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Avios Balance Boost promotion
If you want to buy Avios, the Avios Boost is the cheapest way to do so. It allows you to buy up to three times the Avios earned in the last 30 days at low prices (less than 1p per Avios).
A new promotion has launched today which runs until 13 January. It allows you to Boost Avios from any 2023 transactions that you have not boosted before. You can Boost up to 500 transactions in a single transaction. You can boost by 1x, 2x or 3x. The prices are cheapest when you boost 300,000 or less.
Prices for balance boosting
| First 300,000 Avios | x1 | x2 | x3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | £0.0096 | £0.0094 | £0.0092 |
| USD | $0.0125 | $0.0122 | $0.0120 |
| EUR | €0.0115 | €0.0113 | €0.0111 |
| Over 300,000 Avios | x1 | x2 | x3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | £0.0177 | £0.0177 | £0.0177 |
| USD | $0.0230 | $0.0230 | $0.0230 |
| EUR | €0.0212 | €0.0212 | €0.0212 |
As an example, for me to 1 x boost 54,000 Avios transferred from Top Cashback, it would cost around £506. Given the high flight prices currently, I’d regard this as reasonable value.
You can find the Balance Booster page here.
US and Canada from £1153 on AA/BA business class
The six-month advance purchase fare is back from Dublin to the US and Canada. This is usually the cheapest and simplest way to travel to the US if you want to fly on BA/AA and not pay the earth. If you want to maximise tier points, fly back via Heathrow rather than direct to the US and if flying to the West Coast, see if you can get a transfer in New York one or both ways. Transcontinental services currently have flatbeds and offer 280 TPs return in business class, sometimes for no extra cost.
- Travel dates: July to December 2024
- Stopovers:
- €600 in North America
- €150 in Europe
- Transfers: Free
- Min. stay: Saturday night (some fares may be available with only 3 days)
- Travel days
- Outbound Tue/Wed/Thu on each transatlantic sector.
- Inbound Mon/Tue/Wed on each transatlantic sector.
From Dublin per person business class return with BA/AA:
- Fort Lauderdale €1,341
- Orlando €1,503
- Las Vegas €1,515
- Toronto €1,515
- Miami €1,524
- New York €1,524
- Washington €1,524
- Boston €1,536
- Tampa €1,559
- San Francisco €1,565
- Montreal €1,565
- Los Angeles €1,586
- Seattle €1,655
- Vancouver €1,655
- Phoenix €1,665
- Denver €1,693
- Dallas €1,693
- Austin €1,714
- Houston €1,714
- Chicago €1,846
2 comments
Just tried the balance boost and only shows the option for last month
I had that but when I did it again it resolved itself.
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