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900 Avios per day when renting from Hertz

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Hertz has launched another aggressive promotion in conjunction with Iberia Plus.

(Remember that Hertz is not a British Airways Executive Club partner, so the only way of earning Avios with a Hertz rental is to credit it to an Iberia account.  You can then move the Avios to BA or avios.com using ‘Combine My Avios’.)

Until December 20th you will earn TRIPLE Avios points on a rental of 3 days or more.

Paying standard rates, you earn at least 300 Avios per day – and up to 450 for a larger car.  During this promotion, you will be earning 900 to 1,350 Avios points per day.

Further details can be found on the Iberia website.


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 (11)

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  • Anon says:

    Wow, pretty generous, will consider for a 2 week trental in Nov in Florida

  • RogerWilco says:

    Sounds good, but – I have reservations about crediting anything to IB, in case they don’t post. I’m not ready in body or mind to chase any avios with IB customer service. Call it a prejudice, if you will.

    Hertz rentals are also 1100 VS FC miles, which seem to credit seemlessly.

  • Globetrotter7 says:

    I booked this deal last week through Iberia Plus. I’m expecting 2700 avios for a 3-day rental next weekend on AMS. It says that Avos will be credited within 72hrs max on their website. Let’s wait and see!

  • JQ says:

    Got 300 avios / day credited to IB within 1 week after return, (Christmas 2013 rental)

  • Trevor says:

    I done a few of theses specials previously, and I’ve had to chase everyone to post!

  • Susan says:

    Out of approx 6 rentals, I’ve only had to chase up 1 for correct number of bonus Avios.
    On a separate note, I’m having difficulty using the IB promotion code with my Amex Plat CDP. Can these be chained or is it 1 or the other? i’d Like to be able to use the Hertz 5star service for quicker transaction at airports.

  • Cambus says:

    I’d be wary of crediting anything to Hertz or IB. I’m still waiting for points to post from July this year. Hertz’s retroactive credit option on their website is useless: two automated posts denying me points for seemingly random, and incorrect reasons (dates not matching, wrong type of car). After two weeks I finally got a reply from Hertz Customer Service saying they would credit points, but I might need to wait six weeks! If they don’t appear, more hassle with IB Customer Service. Not worth it in my opinion.

  • Vardster says:

    I am renting with Hertz on 18th December in Canada for 18 days. Would I qualify for the full 18 or just the first 3?

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