“Avios” is a rewards currency shared by a number of airlines including British Airways, Qatar, Aer Lingus, Iberia, Finnair, Vueling, (and now Loganair as well). Unfortunately, it’s not quite as simple as collecting a big pool of points you can earn and spend seamlessly across all participating programs (though that’s not far off from the truth). For the most part, the Avios you earn from one program will stay in that program’s account unless you actually move it elsewhere, and your British Airways account serves as a good hub for doing that. In this How-To video, we’ll show you how that works.
How to move Avios between British Airways, Qatar, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Finnair
Read more about transferring Avios between one program and another her.
(00:47) – Your British Airways account is sort of the hub for moving your points…
(01:44) – Make sure your profile is exactly the same (in terms of your name spelling, email address, etc) from one account to another…
(02:33) – Find the Combine your Avios page by clicking the “Manage” menu, then “My Account”, then “Membership” and “learn more” under the “combine my Avios” section…
(03:44) – We’ll demonstrate moving points from Aer Lingus, which will require you to select “Avios Partners” from the program selection dropdown…
(05:35) – Why you don’t need to move Avios into Qatar…
(07:16) – How to move points from Qatar into your British Airways account…
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The difficulty in our family has been how BA sets up names. They only had one box, so my husband put in his first and middle name. Then he couldn’t move Qatar avios there, because they have 2 separate boxes. Getting in touch with someone at BA was impossible. Qatar was able to make the change, so he was able to transfer. But now neither account exactly matches credit cards names, so he can’t transfer from bank partners.