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NEW: Get 10,000 Avios with the FREE Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card!
Barclaycard has launched a special promotion if you sign up for the free Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit card by 26th September.
The sign-up bonus is doubled – you will receive 10,000 Avios instead of the usual 5,000 Avios.
If you’ve not had any Barclaycard products for the last two years then you will definitely get the bonus if you spend £1,000 in three months. If you have/had other Barclaycards, the full rules about whether you qualify are in our article here.
This is the ideal credit card to use when American Express is not accepted. You will earn 1 Avios for every £1 spent.
It is also worth using as your primary credit card if you currently have the free British Airways American Express card but don’t spend £15,000 per year to trigger the Companion Voucher. You might as well use the free Barclaycard Avios credit card and just have one credit card for all your spending.
If you spend £20,000 per year on the card you will also earn an upgrade voucher, valid on any Avios redemption. Full details of how that works are in our article here.
You can apply for the free Barclaycard Avios credit card by clicking here.
The representative APR is 29.9% variable.
New promotion alert!
REGISTER NOW: Hilton launches its new bonus points promotion for September to December stays – click here to register
This week’s other top travel news stories:
Qatar Airways introduces caviar in Business Class as the quality gap keeps widening
Wizz Air launches £429 All You Can Fly subscription …. but what’s the catch?
Avios Group at risk for £600 million of unpaid VAT in HMRC investigation
Expedia halts the rollout of One Key, but it’s too late for the US and UK
Czech Airlines to cease operations after 100 years
Qantas reroutes its ‘nonstop’ Perth to London flights via Singapore
Is ‘wait and see’ a better points strategy than ‘earn and burn’? We get philosophical ….
Singapore Airlines adds more flights to the UK
Join now: Luton Airport launches its own loyalty scheme
Virgin Atlantic extends Cape Town flights to April 2025
Get cheap Avios with Nectar’s Fruit & Veg challenge at Sainsbury’s!
Travel deals of the week:
Get a 100% bonus buying Hilton Honors points – click here to buy
Get a mystery bonus when you buy Marriott Bonvoy points – click here to buy
Credit card news:
What are American Express Centurion Lounges, and where are they? Heathrow Terminal 3 pictured above
Time is running out: Get 40,000 points + £400 travel credit with the Amex Platinum card
Amazon launches a new credit card …. with Barclaycard
Big changes are coming to the Aer Lingus credit card in Ireland
Here’s how BA and Amex should improve their cobrand credit cards – at least, we like the idea!
Where can you spend your £300 Amex Platinum dining credit?
How to keep your Amex Membership Rewards points alive if you cancel your Amex Platinum card
British Airways and Avios news:
How does the British Airways ‘new parent’ status extension work?
Reviews:
Katie heads to Domes Novos Santorini, one of two new Domes resorts in Greece – image above
Read our review of the Pearl Lounge in Abu Dhabi, the only independent lounge in the new Terminal A and the one used by British Airways and Priority Pass
Hotel news:
NoMad London now bookable on Hilton.com – with a good 4-4-3 cash deal available
The Marriott hotel in Warsaw has closed with no notice
Other travel news:
What’s inside the new Virgin Red Room VIP suite at The O2? We went down to take a look
That’s all, folks
Our latest round-up of miles and points offers closing soon is here.
Don’t forget to visit our forum if you have any questions relating to frequent flyer or hotel loyalty programmes or loyalty credit cards.
See you next Saturday,
Rob, Rhys and Katie @ Head for Points
