British Airways increases the annual purchase limit for Avios to 27,000

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I’m not sure if this is ‘new’ news or if it has been available for a few weeks.

However, both ba.com and avios.com are now showing an increased cap for purchasing Avios. It has been lifted from 24,000 per year to 27,000.

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I generally do not recommend buying Avios. If you must buy them, I generally recommend waiting for one of ‘30% extra’ promotions that turn up on a regular basis.

However, if you absolutely, desperately, necessarily must buy some at short notice, you will now find the new higher cap in place. The price for 27,000 is £447 ….

In reality, as you can buy 27,000 via avios.com, iberia.com and ba.com – and then merge them via ‘Combine My Avios’ – the effective annual cap is now a whopping 81,000.

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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Manuel says:

11 Jan11 January 06:45

I thought I read yesterday somewhere that there would start a sale next week.

Or is this just my wishful thinking?
- Rob says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 14:07
  
  Nothing I’ve heard ….
John says:

11 Jan11 January 06:54

If you have 7 people in a household account and you really needed them, could you not buy 567000 avios in a year?
Mikeact says:

11 Jan11 January 08:50

Hopefully ‘Share my Avios’ will also increase from 24k to 27k. I needed to transfer 25k to my wife’s account for her to obtain a couple of tickets but it wasn’t possible.
- Tony says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 09:48
  
  Are you not better off setting up a household account? That would let you pool the miles as opposed to having to ship them between accounts…
Liam says:

11 Jan11 January 16:24

OT but can i book a single baec reward ticket on my account for my girlfriend (not on my account) or does this cause problems? It would be an aer lingus flight so will have to do it over the phone regardless. Any info appreciated as always! Thanks
- Rob says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 17:32
  
  No problem at all
  - liam says:
    
    11 Jan11 January 22:34
    
    Thanks Raffles. Big fan! Keep up the good work 🙂
Gaz says:

11 Jan11 January 19:48

Don’t know if it’s already been mentioned elsewhere, but I’ve also noticed that BAEC Gold benefits have recently been tweaked:

Upon reaching 5,000 Tier Points, BA gives members 3 supplementary cards: 1 Gold + 2 Silver. (Previously it was just 1 Silver card at 4,500 Tier Points)
- Rob says:
  
  11 Jan11 January 21:07
  
  Not done a full post on this as only applies to about 5,000 people! Lots of potential to obtain a Gold or a Silver for yourself if you know someone who is one!
  - liam says:
    
    12 Jan12 January 00:50
    
    If anyone wants to send me one just let me know 😉
    - Polly says:
      
      12 Jan12 January 07:33
      
      Hi Liam, are you Ireland based? Anyone know of any avios credit card offers in Ireland? Or if tesco over there does club card to avios points? Thanks
- JOE says:
  
  12 Jan12 January 21:23
  
  If anyone can upgrade me to BA Silver or Gold, I’ll sort you out
Simon says:

12 Jan12 January 10:33

If anyone is thinking about buying miles to top off an American Airlines account there is a bonus of up to 15,000 miles available until the end of the month.
- Rob says:
  
  12 Jan12 January 11:58
  
  Still not terribly cheap though! Remember that the 20,000 Starwood points from the credit card can be transferred 1 to 1 to AA.
  - Simon says:
    
    13 Jan13 January 18:30
    
    Agreed, I don’t think I’ll be a buyer. Starwood points to AA is what I ended up doing with my 20,000 points, Starwood is one of the few times I’d buy points, it makes sense if you are close to the 20,000 mark but have no stays planned.
    
    Just saw this on my Facebook feed, 50% AAdvantage mileage bonus for travel on all US Airways flights
    
    http://www.aa.com/viewPromotionDetails.do?fN=aad-us-air-offer.xml&_locale=en_US