Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Barclays Avios Rewards

Launched in February 2021, Barclays Avios Rewards is an exciting new collecting route for customers of Barclays Wealth and Barclays Premier Banking.

Customer who opt-in to Barclays Avios Rewards pay a £12 monthly fee. You receive 1,500 Avios per month in return, plus other benefits.  Most importantly, you earn an annual British Airways upgrade voucher.  This lets you upgrade an Avios redemption flight by one class.

Full details of how the Barclays Avios Rewards upgrade voucher works can be found here.

You can learn more about Barclays Avios Rewards, and apply for Barclays Premier Banking, on this page of the Barclays website.

How can you maximise the Barclays Avios Rewards upgrade voucher?

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How does the BA upgrade voucher from Barclays Avios Rewards work?

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Get 43,000 Avios and an upgrade voucher with Barclays Avios Rewards

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How to earn Avios from Barclays Premier WITHOUT switching banks

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What else does Barclays Premier offer apart from Avios?

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Your questions about the new Barclays Avios Rewards scheme answered

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