About Avios

Collecting Avios

There are many ways to collect Avios. Explore the options to boost your balance.

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How can I collect Avios?

  • Booking British Airways and American Airlines flights, vacations, hotel stays and car hire are great ways to top up your balance.
  • Pre-booking seats, paying for extra baggage or upgrading your cabin on a British Airways or Iberia-marketed flight.
  • Shopping through British Airways with selected retailers such as Apple, Home Depot and Macy's.
  • Booking travel extras like airport parking, rail transfers and more.
  • Signing up for and using an Avios credit card.
  • Plus we've partnered with a range of lifestyle and finance partners to make it even easier for you to collect Avios.
Join the Club

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Flights

Collect Avios every time you fly with us or any of our oneworld® airline partners on eligible flights.

Learn more about collecting Avios on flights

Hotels & accommodation

Collect Avios every time you stay at one of our partner hotels across the world.

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Earn up to 100,000 Avios with the British Airways Visa Signature® Card

Boost your Avios balance with 75,000 Avios when you spend $5,000 within 3 months of account opening. And 25,000 additional Avios when you spend $20,000 within the first 12 months of account opening.

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Car hire

Hire a car with one of our rentals partners and you can top up your Avios too.

Collect Avios on car hire

Special offers

Our Member-only offers make it easy to collect Avios, save money and earn rewards sooner.

Our latest offers

Vacation packages

Book one of our great value vacation packages and collect bonus Avios at the same time.

Collect Avios on vacations

Shopping

Top up your Avios every day with our range of shopping partners.

Shop and collect

Lifestyle and finance

Collect Avios with our range of finance and lifestyle partners.

Lifestyle and finance

Travel extras

Collect Avios on airport parking, rail transfers and more.

Travel extras

Avios expiry rules

Your Avios won't expire as long as you collect, spend, buy or share at least one Avios every 36 months.

If you don't collect or use your Avios at all for three years, your Avios will expire and be removed, so remember to take action before that time's up.

Buy Avios and increase your balance

Don’t have enough Avios for a Reward Flight or upgrade? Simply buy more to make up the difference.

Top up your Avios

Claim missing Avios

You can claim Avios or Tier Points up to six months after your flight. New Members can even claim for flights taken before joining.

Claim missing Avios

Download the Avios app

Keep track of your Avios on the go, find new ways to collect and easily search for Reward Flights.

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