Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points
Launched in 2022, the Barclayard Avios Mastercards offer an exciting way to collect Avios from a non-American Express credit card.
You may choose to get a Barclays Avios Mastercard to use alongside a British Airways American Express card, where Amex is not accepted, or to replace it.
The Barclaycard Avios cards come with an annual British Airways upgrade voucher if you hit a spend target, which is especially valuable for solo travellers or, to use alongside a BA Amex companion voucher, families of three.
The free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard comes with a sign-up bonus of 5,000 Avios and earns 1 Avios per £1. You earn the upgrade voucher with £20,000 of annual spend. You can apply here.
The paid-for Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard comes with a sign-up bonus of 25,000 Avios and earns 1.5 Avios per £1. You earn the upgrade voucher with £10,000 of annual spend. You can apply here.
Even if you plan to hold the free card for the long term, we recommend starting with the paid card – due to the huge 25,000 Avios – and then downgrading once you have triggered the bonus.
Our review of the free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard is here.
Our review of the paid-for Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard is here.
On Tuesday, Barclaycard launched an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you apply by 18th July via this link, you will receive 50,000 Avios when you spend .....
On Tuesday, Barclaycard launched an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you .....
23 Jun 202223 June 2022 • 110 comments
As our article on Tuesday explained, an astonishing bonus of 50,000 Avios is currently available if you apply for the Barclaycard Avios Plus credit card. You can apply here. The benefits are very .....
As our article on Tuesday explained, an astonishing bonus of 50,000 Avios is currently available if you apply .....
23 Jun 202223 June 2022 • 56 comments
Barclaycard has launched an astonishing deal on its new Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard. If you apply by 18th July via this link, you will receive 50,000 Avios when you spend £3,000 within three .....
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21 Jun 202221 June 2022 • 499 comments
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6 Jun 20226 June 2022 • 73 comments
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30 May 202230 May 2022 • 155 comments
The new Barclaycard Avios Mastercards have now been up and running for a couple of months. This means that heavy spenders will be getting close to triggering their first Barclaycard upgrade voucher. .....
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20 May 202220 May 2022 • 93 comments
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18 May 202218 May 2022 • 39 comments
New to Barclays? This is an exceptional deal.
New to Barclays? This is an exceptional deal.
15 May 202215 May 2022
Get 100,000 Avios for upgrading your card and joining Premier Banking.
Get 100,000 Avios for upgrading your card and joining Premier Banking.
15 May 202215 May 2022
Yes, 100,000 bonus Avios just for taking out a credit card!
Yes, 100,000 bonus Avios just for taking out a credit card!
15 May 202215 May 2022
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The launch of the Barclays Avios Rewards programme last year was a substantial boost for the solo traveller. I .....
1 May 20221 May 2022 • 32 comments
Barclaycard and Barclays have just launched what are, easily, the richest Avios promotional deals we have ever seen.
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In March 2022, Barclays launched two brand new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. These cards should fundamentally change your Avios collecting strategy if you are based in the UK. The .....
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4 Apr 20224 April 2022 • 274 comments
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