How to link British Airways Club and Loganair Loyalty accounts to earn and redeem Avios

Loganair Loyalty launched yesterday, with Avios as its loyalty currency.

You can now earn and spend Avios on Loganair flights, by linking your British Airways Club account to a Loganair Loyalty account. Loganair redemptions are excellent value as we will show.

This is how you do it.

How to open a Loganair Loyalty account

You can open a Loganair Loyalty account here.

IMPORTANT: You must use the same email addess, as well as the same first name and surname, as your British Airways Club account. If you don’t, you won’t be able to link your two accounts.

You need to be 18+ to open an account.

How to link your Loganair and British Airways accounts

Go to this page of the new avios.com website.

You will see links to all Avios transfer partners including Finnair, Qatar Airways, Nectar and BPme.

2FA is required twice – once with BA and once with Loganair. All of my Loganair emails went into spam so if you don’t receive one, try there.

How to transfer Avios between Loganair and British Airways

Once your accounts have been linked, it shouldn’t need to be done again.

You can transfer Avios by going back to the same page of avios.com and clicking the Loganair button.

In my experience, you need to attempt a transfer TWICE. The first time will trigger a 2FA security check. Once passed, you will be put back to the transfer page. Attempt the transfer again and it will go through with no additional security.

Remember that:

• transfers are instant
• transfers are free
• transfers can be done multiple times in either direction

IMPORTANT: As with transfers to Finnair and Qatar Airways, you can only move Avios in your OWN account to Loganair. There is no facility to move Avios from other people in your household account.

If you don’t have enough Avios in your own account for the booking you need, you can use the Finnair website to move Avios between members of your household account for €10.

Where does Loganair fly?

A slightly out of date route list is in this HfP article.

Key destinations include Aberdeen, Belfast City, Dundee, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Inverness, Isle of Man, Kirkwall, London Heathrow, Sumburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Newquay, Southampton and Stornoway.

Once we get the data from Cirium we will publish an up-to-date version, although the one linked above is 90% accurate.

How to book Avios flights with Loganair

Once you’ve transferred Avios to your new Loganair Loyalty account, you can get booking.

The standard Loganair booking page has a ‘Redeem Clan Points’ tick box which may have been renamed ‘Redeem Avios’ by the time you read this!

There are a few things to know about Avios redemptions on Loganair:

• all tickets come with a 15kg checked baggage allowance, a 6kg hand luggage allowance (plus a handbag) and a free snack and drink
• you need to pay for seat selection – there is no waiver for British Airways elites
• Avios seats cannot be cancelled or refunded
• date and route changes are possible for a fee subject to Avios seat availability
• taxes and charges apply
• you cannot redeem Avios for flights between the islands of Orkney because these flights are funded by a Government grant
• you cannot book Loganair redemptions on ba.com – you must transfer your Avios to a Loganair Loyalty account

How many Avios do you need for Loganair flights?

It’s an idiot-proof system!

Every one-way flight is 6,500 Avios.

Flights from Heathrow to Kirkwall and Sumburgh have a stop in Dundee. These are treated as a single flight so you still only pay 6,500 Avios each way.

Remember that Loganair’s aircraft have no more than 72 seats – many have fewer – so Avios availability will be restricted. There is no guaranteed availability as you get with British Airways, Iberia, Finnair and Qatar Airways.

How much are the taxes and charges?

Here is a taxes and charges example for a one-way flight from Heathrow to Derry:

Loganair cash fares can be steep, especially on the Highlands and Islands routes. Even this ticket to Derry would be £117 for cash, so you’re getting 1.4p per Avios.

Here’s a one way from Kirkwall in Orkney to Heathrow:

This ticket is £255 for cash, one way, so you’re getting 3.3p per Avios.

How many Avios do I earn on Loganair cash flights?

Whilst this article is focused on Loganair redemptions using Avios, you can earn Avios in a Loganair Loyalty account when you take a Loganair cash flight.

The Avios can be transferred into a linked British Airways Club account.

It’s a very simple earning structure depending on which fare type you buy:

• Fly – 410 Avios each way
• Fly Flex – 650 Avios each way
• Fly Flex+ – 1,300 Avios each way

Conclusion

I am pleasantly surprised by everything above.

I was concerned that we may see a move to revenue based redemptions, but we haven’t. The model of 6,500 Avios each way is easy to understand and there is some really good value to be had. We will be reviewing a Loganair flight soon.

You can find out more about earning and spending Avios on Loganair on its 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.