The best partner sign-up offers for collecting Avios

In life, as with travel loyalty, it can be easy to feel as if everyone else is one step ahead. Avios beginners in particular can often feel like they’ve just arrived at a party where everyone else is already clinking glasses, celebrating some big, fabulous win. 

And yet, being the new face in the room is an incredible superpower, not least where Avios are concerned. That’s because there’s an untouched bounty of Avios waiting for you in the form of various sign-up bonuses – helping you turn your everyday spending into your Reward Flight of choice.

So, are you ready to cash in that new customer trump card? We’ve curated some of the most rewarding Avios collection methods that offer exclusive bonuses to first-timers – plus, a pair of ‘refer a friend’ perks for those who recruit… 

1. HelloFresh

Welcome bonus: 900 bonus Avios for new customers
If you’ve somehow resisted the ubiquitous recipe box trend until now, your timings are about to pay off: new HelloFresh subscribers can pocket a healthy 300 Avios injection just for signing up to their first box (with a further 300 Avios each on their fifth and tenth boxes). After this, foodie flyers can enjoy a continuous stream of 1 Avios per £1 spent on subsequent deliveries of HelloFresh’s easy-to-make, chef-curated, weeknight dinners – with every ingredient pre-portioned and delivered straight to your door. Not only do you get out of deciding what’s for dinner, but you also bag a serious Avios collection without so much as leaving the kitchen.

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2. Avios for Thoughts

Welcome bonus: 600 bonus Avios for new survey takers
Got ten minutes to spare before boarding? Mindlessly scrolling is fun, but the smartest frequent flyers among us are converting that dead airport downtime into coveted – and easy – Avios. The digital survey platform Avios for Thoughts drops a hefty 600 Avios welcome bonus into your account the second you complete your first survey. This windfall break downs into an bonus 100 Avios for completing the platform’s welcome tutorial, and a bonus 500 Avios for completing your inaugural survey. Once that initial rush clears, future surveys can yield opinionated Club members anywhere up to 350 Avios a pop, the Avios reward scaled purely to the length of the survey taken.

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3. Nectar

Welcome bonus: ten per cent bonus Avios on the first Nectar to Avios automatic conversion
The partnership between Nectar and Avios has been a fan favourite of the Avios elite since it first launched back in 2021, but few realise there’s a one-time, ten per cent Avios bonus that gets applied when those with linked British Airways Club and Nectar accounts turn on Nectar to Avios automatic conversion for the first time. An extra sprinkle on top of the standard 250 Avios per 400 Nectar points exchange rate, this introductory boost applies to your very first auto-conversion – whenever you choose for that to be. After collecting your bonus, you can pause your auto-conversion any time, or choose to manually convert. The choice is yours, though setting and forgetting it allows your Avios balance to grow steadily in the background.

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4. The Wine Flyer

Referral bonus: 2,500 bonus Avios
The Wine Flyer delivers 2,500 bonus Avios for every successful referral you make (once having shopped yourself). Simply share your unique link and, once your friend spends £125 or more on a crisp case or premium spirits, a quaffable 2,500 Avios lands in both of your accounts. It’s the ultimate win-win for funding your burgeoning wine cellar and your travel calendar simultaneously.

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5. Avis Preferred

Welcome bonus: 1,000 bonus Avios on first Preferred rental
If you’re renting four wheels for your next escape, don’t drive away without considering Avis Preferred – Avis’s free-to-join loyalty scheme that has serious Avios to share. For the average road tripper, there are plenty of non-Avios-related perks: you bypass the counters, skip the paperwork and walk straight to your car. And that walk won’t be too long either since these vehicles are parked closest to the rental desks. Then there’s the Avios: a cool 1,000 bonus on your debut Avis Preferred drive, as well as the standard 5 Avios per £1 spent on any and all Avis rentals as you go.

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6. The Avios app

Referral bonus: 500 bonus Avios
No frequent flyer’s phone is complete without the dedicated Avios app – a one-stop shop for tracking your Avios trajectory (with some satisfying on-screen fireworks whenever you receive a bump to the balance), hunting down retail bonuses, and transforming everyday spending into Reward Flights and cabin upgrades. It’s also an Avios generator: send over your in-app referral link to any app-free British Airways Club friends or family members and, when they complete their first Avios-collecting purchase through the app, the system drops 500 bonus Avios into both of your balances. Best of all, you can repeat this trick up to five times, meaning there’s an easy 2,500 Avios on the table.

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