Save 25% on Aer Lingus Avios flights this week

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of Aer Lingus AerClub, the airline is offering 25% off all Avios redemptions. See here for details.

It isn’t quite as good as it sounds, unfortunately.

Aer Lingus redemptions booked via avios.com or British Airways Executive Club are not discounted. These two booking platforms work off the standard Avios reward chart, where your flight is priced based on the distance travelled.

The 25% discount only applies to flights booked on aerlingus.com.

This is where you use Avios to reduce the cost of a cash flight. The good news when you do this is that there are no availability issues. If an Aer Lingus flight is bookable for cash, you pay for it – 100% of the cost – with Avios.

The bad news is that the value you get is poor.

To use the example on the Aer Lingus website, a €39.99 flight would usually cost 6,475 Avios. This is a poor 0.62 Eurocents (0.53p) per Avios. Why would you do this when you could convert your Avios to Nectar points and get 0.8p each for them?

Under the ‘25% off’ promotion, the same €39.99 flight will cost 4,850 Avios. This is still only getting you 0.82 Eurocents (0.70p) per Avios which remains poorer than sending your Avios to Nectar.

There are some black out dates for getting the 25% discount:

• you must book by 7th November
• you must travel by 24th March 2022
• you cannot travel 17th-23rd December or 2nd-8th January

Assuming that you live in the UK and have the option of redeeming Avios for Nectar points, there is no reason to bother with this promotion.

You can find out more on the Aer Lingus website here.

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 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 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.)