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In the latest instalment of the ongoing run of 25th anniversary activity from Amex and BA, we have three new Avios offers to load to your British Airways American Express cards. Admittedly this isn't as exciting as a bargain Avios-only flight to New York, but at least this one won't be horrifically oversubscribed... There's a route to bonus Avios for all British Airways American Express cardholders, whether that's through hotels, everyday shopping or a wine delivery. Here's h

This offer has now ended. If you've been sitting on the fence about applying for either the British Airways Premium Plus American Express, or the free British Airways American Express, today's news should give you a little "boost" to want to. The welcome bonuses, for both the free card and the Premium Plus card, have been enhanced, and are currently running until 6th October 2026. Here's what you need to know before these offers skip away from you. Just a quick heads-up: Poin

Virgin Trains Ticketing are running two offers currently. Book a train ticket by 20 September 2026 and you'll earn six Virgin Points per £1 instead of the usual three, and buy a digital Railcard in the same window and you'll get 2,000 bonus points on top. We covered the last time this offer ran back in March. All of the details are the same, apart from the finishing date. Double points on tickets Six points per £1 applies to journeys anywhere in Great Britain on any operator

The other week, we brought you the news about the launch of the new and improved Avios Reward Flight search. It's great, but it's not perfect, so here are a few things we would like to see changed. 355 days in advance? Neither the Avios website, nor the Avios app appear to show flights 355 days in advance, only up to the end of July. Here is an example for London to Mumbai, August 2027, where flights should be showing to the middle of the month now. This fault is also true wi

For once, we've got a transfer bonus that isn't exclusive to the Americans. Revolut is running a 20% bonus on RevPoints converted to Avios from now until 30 August. If you've been stacking RevPoints and waiting for the right moment, this is it. And if you're not sure what RevPoints even are, we've published Part 1 of our Revolut guide covering exactly that, with how to earn them and how to spend them on travel coming in Parts 2 and 3. We've also got a brilliant guest piece fr

Travelling New Zealand by campervan is one of, if not THE, best way to experience the country, and our South Island road trip was nothing short of epic. Mountains, glaciers, lakes, Middle-earth locations and plenty of amazing food. Here’s how we did it, day by day, including routes, stops, activities and where we stayed. It's important to give a teensy bit of context here. We initially flew into Auckland from Doha, and spent a day recovering and exploring the city before gett

Revolut is an interesting loyalty propositions in the UK, not as traditional credit card, but as a debit-based account used by millions of people across the country. RevPoints, Revolut's own loyalty programme, launched in 2024 and has since grown into a rewards currency many people are utilising, with airline transfer partners now numbering over thirty programmes globally and a fast-expanding set of redemption options. This guide explains what Rev Points are, what Revolut is,

Update, 21 August 2026: Since publishing this piece we have had a number of messages and emails from readers. Some had success. Others did not. Our own experience now looks like it was in the minority. It would be unfair, then, to call this the definitive new way of booking reward seats. We would recommend keeping the US number to hand for now, just in case. I've lost track of the number of times I have had to painstakingly try and explain how to book British Airways flights

We need to have a talk about devaluations, because that's what Air France/KLM are doing with their Flying Blue programme. But the way they're devaluing their programme may not be the way you expect. Three ways a programme can devalue your redemptiom I'd argue that a loyalty programme can take value off you in three ways. It can put up the number of points needed, like BA did in December 2025. It can put up the taxes and charges, so the cash you hand over alongside the points

I'm currently going through one of life's many pleasures by talking (screaming internally) to Virgin Media attempting to renew our broadband for another year, pleading for a price that doesn't make me want to go through the switching to another provider because I'm already quite busy, something I'm sure you can relate to! Considering how my live chat experience is going, I may soon be looking for a new broadband provider, which gives me an excuse to shop around on the Avios S

In our third guest post, today's post has been kindly written by Robbie Watson, on Instagram as @robbiewatson, where you can follow along with his travels, whether that's extreme day trips, value/points led trips, cruises, or taking trips to less well travelled parts of the world. If you'd like to guest write, just simply DM us on Instagram or email sam@pointswellmade.co.uk with an idea, and we will make it work! Avios redemptions tend to make people think of long-haul busine

A short and sweet one from us today. Long have we bemoaned the fact we rarely, if ever, get to see the bonus point conversions our American brothers and sisters enjoy. Every few months another US bank runs a juicy transfer bonus to Avios or another airline programme, and those of us on this side of the pond just watch on wistfully. Well, for once, we've actually got something worth talking about. Revolut is running a promotion from 17 August through to 30 August 2026 where yo

It seems like the industry is taking their summer holidays all at once, but that's no bad thing, because it's given us a chance to get some guides out for you all. Did you know you can book Avios flights earlier than 355 days? That's BA's window, but it's not an Avios rule. Qatar, Finnair, and Iberia all open their own seats before BA's booking window even starts. Revolut has announced it's building its own branded airport lounges, starting with Copenhagen in 2027 in partners

That may sound like a funny question, surely I have to take it as soon as I've earned it? Not quite. There are two ways to earn a Cabin Upgrade Voucher, and the answer is different for each. If you've not come across it, the Barclays cabin upgrade voucher lets you book a seat in one cabin while paying the Avios price of the cabin below it. So a Club World seat will cost you the Avios rate for a World Traveller Plus seat. You do unfortunately need to pay the taxes and fees in

If you're a British Airways Club member (you're here, so let's assume that), here's a quick win worth adding to your Avios-earning routine this month. Register a new debit or credit card on the Avios website for in-store purchase, spend £15 or more in one transaction at a participating in-store partner, and you'll bank 250 bonus Avios on top of whatever you'd normally earn. Registering your card had been paused between March 11th and April 15th, but in this period all Masterc

Watch out, American Express, there's a new kid on the block. Revolut has just thrown its hat into the airport-lounge-ring as it were, and it's doing it in typically bold fashion. The bank is calling the project "Revolut Lounge": a network of its own branded, premium airport lounges, kicking off at Copenhagen Airport in 2027. The plan, by the sounds of it, is for the Copenhagen lounge to become the biggest shared-access lounge anywhere in the Schengen zone, and it's working wi

355 days in advance is BA's booking window, but this isn't an Avios rule. Seven airlines now use Avios (being BA, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Finnair, Loganair, and Vueling), but each opens bookings on its own schedule, with a few opening earlier than BA's window. This isn't a trick for getting BA seats early. BA opens at 355 days, and that's that. It's that Qatar, Finnair and Iberia start selling their own seats before BA's window even opens. Here's what you need to know. The

Membership Rewards points are the backbone of the American Express loyalty ecosystem, and for travellers willing to learn how they work, they can unlock business class seats, five-star hotel nights and round-the-world itineraries that would otherwise cost thousands of pounds. This UK guide for Membership Reward Points covers everything you need to know, what the programme is, which UK cards earn points, how the free rewards card, Platinum and Gold cards compare, and every tra

This offer has now ended. We bring you the sexy first class cabins, but also the practical value. Well, this definitely falls under the practical value banner. Avios lets you turn your points into Pizza Express vouchers, normally at a rate of 1,000 Avios for £5, which is not good value. But until 31 August it's double, so 1,000 Avios gets you £10, and you can order up to £250 worth in total per day, if you're feeling hungry. That's 1p per Avios, which is the number we use fo

Virgin Red and Tesco Clubcard have restarted the 30% bonus on voucher exchanges. It runs from today until 23:59 on 23 September 2026, and it works exactly as it did before. The bonus sits on top of the standard 1 Clubcard point = 2 Virgin Points, so 1,000 Clubcard points come out as 2,600 Virgin Points instead of the usual 2,000. Manual and auto exchange are two different things Tesco gives you two ways to turn Clubcard vouchers into Virgin Points. Auto-exchange is the set an