1,000 free Etihad Guest miles for everyone – and an upgrade to Silver after one flight

Heinemann is the German equivalent of World Duty Free.   It has its own loyalty programme, Heinemann & Me, and at present is offering all new and existing members 1,000 Etihad Guest or airberlin topbonus miles.

If you have an Etihad flight planned but are not a member of Etihad Guest, it will also elevate you to Etihad Silver status after one flight.

This is what you need to do:

Visit the Heinemann website here

If you have an Etihad account, tick that box and leave the other boxes empty

Register for Heinemann & Me.  UK addresses are accepted and, in any event, they will not send you a membership card unless you ask for one as you can use the smartphone app instead when shopping.

You add your Etihad Guest number to your Heinemann profile during the registration process

That’s it.  According to the rules, you will receive 1,000 Etihad Guest miles within two months.  No purchase is required.

(If you would prefer to earn 1,000 airberlin miles, follow the same process but tick the airberlin box.)

The deadline for taking part in this offer is 30th April.

Free Etihad Silver status for new members

If you do not have an Etihad Guest account, you can sign up via Heinemann and receive an upgrade to Etihad Silver status after your first flight.

As well as benefitting you when flying on Etihad, it would also have some benefits when flying with any of the Etihad Airways Partners airlines.

Here are the rules:

You need to join Etihad Guest via this special link (it will not mention Heinemann on the form but your browser URL should show ‘sourcecode=HEINEMANN’)

You must sign up before 30th April

You must take one return flight in Economy or one one-way flight in Business or First Class before 31st July

Limited to the first 1,000 members to complete a qualifying flight

There is also an airberlin offer for new members, offering a 50% miles rebate on your first redemption, but this is unlikely to be of much interest to UK residents despite airberlin being a oneworld member.

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How to earn Etihad Guest miles from UK credit cards (April 2025)

Etihad Guest does not have a UK credit card.  However, you can earn Etihad Guest miles by converting Membership Rewards points earned from selected UK American Express cards.

Cards earning Membership Rewards points include:

• American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 20,000 Etihad Guest miles. This card is FREE for your first year and also comes with four free airport lounge passes.

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.

• The Platinum Card from American Express (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 50,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 50,000 Etihad Guest miles.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 27th May 2025, the sign-up bonus on American Express Platinum is increased from 50,000 Membership Rewards points to a huge 80,000 points. Points convert 1:1 into Avios (80,000 Avios!) and many other programmes. Some people may see even higher personalised offers. Click here to apply.

• American Express Rewards credit card (review here, apply here) – sign-up bonus of 10,000 Membership Rewards points converts into 10,000 Etihad Guest miles. This card is FREE for life.

Membership Rewards points convert at 1:1 into Etihad Guest miles which is an attractive rate.  The cards above all earn 1 Membership Rewards point per £1 spent on your card, which converts to 1 Etihad Guest mile.

The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold card earns double points (2 per £1) on all flights you charge to it, not just with Etihad but with any airline.