Who won 1 million Avios in our Monese competition?

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Back in September we ran a competition in association with online bank Monese to win 1 million Avios.

I apologise for the delay in announcing the winner. Monese wanted to be the first to announce the names, so we had to wait until they had published their blog post. The winners – there were six in total, of which Head for Points was allocated a guaranteed slot – are here.

The HfP winner from that list was Daniel G. He wrote to me two weeks ago to say:

“I entered the Monese Avios Millionaire competition via the HfP code a few months back and was lucky enough to win – The Avios dropped into my BAEC account today! I’ve been subscribed to the site for a while now and find the info and tips you write about really informative – I enter competitions all the time but I have literally never won anything, till now.”

Well done Daniel, and thank you to everyone who entered.

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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This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.

rams1981 says:

1 Dec1 December 16:37

OT just saw my BA flight delayed by 1 hour 40 mins to Boston. That doesn’t lead to much comp if any I assume? Annoying as now lands 11pm local time.
- Shoestring says:
  
  1 Dec1 December 16:40
  
  nothing, though take off time is irrelevant, they might make most of it back
  
  compare eventual doors open (on landing) to the landing time you originally paid for
  - rams1981 says:
    
    1 Dec1 December 16:40
    
    Thanks Harry, thought as much.
    - Shoestring says:
      
      1 Dec1 December 16:44
      
      wish I was in the lounge with you to while away the time! haven’t had a drink since 26th Oct! 🙂
      - Peter K says:
        
        1 Dec1 December 17:18
        
        Well done Harry. Keep it up.
      - BJ says:
        
        1 Dec1 December 17:43
        
        Good stuff, I cannot avoid sugar that long which I really should given history of diabetes in my family.
      - Cat says:
        
        2 Dec2 December 07:28
        
        Excellent job Harry! Well done.
- Rob says:
  
  1 Dec1 December 17:30
  
  Nowt
Martha says:

1 Dec1 December 17:08

Esso £50 offer.
When using it tracking on your amaex?
Could you also use it at a Morrisons in an esso for double offer?
- Alan says:
  
  1 Dec1 December 17:10
  
  No.
Alan says:

1 Dec1 December 17:32

OT – due to add the 2nd leg our 241 booking in the next couple of days.

The outward leg is in first class – any reason I can’t call the 24 hour ‘You First’ number, rather than the US/Japan? Does anyone have any experience of this?
- sloth says:
  
  1 Dec1 December 20:49
  
  not personally but i know someone else (SpursDeb?) mentioned doing exactly that recently and was fine
  - Spurs Debs says:
    
    2 Dec2 December 07:10
    
    Yes worked out perfectly fine, think I’ve just replied on FT to you.
Shoestring says:

1 Dec1 December 17:40

Ryanair £5/ seat sale https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/plan-trip/explore/cyber-week-9

I think Rhys needs to go somewhere for a tenner return
- Paul says:
  
  1 Dec1 December 19:01
  
  Too funny! 😀
  - Rob says:
    
    1 Dec1 December 19:15
    
    I think we should do it. Leave it with me!
    - Graham Walsh says:
      
      1 Dec1 December 19:47
      
      But it will be another 2 hours plus £100 to get any where near the city centre of the “destination” 😀
      - marcw says:
        
        1 Dec1 December 20:52
        
        You should know by now that Ryanair has moved many of its flights to main airports.
BJ says:

1 Dec1 December 17:52

OT: Accidently found myself in a dog-friendly Hilton this weekend. Had to be moved three times. Never realised such hotels existed which is a bit surprising given the number of people who own dogs. Got nothing against dogs but I don’t want to stay in a hotel with loads of them again so will be looking out for that in future reservations.
Riku says:

2 Dec2 December 03:33

I tried booking a one-day one-way rental from Worcester to Heathrow with Avis and the offer IS too good to be true. It wasn’t 10 pounds but “no cars available”. Instead I had to book a two day car rental and only then are cars “available”. I called Avis and the branches can block short term car rentals from time to time which seems to be happening in this case.
Rooster says:

2 Dec2 December 19:53

Rubbish company wouldn’t accept my application for whatever random reason