Bits: interesting Iberia / Avis deal, 1950’s BA amenity kits

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Intriguing Iberia / Avis promotion

Iberia and Avis have launched an interesting new promotion to win a share of 25,000,000 Avios.

This is how it works. You book and complete an Avis rental, anywhere in the world, between 1st and 31st July. You then go to this website and input the 11-digit booking reference.

You will instantly receive a prize of between 250 and 100,000 Avios into your Iberia Plus account.

In theory you must be based in Spain to play. However, it may well work for others unless Iberia is blocking the posting of miles to non-Spanish accounts.

Here is the odd thing. The rules make no mention of having to credit the original rental to Iberia. In theory, you can take an Avis rental you credited to another airline, put the number into this website and claim some Iberia Plus Avios too.

Will it work …..? If anyone has booked and completed an Avis rental this month, please give it a go and let us know.

Old 1950’s BA amenity kits

Reader Kate – who, bizarrely, recognised me in a remote Austrian ski hotel when we were away in February – was at the IWM Duxford (the Duxford Air Museum) recently and kindly sent me these pictures of old British Airways amenity kits from the 1950’s.

For the man (click to enlarge – you should be able to read the notes):

and for the woman:

Things have definitely gone downhill since then …. although I haven’t seen the new Liberty First Class bags yet. I found out last week that Anika got one on the British Airways press flight at Easter but it never made it into the office.

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.)

Category

Avis and Avis Preferred, British Airways and Avios, Iberia and Iberia Plus

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Tracy says:

10 Jul10 July 20:32

Just won 9000 Avios on Avis booking. Booked in April through Expedia for 14 day booking 28th June to 12th July. Thanks for the heads up for this promotion 🙂
Ian says:

10 Jul10 July 21:54

Doesn’t seem to work for me. The avis no I have 8 digits then GB then 1 digit. Have others that have won had a similar code?
- the real harry1 says:
  
  10 Jul10 July 21:58
  
  add a zero?
- Tracy says:
  
  11 Jul11 July 00:42
  
  I had 8 digits then GB1, just won 9000 avios
- David says:
  
  11 Jul11 July 06:35
  
  Not working for me either (with name number format) 🙁
netxu says:

11 Jul11 July 13:52

Just “won” 18.000 avios with an avis rental booked last week through the avisiberia website (nnnnnnnnESn format). The car rental is for mid-august and the avios are supposed to post 6-8 weeks after the rental and no later than September 30th, so… let’s see what happens!
Thanks for the post Rob!
- the real harry1 says:
  
  11 Jul11 July 14:10
  
  haha just put in a swiped reservation number and got:
  Congratulations you have won 1,000 Avios!
  
  Following the completion of your qualifying rental, your Avios prize will be awarded. Please note it can take between 6-8 weeks for Avios to be credited to your account after the rental period has ended.
  
  Note: Incorrect, incomplete, duplicate or false numbers may have triggered this prize notification, but prizes will only be awarded to valid Qualifying Reservation numbers with a corresponding Rental Agreement number. Only one entry per reservation. See Terms and Conditions for full details.
  - the real harry1 says:
    
    11 Jul11 July 14:13
    
    and again! another 1000 Avios
    - the real harry1 says:
      
      11 Jul11 July 14:17
      
      Congratulations you have won 18,000 Avios! 🙂
      
      3rd time lucky
      
      Not actually giving them my real details as I guess it’s a fairly easily detectable fraud
      
      but for anybody less scrupulous, easy to dredge up genuine reservation numbers online…
      - BrianDT says:
        
        11 Jul11 July 18:01
        
        18k for me too, booked a cheapo,very, (sub £20 for a day !) However, when i went back a bit later to screen save, the page had reverted back to inputting the rental details again, which i was loath to do, just in case it got screwed up.So, we will see as I can’t see anyway to retrieve my ‘winnings.’
      - the real harry1 says:
        
        11 Jul11 July 18:07
        
        18K seems to be coming up fairly often – I reckon the chances of getting it are not too bad at all (and if you don’t win 18K, the other amounts are pretty good, so equate to a decent discount on cheap rentals)
        
        somebody with more time could try (say) renting 2 cars a day @ £20 – for a few days – to see what the return is
Holiday guy says:

13 Jul13 July 11:39

My Avis booking ref number is shorter than 11 digits (UK rental). Format is #NNNNNNN, any idea how we can get the 11 digit number?
Tom says:

16 Jul16 July 18:30

Just won 18,000 with a rental from DFW for a week!
Now the long wait to see if they post……
Sue says:

23 Jul23 July 16:21

Avis booking made yesterday, 18,000 Avios bonus. 2nd booking today, tried entering rental agreement number but no response. Tried re-entering several times today to no avail. Has anyone found a way around this? Booking made via Iberia website, meets all criteria.