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British Airways has launched a special offer for anyone who works for a company with a BA corporate deal.

Full details and the codes you need are on this page of ba.com.

You will save £50 on a spend of £300+ per person, or £100 on a spend of £600+ per person.

British Airways A320

Booking deadlines are quite tight – you need to book by 28th October.  You can travel up to 30th March 2020.

To maximise your miles when paying, your best bet is the British Airways American Express Premium Plus card which earns double Avios (3 per £1) when you book at ba.com.  You do not get double Avios if you book with the free British Airways American Express card. 

Another option is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold which offers double points – 2 per £1 – when you book flight tickets directly with an airline.

Remember that you can only use the codes if your employer has a corporate deal with British Airways.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

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 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 card

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.

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Comments (108)

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  • Tariq says:
    25 Oct25 October 04:48

    The Mercedes F1 factory tour is certainly a great day out, as we did one of their Marriott hosted race viewing events last year. You’ve put McLaren in the article title though!

  • memesweeper says:
    25 Oct25 October 05:35

    OT : me + family just flown to Amman Jordan (redemption) staying in the excellent Marriott (redemption) moving shortly to the Dead Sea Marriott (redemption) then onto Petra (hotels.com part redemption) then to Aqaba IC (redemption). Return flight home is EasyJet for cash. it’s no exaggeration to say this 10 day trip would not be happening but for Rob and the HfP team and the site’s commenter community. Many thanks to all.

  • Nick says:
    25 Oct25 October 05:44

    Just one of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Brackley tour/lunch packages remaining at 05:40.

    • Si says:
      25 Oct25 October 05:57

      Gone now. Sold out

      • Nick says:
        25 Oct25 October 06:05

        No surprise! It’s an amazing deal, especially when you consider that the last similar McLaren F1 factory tour and dinner required 100,000 HH points!

        • Nick says:
          25 Oct25 October 14:33

          I see now that there’s a current offer, still available now, for 110K HH points and includes a “Buffet after the tour”. IMHO, it’s now in very expensive territory compared to previous offers, but no surprise with the past take up rates.

  • Mycity says:
    25 Oct25 October 06:24

    Sorry O/T any ideas on the best travel insurance for over 70 with pre existing conditions? Think I’ve seen something on here before but can’t now find it.
    Thanks

  • SG says:
    25 Oct25 October 06:36

    Anyone received their bonus from the Amex to Hilton recent points transfer offer?
    I have contacted Hilton about 10 days ago and chat agent had no clue,created a case and promise I will soon be contacted
    As usual nothing yet happened and I am about to ask to have the awaiting bonus points lent to make a redemption!

    • Relaxo says:
      25 Oct25 October 07:48

      Also interested in this. Need to decide soon if I should take advantage of the transfer bonus. Did the bonus points all come through (eventually) the last time around ?

    • roberto says:
      25 Oct25 October 08:16

      Did say that the bonus could take up to 8 weeks to appear and I understood it to be targeted so please ensure you still have the email to back up your claim.

      I too am still waiting but its not 8 weeks for me thus far.

    • RussellH says:
      25 Oct25 October 10:42

      Thanks for the reminder about this.
      I had planned to wait and see how it was reported here, but with only a few days to go I have just done a transfer anyway.
      I do still have the e-mail offer, which should make it easier if it becomes necessary to chase Amex.
      [Also still waiting for 7K HH points to arrive from e-Rewards. They used to be almost instantaneous, but the last transfer took over two months, with a lot of chasing.]

      • David D says:
        25 Oct25 October 17:16

        RussellH, you will find the eRewards transfers can be up to 90 days now for Hilton. Which is a bit of a shocker, happened when the IT was changed at Hilton.

  • rams1981 says:
    25 Oct25 October 06:45

    Hope the Mercedes deal is back, can’t make this one so left it

  • Planning Geek says:
    25 Oct25 October 07:10

    The problem with the Amex offer is that I will miss out on the triple points by using the Hilton Visa card. Haha

    I think however £50 back on £250 is worth far more!

    • Crafty says:
      25 Oct25 October 08:09

      Haven’t done this myself, but plenty of evidence suggesting you would not miss out, as long as the Hilton Visa is already on your Hilton account somewhere.

    • Relaxo says:
      25 Oct25 October 08:45

      You don’t need to pay with the Hilton card to get 3x points 🙂

  • Mike says:
    25 Oct25 October 07:17

    Rob you say “Remember that you can only use the codes if your employer has a corporate deal with British Airways” – But surely there is no way for BA know who my employer is – I just have to enter code FLYBA100GB to get the deal..

    • Darren says:
      25 Oct25 October 07:21

      I don’t know if my employer has a corporate deal with BA. Is there a way of finding out?

      • Rob says:
        25 Oct25 October 07:40

        I’d just assume that they do …

        Anyone spending £250k or so on BA per year should have a deal.

    • Andrew says:
      25 Oct25 October 07:33

      Good to see BA let you run it Rob. In the email I got, it did encourage promotion within friends and family. Maybe they updated their guidance… Would be quite hard to police though.

      • Rob says:
        25 Oct25 October 07:39

        No, that’s not what it meant. If you read the website, the T&C’s strictly say that the booker must work for a company with a corporate deal. You CAN share it with friends and family – IF they travel with you!

    • Rob says:
      25 Oct25 October 07:41

      Mike, you see that very expensive BA advert at the top of the page ….

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