The Ultimate Avios Earning/Converting List
Feb 13, 2012, 4:12 am
#46
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: London
Programs: BA IHG
Posts: 1,370
It used to be 6000 airmiles for taking out a Lloyds Airmiles mortgage, and 50 airmiles per month thereafter. Not sure if it is still available in the new Avios world though.
Apr 4, 2012, 1:37 am
#47
Join Date: May 2006
Programs: AA EXP, Priority Club Platinum
Posts: 89
BA Visa Platinum in the Caribbean
Executive Club Members in the Caribbean can earn Avios with First Caribbean Bank on their Visa Platinum card. 5,000 Avios for signing up, 1 Avios per $1 spend, 2 Avios for $1 spent on BA.
Available in Anguilla, Antigua, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maartin, St. Vincent, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
http://www.cibcfcib.com/index.php?page=Wealth-BA-page
The webpage needs updating though - still refers to BA miles, and the pre-JBA restrictions on redemptions of Avios on AA.
Available in Anguilla, Antigua, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Maartin, St. Vincent, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
http://www.cibcfcib.com/index.php?page=Wealth-BA-page
The webpage needs updating though - still refers to BA miles, and the pre-JBA restrictions on redemptions of Avios on AA.
Apr 4, 2012, 4:59 am
#49
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,041
Two more opportunities...
Iberia Credit Cards
While BA don't have a credit card in Spain, Iberia do.
There's the Sendo option, which gives you an Amex (earning 1 Avios per 1 EUR) and a Visa (1 Avios per 2 EUR); and the Max option, which is 9 Avios per 5 EUR for "deferred payment", or 3 Avios per 3 EUR for "full payment"
Full details (in Spanish) at www.iberiacards.es. These options will only pay your Avios into an Iberia Plus account - but provided both accounts have been active for 3 months, you can move the Avios into an Executive Club account.
(If you want to check my working, see this spreadsheet.)
Iberia Credit Cards
While BA don't have a credit card in Spain, Iberia do.
There's the Sendo option, which gives you an Amex (earning 1 Avios per 1 EUR) and a Visa (1 Avios per 2 EUR); and the Max option, which is 9 Avios per 5 EUR for "deferred payment", or 3 Avios per 3 EUR for "full payment"
Full details (in Spanish) at www.iberiacards.es. These options will only pay your Avios into an Iberia Plus account - but provided both accounts have been active for 3 months, you can move the Avios into an Executive Club account.
(If you want to check my working, see this spreadsheet.)
http://grupo.iberia.es/portal/site/g...0060fe15acRCRD
Apr 4, 2012, 5:02 am
#50
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Iberia has just teamed up with Santander , doesn't say if the cards will only be available in Spain
http://grupo.iberia.es/portal/site/g...0060fe15acRCRD
http://grupo.iberia.es/portal/site/g...0060fe15acRCRD
The page isnt in english, and google translate isnt playing ball, it keeps refreshing the page, can someone who understands please post the earning rate here so I can add it?
Thanks
Last edited by PanGalactic; Apr 4, 2012 at 5:12 am
Apr 4, 2012, 8:37 am
#51
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
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Double Avios with Avios Cash Passport to 17 April 2012
That's 2 Avios/£ for £250+ reloads, plus 2% surcharge* for sterling, by 17 April 2012. (I think non-£ rates are probably rubbish but there's no surcharge.)
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
Our council tax is due, and they want 1.8% for payment by credit card. I was going to use direct debit or similar for 0% surcharge. Payment by Cash Passport must be surcharge-free.
That earns 1 Avios per 1p, doesn't it?
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
Our council tax is due, and they want 1.8% for payment by credit card. I was going to use direct debit or similar for 0% surcharge. Payment by Cash Passport must be surcharge-free.
That earns 1 Avios per 1p, doesn't it?
Apr 4, 2012, 11:59 am
#52
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA bronze card, NHS Blood Donor silver card
Posts: 1,617
That's 2 Avios/£ for £250+ reloads, plus 2% surcharge* for sterling, by 17 April 2012. (I think non-£ rates are probably rubbish but there's no surcharge.)
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
When I last looked, there was an ATM withdrawal fee on this card, so it's only really any good for purchases.
Apr 5, 2012, 12:42 am
#53
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Thanks for the confirmation, Teflon.
Using this card to pay our council tax seems the be the only useful way of earning Avios on the transaction, and 2 Avios/£ @ 1p each is reasonable. (I am of course excluding the ludicrous LTSB Duo Avios MC offering 1 Avios/£5 plus 1.8% council surcharge.)
Using this card to pay our council tax seems the be the only useful way of earning Avios on the transaction, and 2 Avios/£ @ 1p each is reasonable. (I am of course excluding the ludicrous LTSB Duo Avios MC offering 1 Avios/£5 plus 1.8% council surcharge.)
Apr 5, 2012, 8:35 am
#54
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Don't see any 2x offer when I click on that link 
, withdrawn early?
, withdrawn early?
Apr 5, 2012, 8:42 am
#55
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Bedfordshire, UK
Programs: BA Gold, Geek platinum
Posts: 2,004
Anybody have any experience converting a-club points across? I tried doing it the other day when I bumped into this thread the other day but they said I didn't have enough points but no where did they say how many points is enough.
As an aside A-club sucks serious ..., I try to avoid it where possible but sometimes I just have to slum it and miss out on my hhonors points
As an aside A-club sucks serious ..., I try to avoid it where possible but sometimes I just have to slum it and miss out on my hhonors points
Apr 5, 2012, 8:50 am
#56
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Found a promo code a few months ago on FT which gave me instant Platinum status
Not sure what that gets you really, but I guess I'll find out one day!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/le-cl...um-2012-a.html
Offer is dead now I think.
Apr 5, 2012, 10:01 am
#57
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,041
Customers are given two cards, one with American Express and the other with MasterCard, but both linked to a single account. Both earn Avios with every purchase made. With the Santander Iberia MasterCard cardholders obtain 1 Avio for every 2 euros spent, while with the Santander Iberia American Express® card they get 1 Avio for each euro spent. Use of the cards also keeps the Avios from expiring –with each new card purchase Avios points are renewed for another three years.
Cardholders are also given free insurance coverage of up to 6,000 euros for cancellation of travel reservations, hotel reservations, show tickets, etc., as well as travel assistance including coverage of expenses incurred due to lost checked luggage, medical expenses abroad (surgery, medicine, hospitalisation, etc.), and emergency repatriation costs.
Apr 5, 2012, 10:10 am
#58
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 5,041
You can earn up to 15 000 Avios with Iberias latest partner offer,
eg. Hertz, Europcar, Avis and 7 different hotels chains would count as 10.
Given the short period, April 1st to May 31, it sounds rather difficult for most
people.
http://www.iberia.com/OneToOne/v3/ob...ACCESS=IBPHOME
eg. Hertz, Europcar, Avis and 7 different hotels chains would count as 10.
Given the short period, April 1st to May 31, it sounds rather difficult for most
people.
http://www.iberia.com/OneToOne/v3/ob...ACCESS=IBPHOME
Apr 7, 2012, 3:00 am
#59
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Re the current 2 Avios/£ promotion on Avios Cash Passport card loads/reloads to 17.04.12:
There's no surcharge for topping up using your own bank's online service.
Topping up online via the Avios card's webpage costs 2% but is limited to £750 per day. I did that and sure enough was charged £15 extra, making £765.
That wasn't enough to pay our council tax and I didn't fancy making daily top-ups, so I made a transfer from Nationwide online banking, adding a bit in case there was a surcharge. It turns out there wasn't, and there's no maximum amount when crediting from your bank.
Caveat: I checked my balance via the Avios card's 0800 number as I'm currently locked out of their clunky website. The balance reflects the top-ups, and I don't see how they could surcharge my bank payment.
At 2 Avios/£, I'm seriously thinking of topping up the card again so I can pay merchants that do not take AmEx.
There's only one question in my mind. For Avios card online top-ups, there's a box to enter your Avios membership number. There's no such box in online banking, just the box for entering the card number as the reference number. Do I foresee a retrospective claim?
That's 2 Avios/£ for £250+ reloads, plus 2% surcharge* for sterling, by 17 April 2012. (I think non-£ rates are probably rubbish but there's no surcharge.)
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
* minimum £3
http://www.cashpassport.com/1/en/avios/
Topping up online via the Avios card's webpage costs 2% but is limited to £750 per day. I did that and sure enough was charged £15 extra, making £765.
That wasn't enough to pay our council tax and I didn't fancy making daily top-ups, so I made a transfer from Nationwide online banking, adding a bit in case there was a surcharge. It turns out there wasn't, and there's no maximum amount when crediting from your bank.
Caveat: I checked my balance via the Avios card's 0800 number as I'm currently locked out of their clunky website. The balance reflects the top-ups, and I don't see how they could surcharge my bank payment.
At 2 Avios/£, I'm seriously thinking of topping up the card again so I can pay merchants that do not take AmEx.
There's only one question in my mind. For Avios card online top-ups, there's a box to enter your Avios membership number. There's no such box in online banking, just the box for entering the card number as the reference number. Do I foresee a retrospective claim?
Apr 7, 2012, 3:28 am
#60
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Oh dear.
Barnet Council's online service thought my Avios cashcard was a credit card and tried to surcharge 1.8%.
I didn't pursue and I suppose will have to phone next week to sort this. (I have e-mailed but expect no sensible response within a reasonable time.)
Barnet Council's online service thought my Avios cashcard was a credit card and tried to surcharge 1.8%.
I didn't pursue and I suppose will have to phone next week to sort this. (I have e-mailed but expect no sensible response within a reasonable time.)