Can I earn Avios from Hertz / Avis / Europcar / Sixt or other car rental companies?

Links on Head for Points may pay us an affiliate commission. A list of partners is here.

Can you earn Avios from Hertz, Avis, Europcar, Sixt or other car rental companies?

Rental cars offer an additional way of earning Avios. In this article we’ll look at which car rental companies allow you to earn Avios.

Avis

British Airways has a significant partnership with rental car company Avis. This partnership includes more than just an Avios earning rate. If booking an Avis rental car with a British Airways Executive Club number, you will get a free additional driver

You will earn 3 Avios per £ spent with Avis, with minimum of 500 Avios per rental. If you rent four times or more in one year you get an additional 750 Avios bonus. If you pay with a British Airways American Express card you will earn an additional 250 Avios.

In addition, if you are a British Airways Gold card holder, you are entitled to “Avis Priority Rental Service”, which allows you to pick your rental up from right outside the arrivals hall at Heathrow Terminal 5 instead of taking the shuttle bus.

Budget

You can collect 100 Avios per day when you rent a car with Budget. Budget is a sister company to Avis and they share the same parent.

Maggiore

You can collect two Avios per €1 spent, with a minimum of 500 Avios per rental, with European rental group Maggiore. Again, this is a business under the same ownership as Avis and Budget.

Other rental companies

Hertz, Sixt, Europcar and others have their own deals with airlines but not with British Airways, Iberia or any other Avios-earning airline. Hertz, for example, lets you earn Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points and has an attractive rate of 1,000 miles per rental.

If you want to earn Avios points from a car rental, you are restricted to Avis and its sister companies.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Executive Club works. You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

(Head for Points is the UK’s biggest frequent flyer website with 1.8 million monthly page views. Want to learn more about earning and spending Avios? Click here to read our latest news stories, click here to join our email list and click here to read our ‘Avios Redemption University’ series.)

How to get 20,000 Avios from Amex Gold or 30,000 Avios from Amex Platinum (December 2021 offer)

The sign-up bonus on American Express Preferred Rewards Gold converts to 20,000 Avios and the card is free for the first year. You can apply here.

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

You don’t qualify for the Amex Gold bonus if you have a British Airways American Express card. You DO qualify for the bonus on The Platinum Card, which converts into 30,000 Avios. You can apply here.

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

If you have your own small business, the best way of earning Avios is via the Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa. It has a sign-up bonus which converts to 10,000 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 look at the British Airways Accelerating Business card, because it currently has a limited time offer of 60,000 Avios when you sign up by 14th November. You can apply here.