How your everyday spend can pay for your holiday

Words: Hannah Ralph

The smartest way to collect and spend Avios is simply by letting your week do the work, and there are now even more new ways to get on board. Here’s how to make both regular and occasional outgoings pay off.

The cheeky takeaway

We’ll forgive a die-hard collector for letting hunger pangs cloud their strategy, but passing up Avios on a takeaway is a missed trick. That’s why the truly serious travel hackers among us have Uber Eats as their go-to takeaway app, since it demands no ongoing effort once it and your British Airways Club membership accounts are linked. Following that initial set-up, you’ll be collecting an easy 1 Avios per £1 spent on every kebab, sushi roll or smash burger order that comes knocking.

Collect Avios with Uber Eats

The night on the town

For those who want to dodge the washing up entirely, participating PizzaExpress restaurants around the UK are serving up travel perks alongside their famous Dough Balls: collect 3 Avios per £1 spent when you pay with a registered card. When you're ready to spend, redeem from just 1,000 Avios to get a £5 PizzaExpress digital voucher.

Collect Avios with PizzaExpress

In London, rewards get even bigger at the newly transformed Olympia, London, where a glittering line-up offers a whopping 10 Avios per £1 spent. This includes rooftop nibbles at Lillie’s, pan-Asian spreads at Wolves of Tokyo and a feast of options at Arbour Bar & Food Hall, not to mention Britain’s soon-to-be largest Italian restaurant, Juno. 

Collect Avios at Olympia London

The mid-week meal prep

If your food shops are a perpetual cycle of over-and-under buying, let recipe boxes come to the rescue. HelloFresh doesn’t just slash food waste – as its 80-plus recipes provide the exact ingredients you need – it also delivers Avios. Simply link your British Airways Club account with your HelloFresh account to collect 1 Avios per £1. First-timers can even bag a 900 bonus, as well as 55 per cent off the price of their first order, 20 per cent off for two months and free treats for three months – all with total freedom to pause or skip at any time. 

Collect Avios with HelloFresh

The best seats in the house

Theatre-lovers might know their way around New York and London, but their playgoing habits could carry them much further afield. Thanks to TodayTix, booking world-class drama doubles as a flight fund – whether that’s musical titans such as Hamilton or immersive hits such as ABBA Voyage. Link your British Airways Club and TodayTix accounts to collect Avios on tickets across several global theatres cities: 2 Avios per £1 if you’re a new customer, or 1 Avios per £1 for existing users. Set a 10am alarm, too, for TodayTix’s Rush tickets: discounted, same-day seats released daily on a first-come, first-served basis.

Collect Avios with TodayTix

The road trip essentials

Are you an EV convert eyeing your first proper road trip? Powering up via bp pulse collects you up to 4 Avios per £1 for payments made on the app, which doubles as a map to your nearest EV charger (you can also collect Avios on contactless payments).

Collect Avios with bp pulse

Before crossing the Channel, know that joining Club LeShuttle gives you distinct ways to collect and spend your Avios on your 35-minute Folkestone-to-Calais car ferry crossing. Collect up to 6 Avios per £1 spent by adding your British Airways Club details at checkout. When you want to spend Avios, redeem your Avios for a LeShuttle digital voucher. Prices start from just 1,000 Avios. Take your own car with up to nine companions, plus pets and unlimited luggage.

Collect Avios with LeShuttle

The big move

As famous for its fleet of green Minis as its swanky London branches, Foxtons is bringing its market muscle to your Reward Flight fund. After linking your My Foxtons and British Airways Club accounts, landlords using the agency on a sole letting basis can collect a giant 50,000 Avios, while recruiting Foxtons for property management pulls in a cool 20,000. And if you’re a homeowner looking to sell up? Appointing Foxtons as your sole agent will secure that 20,000, too. With the team taking care of all the heavy lifting, you’re free to focus on what matters: turning those Avios into a fabulous escape.

Collect Avios with Foxtons

See all the ways you can collect Avios here