Five 専門家 tips to make your Avios points take off - 上げる the balance by up to 300%

  • Some Amex and Barclaycard credit cards come with 調印する up 特別手当s
  • You can 上げる Avios points by up to 300% with Avios Balance 上げる

Who doesn't like the thought of 飛行機で行くing 商売/仕事 Class at economy prices - or even getting a trip for 解放する/自由な??

British 航空路s' Avios points 申し込む/申し出 たびたび(訪れる) flyers the 適切な時期 to do both, but the best rewards will usually 要求する diligent saving.?

There are tricks you can use to 上げる your balance outside of 調書をとる/予約するing flight tickets, though - whether that means using particular credit card, getting points on in-蓄える/店 shopping or buying Avios from British 航空路s direct.?

With the help of 略奪する Burgess, 創立者 of たびたび(訪れる) flyer website 長,率いる for Points, we explain five 平易な ways to supercharge your Avios points.?

Lift off: Simple measures like converting your Amex points to Avios can help you on the way to free or discounted travel

解除する off: Simple 対策 like 変えるing your Amex points to Avios can help you on the way to 解放する/自由な or 割引d travel?

1. 変える other points into Avios

When someone 調印するs up to an American 表明する Gold card, they can earn 20,000 Amex points if they spend £3,000 in the first three months.

What is いっそう少なく 井戸/弁護士席-known is that 顧客s also have the 選択 to 変える them into 20,000 Avios.?

Other points 通貨s which can 変える to Avios points are American 表明する 会員の地位 Rewards points, BPme points, Nectar points, Heathrow Rewards points, HSBC 首相 credit card points, NatWest credit card points and さまざまな hotel points 通貨s.

Burgess advises checking out what the points could get you in their 初めの form before 変えるing to Avios, however.??

'Not all 転換s are やむを得ず good value, so look carefully at what you are giving up,' he says.?

It is also 価値(がある) 公式文書,認めるing that, after the first year, the card comes with a £195 年次の 料金.

2. Use the Avios shopping portal

The Avios shopping portal 許すs you to collect points for day-t o-day online shopping with selected retailers.?

However, many people don't know that you can use it for in-蓄える/店 shopping, too.

You can 登録(する) your credit card number on the portal, and Avios is then sent 詳細(に述べる)s of any 購入(する)s that qualify.

Burgess says: 'I earned over 5,000 Avios this month when my wife went crazy in the Harvey Nichols sale.'

What is Avios??

British 航空路s (n)役員/(a)執行力のある Club is the たびたび(訪れる)-flyer program for British 航空路s, and Avios is its reward 通貨.??

You collect Avios when you 調書をとる/予約する flights, hotel stays, car 雇う and more with British 航空路s and its partners, 含むing American 表明する.?

3. 二塁打 your points with Avios Balance 上げる

This is a new feature which 開始する,打ち上げるd in 2023.?

It lets you buy cheap '追加する-on' Avios points direct from British 航空路s, ーするために 上げる points balances already collected in the previous 30 days.

You can do this on British 航空路s' website by selecting the 処理/取引s you want to 上げる.

顧客s can buy a lump sum of Avios 同等(の) to 100 per cent, 200 per cent or 300 per cent of the Avios they have earned in the last 30 days.

4. Get the Barclaycard Avios 加える Mastercard

You can get 25,000 Avois points as a 調印する-up 特別手当 with the Barclaycard Avios 加える Mastercard, and spend £3,000 within the first three months.?

Burgess says: 'The new and little-known Barclaycard Avios 加える Mastercard has a 調印する-up 特別手当 of 25,000 Avios.

'It also comes with an 年次の 保証人/証拠物件 letting you 昇格 an Avios flight to the next 利用できる class - this means you will need より小数の Avios for the flight you want.'

5. Look for secret Avios partners

Spend some time looking at British 航空路s' website for obscure Avios partners which are not 広範囲にわたって publicised.

For example, Burgess says: 'Airbnb gives three Avios per £1 if you 調書をとる/予約する 経由で a special link, whilst Uber gives one Avios per £1 spent in the UK if you link your Uber and Avios account.'

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