Black Friday with BA: 5,000 bonus Avios with Avis and BA flight and holiday deals

Like or not, today is Black Friday.  Be grateful that your inbox has not had as many deal emails as ours this week.

We have given over all three articles today to Black Friday offers.  If you can’t face it, don’t forget before you log out that you can book your ticket for the Head for Points Christmas Party at 10am today, with the 2nd batch of tickets on sale at 10am Saturday.

The booking links are in the article pinned to the HfP home page, or search the Eventbrite app for ‘Head for Points’.

Here we go ….

5,000 bonus Avios with Avis

This is the most generous Avios-related Black Friday offer out there.

Avis has launched a great Black Friday bonus points offer.  If you book a car rental with Avis this Black Friday weekend, you will get 5,000 bonus Avios.

The small print is relatively short:

This offer is valid on bookings of rental car group C or above in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa

You must book by midnight on 27th November and the rental car has to be picked up between now and 23rd March 2018

Remember to include the BAEC number of the first named driver in your booking as it cannot be added or changed later.

The 5,000 bonus points are awarded in addition to the usual 3 Avios per £1, with a guaranteed minimum of 700 Avios for a 3-day booking.  This means that you will earn at least 5,700 Avios.  The maximum Avios you can receive during this promotion is 10,000.

Note that the offer is not valid on Prestige, Van or Chauffeur Drive rentals.  Your Avios will reach your account within 8 weeks

Full T&Cs can be found here. 

British Airways Black Friday offers

British Airways launched their Black Friday deals yesterday and the offer is running until midnight on Monday.

Included are some good return fares to the US in Club World like BA’s newest route Nashville from £1,445, Las Vegas from £1,475 and New Orleans from £1,675.  New York is just over £1,515.

Travel dates vary:

Travel in Club World or First Class from London Heathrow to Austin, Nashville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Jose (California) and Toronto is available for selected travel dates between 30 March 2018 and 28 November 2018

Travel in Club World or First Class from London Heathrow to Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi and Johannesburg is available for selected travel dates between 1 December 2017 and 6 March 2018

Travel in Club World or First Class from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago, Nassau and Grand Cayman is available for selected travel dates between 25 December 2017 and 16 November 2018

Travel in Club Europe from London Heathrow to Malaga, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Bilbao, Billund, Bologna, Brussels, Basel, Budapest, Paris, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Rome, Frankfurt, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Grenoble, Gothenburg, Geneva, Hanover, Hamburg, Istanbul, Kiev, Reykjavik, Krakow, Larnaca, St Petersburg, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Manchester, Marseille, Munich, Nice, Newcastle, Oslo, Bucharest, Palma Mallorca, Palermo, Prague, Pisa, Sofia, Stuttgart, Toulouse, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw and Zurich is available for selected outbound travel dates between 1 December 2018 and 11 March 2018

There are also deals in World Traveller and World Traveller Plus with different travel dates.  There is too much info to copy over so you should take a look at the Black Friday booking page is here.

Remember that BA Holidays may be even cheaper

BA Holidays has also some good deals on luxury holidays to selected destinations:

• Save £50 on holidays to selected destinations with a minimum spend of £1,250 per booking.
• Save £100 on holidays to selected destinations with a minimum spend of £2,500 per booking.

If you find a good flight-only deal, I strongly suggest that you also get a quote for the same flight as a BA Holidays ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package.  It may well be cheaper than just booking the flights on their own.

The BA Holidays home page is here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2025)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

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.

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 Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, and the standard card is FREE. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

NO annual fee, NO FX fees and points worth 1 Avios per £1 Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.