Aer Lingus launches flights to Las Vegas, bookable with low taxes and 2-4-1 vouchers

Aer Lingus has announced a new US route – Las Vegas!

This opens up a new option to spend Avios to Las Vegas, with the benefits of being able to connect from many UK regional airports and clearing US Customs & Immigration in Dublin.

Taxes and charges are also attractive, especially if you travel to Dublin on a separate ticket to reduce Air Passenger Duty.

Remember that British Airways American Express 2-4-1 companion vouchers can now be used on Aer Lingus.

Here are the details:

• Flights will start on 25th October

• Services are due to end for the summer on 29th April 2025, although I suspect this is flexible if the route performs well

• Flights will operate three days per week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

• It will use an Airbus A330-300

• Flights depart Dublin at 15.20, landing in Las Vegas at 17.50, which is convenient for connecting from the UK

• The return flight leaves Las Vegas at 19.35, arriving in Dublin at 13.10 the following day

What’s Business Class like on Aer Lingus?

Rhys reviewed the Aer Lingus A330-300 seat and service here.

Whilst it’s not the most modern seat (no privacy doors here) it is perfectly pleasant. The best seats to get are the ‘throne’ seats, pictured below. These give you huge amounts of personal space of both sides and ensure that you don’t have a neighbour.

How much are Avios flights?

In summary, 125,000 or 150,000 Avios plus around £250 for a return Business Class flight from Dublin.

If you have a British Airways American Express companion voucher, you’d pay 125,000 or 150,000 Avios plus around £500 in total for TWO people.

IMPORTANT: As of last night, Avios tickets were not available even though cash tickets were bookable. This may or may not have changed overnight.

Las Vegas has the same pricing as other West Coast services:

Dublin to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle:

• Economy (off peak): 16,250 Avios each way
• Economy (peak): 25,000 Avios each way
• Business (off peak): 62,500 Avios each way
• Business (peak): 75,000 Avios each way

Following a recent IT upgrade, you can now redeem Avios for reward flights at aerlingus.com, as well as via ba.com – click to read.

To redeem at aerlingus.com, you need to open an Aer Lingus AerClub account and use ‘Combine My Avios’ at ba.com to move your Avios across. Transfers are instant, free and reversible.

Availability and additional charges should be identical across ba.com and aerlingus.com on long haul services. Availability did not match when the new Aer Lingus Avios website launched but the team was hoping to iron out the bugs quickly. It is still worth checking both ba.com and aerlingus.com just in case.

The taxes and charges on a RETURN Business Class flight from Dublin to Las Vegas should be around £250 when tickets are available, assuming they are not live this morning.

This pricing assumes that you travel from the UK to Dublin on a separate ticket to avoid triggering long haul premium cabin Air Passenger Duty, which is now approaching £200.

You can also upgrade using Avios

Another option is to buy a cash ticket on Aer Lingus and upgrade it with Avios. Full details are in this HfP article.

Upgrades are fairly expensive for points but this is offset by the fact that even the cheapest cash Economy ticket is upgradable, as long as a Business Class reward seat is showing. Upgrade pricing is here.

Cash tickets now earn Avios and tier points in British Airways Executive Club

Remember that, following a recent change, Aer Lingus tickets now earn tier points in British Airways Executive Club as well as Avios.

Full details are in this HfP article.

Conclusion

It’s good to see Aer Lingus continuing to expand its network, even though a bit more variety (ie outside the USA!) would be welcome.

You can find out more, and check out cash pricing, on the Aer Lingus website 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:

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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