Gifting Avios
Dec 12, 2023, 9:18 pm
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Dubai
Posts: 821
Gifting Avios
Appreciate this may seem uncool but im only asking. Ive received an email saying i can gift Avios and if i do so they will get an extra 40%
So lets say i gift my sister 100k which means she gets 140k.
Can her partner then gift me 100k from his account giving me 140k even if he has a family account with my sister ?
And is it possible to gift to people at your same address as im looking at the rules and cant see any mention of not being able to do this between family members ?
So lets say i gift my sister 100k which means she gets 140k.
Can her partner then gift me 100k from his account giving me 140k even if he has a family account with my sister ?
And is it possible to gift to people at your same address as im looking at the rules and cant see any mention of not being able to do this between family members ?
Dec 12, 2023, 11:26 pm
#2
Join Date: May 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 1,896
You can do all of that, but I don’t think you want to.
Gifting is where you buy Avios for someone else. That comes with the 40% bonus.
You’re thinking of “Transfer”, where you send them up to 60,000 of your own Avios, for a £50 fee (or free for Golds). That doesn’t have the 40% bonus.
Gifting is where you buy Avios for someone else. That comes with the 40% bonus.
You’re thinking of “Transfer”, where you send them up to 60,000 of your own Avios, for a £50 fee (or free for Golds). That doesn’t have the 40% bonus.
Dec 13, 2023, 12:39 am
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Dubai
Posts: 821
You can do all of that, but I don’t think you want to.
Gifting is where you buy Avios for someone else. That comes with the 40% bonus.
You’re thinking of “Transfer”, where you send them up to 60,000 of your own Avios, for a £50 fee (or free for Golds). That doesn’t have the 40% bonus.
Gifting is where you buy Avios for someone else. That comes with the 40% bonus.
You’re thinking of “Transfer”, where you send them up to 60,000 of your own Avios, for a £50 fee (or free for Golds). That doesn’t have the 40% bonus.
LOL
You are right. DoH !!
Dec 13, 2023, 1:09 am
#4
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
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So effectively you are getting an extra 40% Avios for the same purchase price. Yes? If so, is it good value compared to say using the booster function?
Dec 13, 2023, 1:39 am
#5
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: BHD
Programs: BA Executive Club Silver
Posts: 576
If you had 28k available to boost (remembering that it is only the previous month's earnings that you can boost), you could boost x 3 @ 0.0092p at a cost of £772. cheaper to boost, but if you don't have that many available to boost, then obviously not an option. If you don't need them immediately, spread it over a few months of earning.
I stand to be corrected on my calculations, if I have something wrong.
There is a thread somewhere devoted to Balance Boost
Last edited by blurt91; Dec 13, 2023 at 2:00 am Reason: New ingo
Dec 13, 2023, 2:26 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,631
I like your style though!!!
Imagine a world where you would get 40% bonus for transferring Avios between household accounts? How many times would we all be exploiting that trick before our accounts were closed down for an audit review? 🤣
Dec 13, 2023, 2:39 am
#7
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: BHD
Programs: BA Executive Club Silver
Posts: 576
It does pose the question in my twisted mind of how much you could earn from one flight or purchase for example. Pay for your flight with an avios earning credit card, earn the avios for the flight, boost the avios with the same credit card and keep boosting the subsequent credit card earnings...obviously the amount would diminish on each transaction. Need a mathematician to do the sums.