A new way to use up small amounts of SAS EuroBonus miles
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One of the more annoying parts of the miles and points game is how you deal with odd balances, often trivial numbers, that you end up with in various programmes.
There are, though, often ways of using up small amounts which means that they do not go to waste. Tomorrow and the day after, I will run through a number of similar options for a number of different schemes.
This was triggered by an email from SAS EuroBonus, who have got a new way of allowing you to use up small balances.
Via RewardsPay, you can redeem small quantities of SAS miles for an iTunes voucher.
A £10 voucher costs 2,680 points and a £25 voucher costs 6,710 points, although as of yesterday the £25 ones seem to have gone out of stock.
Interestingly, RewardsPay also allows you to buy additional points – if you are a little short of 2,680 or 6,710 – at the over-generous rate of roughly $6 per 1,000, albeit that these points can only be used at RewardsPay and not for SAS flight redemptions. You could also top up your SAS account with a small Amex Membership Rewards transfer.
At the moment, iTunes seems to be the only UK partner. Amazon is available, but only in $ vouchers for the US store – hopefully UK vouchers will appear at some point.
As I said above, over the next two days I will look at similar opportunities across a wide range of programmes.
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How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (April 2025)
Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.
Booking flights on any airline?
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.
You can apply here.
SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on the ‘free for a year’ American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card is increased from 20,000 Membership Rewards points to 30,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (30,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review
Buying flights on British Airways?
The British Airways Premium Plus American Express card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.
You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.
You can apply here.
British Airways American Express Premium Plus
30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review
Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?
Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.
This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.
There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.
You can apply for either of the cards here.
Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
3,000 bonus points, no fee and 1 point for every £1 you spend Read our full review
Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
18,000 bonus points and 1.5 points for every £1 you spend Read our full review
