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The 90,000 Iberia Avios start to drop into accounts

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We interrupt the England v Colombia game with this important announcement ….

Avios from the Iberia ‘9,000 Avios for booking any flight (up to 90,000 Avios)’ promotion last weekend have started to drop in.

Here is a screenshot courtesy of Flyertalk:

Now we need to see how convertible etc they are  …..

If you missed the deal, you can read the details in this HfP article.


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 (126)

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  • Tom says:

    Nice! Points posted. The question is do I have to book before 1 Dec or book AND travel before 1 Dec?

  • BS says:

    No luck for me yet, but I did buy them late, 4h before deadline on Sunday night

    • Genghis says:

      +1 did the people receiving the points now buy early on in the promo?

      • Hannah says:

        I bought 6 on Saturday and 4 on Sunday and all 90000 have just arrived in my account

      • Danny says:

        I bought all mine on Sunday afternoon.

      • Brian W says:

        FYI Genghis, I bought on the Saturday evening and mine have just posted.

      • Tom says:

        Saturday night

      • Matt B says:

        Booked 3 flights between 10.45 and 10.55 just before the Sunday deadline and I have 27k in my account.

      • Steve-B says:

        Sunday @10pm and mine have posted.

    • Ian says:

      I made 7 bookings Saturday morning before 8am. Zero points so far…

  • Yawn says:

    Not sure what’s more boring, World Cup or this Iberia promo obsession

  • Optimus Prime says:

    I was going to call the Bogotá office but I reckon they won’t answer now 😉

    • the real harry1 says:

      probably a case of Bogotá off! in any case 🙂

  • will says:

    I just booked a BA flight with some of mine (taxes were a bit more) so it doesn’t have to be an Iberia flight.

  • Helen says:

    Points posted and a biz class return to Havana booked.

  • Mike says:

    Now iberia need to allow anyone to cancel these unwanted flights for maybe 50 avios? Can then resell the seats

  • Ram says:

    only one way transfer i am getting (ba to iberia) on both the ba and iberia sites !

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