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Today, Friday 12th, is the last chance to enter the Head for Points competition to win 5,000 Avios points!

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If you haven’t entered yet, you need to go to this article from Tuesday and leave a comment.  Please read the rules before posting.

Good luck!

The winner will, hopefully, be announced on Sunday – I need to find the time to count through all the entries once the random number generator has done its job!


How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

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

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

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

Nectar American Express

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

American Express Platinum card Amex

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a 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, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express card

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios 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.

(Want to earn more Avios?  Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

Comments (8)

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  • AndyGWP says:

    Wow! 805 entries so far!!!

    No offence, but I’m glad that they don’t all reply to every HfP article!! haha

    Hopefully all entries are genuine and not the same people entering with different email addresses! 😀

  • Pauline Peddie says:

    Great Site – keep up the good work

  • Mirjanur says:

    I’m new to avios and your site has helped me a lot, with information and points, this is by far the best avios points website

  • TrickyDickyRicky The Aviator says:

    This site is “The world’s favourite points site”, “To Fly, To Serve, To Accululate Avios”, I would say. Me thinks Raffles is a cross between Robin Hood (helping us poor collectors sc*** the rich hotels/airlines), Richard Branson (adding some glamour to this “hobby”(addiction) of ours), and Mother Teresa (selfless devotion by posting these offers in the early hours of the morning). Congrats. and Cheers on the top 5,000, did I miss the top 100,000 post some while back?, perhaps I can pre-oder for the next one?!@#

  • Robert Lamrock says:

    I wouldn’t be here in sunny Kiev this weekend if you hadn’t given me the Heads Up On Points!

  • Altyrocket says:

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