Fans of the Avios loyalty programs of British Airways Executive Club, Iberia Plus, or Aer Lingus can rejoice as all three co-branded credit cards are now offering 100,000 Avios after just $5,000 in purchases. That’s a fantastic return for those who highly value Avios as it is a huge haul for relatively low spend. As just one example, after meeting the spending requirement, one would have enough Avios for three business class one-way tickets between cities in the northeastern US and Madrid via Iberia Plus — and that’s one of many decent uses of Avios.
The Offers & Key Card Details
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Limited Time Offer: 75K Avios + 5x on Gas/Grocery/Dining ⓘ Affiliate Earn 75K Avios after $5K spend in 3 months plus earn 5x on up to $10K spent on gas, grocery store and dining purchases for the first 12 months (categories normally earn 1x).$95 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details). Recent better offer: Expired 7/4/22: 100K after $5K spend FM Mini Review: Good choice for a nice intro bonus. Award rebate makes the card a keeper if you frequently book awards from the US to Europe. Earning rate: 3X British Airways. Iberia, Aer Lingus, and LEVEL ✦ 2X hotel accommodations booked directly with the hotel ✦ 1X elsewhere Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Every calendar year you make $30,000 in purchases on your British Airways Visa card, you’ll earn a Travel Together companion Ticket good for two years. Noteworthy perks: Up to $600 per year in award fee rebates ✦ 10% off BA flights originating in the US. ✦ No foreign transaction fees |
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Limited Time Offer: 75K Avios + 5x on Gas/Grocery/Dining ⓘ Affiliate Earn 75K Avios after $5K spend in 3 months plus earn 5x on up to $10K spent on gas, grocery store and dining purchases for the first 12 months (categories normally earn 1x).$95 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details). Recent better offer: Expired 7/4/22: 100K after $5K spend FM Mini Review: Good choice for a nice intro bonus. Unless you fly Iberia often or intend to go for the big spend bonus, though, I don't see it as a compelling card to keep past the first year. Earning rate: 3X British Airways. Iberia, Aer Lingus, and LEVEL ✦ 2X hotel accommodations booked directly with the hotel ✦ 1X elsewhere Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Every calendar year you make $30,000 in purchases on your Iberia Visa card, you’ll earn a discount voucher good for $1,000 to use toward two tickets on the same flight Noteworthy perks: 10% off on Iberia flights when you use your Iberia Visa to purchase at iberia.com/Chase10 ✦ No foreign transaction fees |
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Limited Time Offer: 75K Avios + 5x on Gas/Grocery/Dining ⓘ Affiliate Earn 75K Avios after $5K spend in 3 months plus earn 5x on up to $10K spent on gas, grocery store and dining purchases for the first 12 months (categories normally earn 1x).$95 Annual Fee This card is subject to Chase's 5/24 rule (click here for details). Recent better offer: Expired 7/4/22: 100K after $5K spend FM Mini Review: Good choice for a nice intro bonus. Unless you intend to go for the big spend bonus, though, I don't see it as a compelling card to keep past the first year. Earning rate: 3X British Airways. Iberia, Aer Lingus, and LEVEL ✦ 2X hotel accommodations booked directly with the hotel ✦ 1X elsewhere Card Info: Visa Signature issued by Chase. This card has no foreign currency conversion fees. Big spend bonus: Every calendar year you make $30,000 in purchases on your Aer Lingus Visa card, you’ll earn an economy class companion ticket good for 1 year. Noteworthy perks: Priority Boarding on Aer Lingus flights departing from and returning to the US from Ireland ✦ No foreign transaction fees. |
Quick Thoughts
In a normal world, 100,000 airline miles for $5,000 spend would be huge news. Truthfully, if you value Avios at even $0.01 each, you’re looking at a return of $1,000 on $5,000 of spend, which is 20%. That’s a fantastic offer. See our Avios sweet spots post for a host of ways to put those Avios to use for even more valuable redemptions.
On the other hand, with amazing offers currently available on the Amex Platinum Card and Chase Sapphire Preferred (among others), this offers seems less compelling in the current environment. After all, you could get 100,000 transferrable points that could be transferred to Avios when convenient with even less spend with the Sapphire Preferred. That makes the Avios-earning cards less relevant unless you can take advantage of side benefits like the 10% discount on British Airways flights departing the US with the British Airways card. If you can take significant advantage of benefits like that, one of these cards could easily pay for itself.
Keep in mind that these cards are subject to the Chase 5/24 rule, so if interested you will need to have opened fewer than 5 credit cards in the past 24 months.
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