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250 Avios bonus & how does linking a card to your Avios account work?
Earning Avios by linking your credit cards to your account is one of the most overlooked yet simplest ways to earn Avios. You can earn Avios on in-store purchases through The British Airways Club by registering up to 10 UK payment cards (Visa, Amex, Mastercard, or Maestro). The Avios are automatically credited to your account when you use the card. You don’t need to do anything else once your cards are registered. Plus, if they are Avios or points-earning cards, you will be double-dipping.
To take part, just sign in to your account via the Avios Platform. Then register your specific credit or debit card under your account settings, which takes up to 24 hours to activate.
The list of particpating stores is constantly changing, so it is worth registering all the cards that you use so you don’t miss out. At the moment, there is a special bonus of 250 Avios when you link a new eligible debit or credit card and then use the new card to make a purchase with an in-store partner between 13 and 27 August. Just spend a minimum of £15, and you’ll collect 250 bonus Avios.
There’s an eclectic mix of partners, including a number of local options and restaurants, as well as well-known names such as PizzaExpress, Grind, Vodafone, Gaucho, PAUL, Sunglass Hut, Harvey Nichols, NARS, Fenwick’s, Dyson and bp pulse. You can also use the map in the Avios app to find participating partners near you.
You can find the page to register here.
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Revolut to introduce its own lounges
Revolut has recently undergone several changes, including becoming a proper UK bank with protection up to £120,000. Now they plan to offer their own brand of lounges, in addition to direct access to over 1,600 third-party airport lounges worldwide through their app.
From 2027, the bank plans to introduce a brand new “Revolut Lounge” Network. This is not the first financial institution to offer lounges, with American Express Centurion lounges worldwide and Capital One and Chase banks in the US.
The first location will be Copenhagen Airport and it s projected to be the largest common-use lounge within the Schengen area. The use of the words “common use” could suggest that it will not be like a Centurion lounge that is just for cardholders, but may be more like a typical third party lounge used by airlines and paying customers as well as cardholders. The lounge will be developed in collaboration with the Plaza Premium Group, the world’s largest operator of airport lounges which also seems to suggest this model. Then later, further European lounges are planned.
Currently, you can book passes to 1,600+ partner airport lounges via the RevPoints or Lounges sections in the app, with entry cost dependent entirely on your account tier.
Revolut Tier Lounge Access Cost
- Ultra (£55/month) – Free, Unlimited access for the account holder on every flight
- Metal – Discounted rate on pay-per-visit bookings
- Premium – Discounted Rate on pay-per-visit bookings
- Plus – Full-price pay-per-visit booking
- Standard (Free) – Full-price pay-per-visit booking
It has not been announced which, if any, cardholders will be allowed access to the lounge for free. My bet would be on the existing model with Ultra members being the only ones to be allowed free access. The monthly pricing puts Revolut directly in competition with Amex Platinum who already offer multiple free lounge access options.
