750 Avios x 2 for enrolling in e-Rewards and completing just one survey

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I am not a big fan of earning Avios or indeed any loyalty points via e-Rewards. That said, when I wrote this article about the ‘points for questionnaires’ company here, I got a mini-backlash from people who were doing quite nicely out it.

(I should also confess that I joined again recently, for 1 week. Virgin Flying Club offered me 500 miles to join and complete one survey. I joined, I completed one survey, I waited for my miles and I cancelled my membership again!)

Historically, you could not join e-Rewards at will. You had to wait to be invited by a sponsoring hotel or airline.

This appears to have changed, however, because both avios.com and ba.com now have a direct application link on their site. And they are offering 750 Avios points for joining and completing just one survey.

The avios.com page is here.

The ba.com page is here (scroll down to the e-rewards box)

You must use a different email address for your second registration!

Long-term, I am not a fan of e-Rewards. I think that it requires more effort than it is worth. However, 750 Avios for one survey (multiplied by two, for each scheme) is an option not to miss. If you have previously joined and cancelled, you can rejoin if you use a different email address.

And something for ex-BMI e-Rewards members ….

One of the odd things about e-Rewards is that, depending on which airline or hotel company invites you to join, you are presented with a different range of redemption options.

It allows e-Rewards to work with companies which would usually be competitors, because if (for example) you join via a Club Carlson invitation you may not be given the option to transfer your e-Rewards points to Hilton HHonors.

If you joined e-Rewards via BMI British Midland, you are likely to have been sending your e-Rewards points over to Iberia Plus instead, as that was the only Avios option.

If you now log-in, though, ex-BMI members of e-Rewards will see that British Airways and avios.com are also now both partners you can use.

Weirdly, though, the conversion rates are not the same

These are the rates on offer:

avios.com and BAEC

1,200 Opinion Points – 250 Avios

2,000 Opinion Points – 500 Avios

3,500 Opinion Points – 1000 Avios

Iberia Plus

2,000 Opinion Points – 750 Avios

4,000 Opinion Points – 1500 Avios

8,000 Opinion Points – 3000 Avios

So, effectively, you are getting a 50% bonus by converting to Iberia Plus instead of BA or avios.com! This will also have the added bonus of keeping your Iberia Plus account ‘active’, thus enabling you to move Avios to or from Iberia Plus and benefit from their lower taxes on Iberia redemptions.

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:

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

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

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.)

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British Airways and Avios, Iberia and Iberia Plus

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StephenF says:

15 Oct15 October 07:39

This is indeed true – I did this a month or so ago. The confusing thing is that it is not automatic. I complained that I hadn’t received the points, but it turns out you have to redeem them via the rewards section of your account. Click “750 Avios” then it will do the transfer.

I went for the 1000 Avios (or was is 2k?) by doing the surveys. It was HARD work as half of the surveys are not ipad compatible, and mentally I would only do them in the evenings whilst watching television. I did not want to make a special effort by turning on the computer. Passive Avios!

I gave up after my points target as I got so frustrated with broken surveys and ipad issues.

Please note: If you have a problem with a survey, their support team always replies and credits the points anyway. I did this alot.
- StephenF says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 07:53
  
  Oh and you do get kicked out of surveys for not fitting the profile. Always click none of the above when it asks if you are “employed in any of the above sectors”. You will get the hang of it.
  
  The big earning surveys didn’t come through that often so it is extremely frustrating to be kicked out!!
  - Rob says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 10:24
    
    The Virgin miles bonus was still triggered by me being kicked out of surveys and receiving the nominal participation bonus.
- Russell Evans says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 07:54
  
  They advertise on their homepage an e-rewards mobile app available from both Apple app store and Google play. Not sure if this opens the possibility to use your mobile device to earn rewards? Imagine it should? Search e-Rewards Mobile plus and remember if searching on iPad using iOS7 to change the search filter at the top to “iphone only” as it appears the app is not optimised for iPad (but can be used on one).
  - StephenF says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 07:55
    
    I have only received 2 opportunities via the mobile app in 2 months.
James67 says:

15 Oct15 October 07:50

If a new email address is necessary to rejoin erewards that is something new. I have joined/cancelled 3 different sponsors using the same email without any problem. I also find it more trouble than it’s worth. Surveys seem to have become longer for less return. Also I get the impression many surveys now collect quite a lot of the info they want anyway before telling you that you dont qualify. Scheme can be useful though if you are a few hundred or thousand points short of a reward goal and no other option to attain it.
- StephenF says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 07:54
  
  I agree with the above. I complained about survey going 3/4 through collecting data then booting me out. Got the points!!
- Rob says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 10:24
  
  I was only taking an educated guess about the email ….!
  - James67 says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 12:54
    
    Probably good advice though for those with a string of email zddresses; you never know when rulescmight change.
- Lady London says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 14:39
  
  I’m very heartened to see you giving this same feedback about e-rewards, as I have been giving repeatedly to another survey company. Basically a lot of surveys seem to ask you 19 questions over 7 or 8 screens with each question requiring up to 5 answers, then miraculously on question 20 you get told you are screened out. I’ve even had surveys that do this, then ask you to “press the button to submit your data”. Like h*** I will.
  
  I’ve asked the survey company to police this – if I’m not getting paid then are they? – without result. The data requested “free” is very often well beyond that they could possibly need just for filtering. I’ve ratcheted down my survey participation and likely to report the relevant survey company on forums.
  - Rob says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 15:59
    
    The best e-Rewards survey I ever got was a very, very specific one. It was on a niche investment banking topic on which I was – at the time – one of the 50 most knowledgable people in Britain (nothing to do with HFP, miles etc). And I got thrown out after the initial filtering questions!
    - mitpat474 says:
      
      15 Oct15 October 18:52
      
      Oh Raffles what investment tips do you have 🙂
  - James67 says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 18:32
    
    Yes, this is somrthing relatively new. It used to be you knew you were in or out very quickly but not now. I just keep my erewards account now in event I need to round up a few points on Hilton or miles on United. I no longer respond to invitations unless I need to. Unlike Raffles my credentials have proven to be very acceptable, even when I had many doubts of my own!
Andy says:

15 Oct15 October 08:03

I earn about 500 avios a month through erewards. Most surveys work fine on Firefox on andriod, most surveys use Flash.

Do not download the erewards+ app on andriod ot is a battery killer, see reviews on google play.
- Thomas says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 08:17
  
  Agreed, but I find the surveys come quite often and the points get credited quickly.
  Currently signed up with Emirates and Virgin Atlantic, and quickly earn approx 12,000 per year hassle free…
  - Simon says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 08:30
    
    Hi Thomas, Did you use a different email address but the same name and address on your 2 accounts?
    
    I’ve had 7,500 Avios sent to Iberia this year from surveys so far, some do take a bit of time to complete though, I signed up via IHG so can convert to a number of different airlines (useful if you want to stop points expiring)
    
    I installed the e-rewards app, checked what was using the battery on my tablet a few months later and almost all of it was being used by e-rewards at which point I uninstalled it.
    - thomas says:
      
      15 Oct15 October 10:24
      
      Simon,
      I have Virgin under one email address and Emirates under another, but both under my own name.
      Agree with all that the e-Rewards mobile app is pointless.
Sinizter says:

15 Oct15 October 08:25

I have been a member for a while and I seem to get a steady stream of well-paying surveys. In the last 4 months, I have cashed out 1500 Avios in three of the months. There was a period in between where I was getting almost nothing worth doing.

Some of the surveys are long and boring, others are better designed and less boring. Personally, I am likely to continue using it. If i don’t have the time to do a particular survey, I just let it pass.
Adam (sigma421) says:

15 Oct15 October 09:06

E-Rewards is also a fairly useful way of keeping an Avios.com account alive and eligible for RFS flights.
- Trevor says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 10:39
  
  Considering that an Avios account will only expire after 3 years if not a single point is earned, that’s a long time to go without earning any points. And if you aren’t earning points, or only a few via e-rewards, what’s the point?
  - Rob says:
    
    15 Oct15 October 11:46
    
    ‘Activity’ is different, though. Now that Iberia has stopped Reward Flight Saver it is less of an issue, but you would have had to have IB activity each year (not including Avios transfers) to keep your ability to book RFS.
    
    I am assuming you can still transfer to / from IB without annual ‘activity’, even though you need ‘activity’ to orginally allow your account to do transfers?
xcalx says:

15 Oct15 October 09:27

You can change the name and address on the erewards account. If you want to transfer the points into another persons Avios/Iberia etc account. I have done this many times.

Does anyone know of a sponsor that has AA as a partner.
- thomas says:
  
  16 Oct16 October 10:23
  
  I signed up via AA themselves, but note that they are US based surveys requiring US address and they operate under cash rather than points and they know when you log in from the UK, so you can not do the surveys.
Nick says:

15 Oct15 October 10:07

I’ve signed up, but have no surveys to complete. Any idea of how long it takes to get a survey? I guess it depends on your profile, but I am hoping it is a matter of hours rather than weeks! Thanks
- Rob says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 10:22
  
  A couple of days when I did it for Virgin recently
- Sinizter says:
  
  15 Oct15 October 10:22
  
  Most likely, a few days.
TimS says:

15 Oct15 October 10:25

I trhink my first survey came through within a day and I was able to claim the 750 Avios not long after that (though as has been said above, they aren’t automatic. You have to claim them via the rewards page).

Future surveys are then few & far between and most you get rejected for before the end for one reason or another. I had enough points for 1000 Avios after a month of surveys so not a great reward for you time in my opinion after the initial 750 Avios signup bonus.