in the Avios and the taxes and charges required.
Whilst there is some alignment (a British Airways flight should be identically priced if you book via BA, Iberia, Finnair or Qatar Airways) this is not the case with all partners. Doing a bit of legwork can pay off.
Some airlines also offer extra availability on their own websites. Iberia has extra availability on its own flights if you book via Iberia Plus. Qatar Airways offers a lot of extra Avios seats – albeit for double points – via its own website.
British Airways offers extra availability for Gold members (in economy) and British Airways American Express 2-4-1 Companion Voucher holders (in business). Aer Lingus will occasionally have better availability via its own site even though ba.com is meant to show the same seats.
Which airlines can you book with Avios points?
The airline list is alphabetical. In brackets, I have added the programmes which let you redeem Avios for that airline:
BA for The British Airways Club
IB for Iberia Club
AC for Aer Lingus AerClub
VC for Vueling Club
QR for Qatar Airways Privilege Club
FI for Finnair Plus
LO for Loganair Loyalty
Some partners can only be booked by telephone via the service centre of the relevant programme, eg Avianca. You cannot necessarily book all routes operated by a particular airline.
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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (August 2025)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express 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 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 Card
30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review
British Airways American Express Credit Card
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.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
The Platinum Card from American Express
50,000 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 points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 on the FREE standard card and 1 Avios per £1 on the Pro card. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.
Capital on Tap Visa
NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 Read our full review
British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card
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.
The American Express Business Platinum Card
50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review
There doesn’t seem to be any way to transfer Avios from or to Vueling from BA apart from setting up an Iberia account and transferring via Iberia. Can anyone clarify this? Only use seems to be earn and use Avios within Vueling Club for Vueling bookings….
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