When taking Uber rides in the US or ordering through Uber Eats, you can choose to be rewarded with Delta SkyMiles or Marriott Bonvoy by linking your account with one or the other loyalty programs.
Those rewards aren’t earned when taking rides outside of the US, but it’s sometimes still possible to get rewarded nonetheless. Depending on where you’re traveling internationally, you can choose to earn Avios with British Airways or Aer Lingus, Air Canada Aeroplan points, Air France/KLM Flying Blue miles, Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, and Qantas Frequent Flyer points.
The Deal
- Earn rewards when taking Uber rides internationally:
- UK
- Earn 1 Avios per £ spent on Uber rides
- Earn 1 Avios per £ spent on trains, coaches (buses), and Eurostar trips
- Direct link to offer
- Republic of Ireland
- Earn 1 Avios per € spent on Uber rides
- Direct link to offer
- Canada
- Earn 1x Aeroplan point per CAD spent on UberX rides to & from the airport and all Uber Premium rides
- Earn 2x Aeroplan points per CAD spent on Uber Premium & Uber Reserve rides to & from the airport
- Earn 3x Aeroplan points per CAD spent on Uber Premium rides booked in advance with Uber Reserve to and from the airport
- Earn 1x Aeroplan point per CAD spent on Uber Eats retail & grocery orders
- Earn 1x Aeroplan point per CAD spent on Uber Eats restaurant orders of CA$40+
- Earn 250 bonus points when taking one eligible ride, placing one eligible restaurant order, and making one eligible grocery or retail order within the same month
- Get $20 Air Canada flight credit for every 10 eligible rides in Canada
- Earn 1,000 bonus points after your first eligible ride or after your first eligible order
- Direct link to offer
- France
- Earn 1x Flying Blue mile per € spent on UberX Priority, Berline, Comfort, Taxi, Van, & Uber Reserve in France
- Earn 2x Flying Blue miles per € spent on UberX Priority, Berline, Comfort, Taxi, Van, & Uber Reserve in France & the Netherlands after taking four Uber rides in a month. 2x rate earned for the rest of that month and the following three months.
- Direct link to offer
- Netherlands
- Earn 1x Flying Blue mile per € spent on Uber rides
- Earn 2x Flying Blue miles per € spent on UberX Priority, Berline, Comfort, Taxi, Van, & Uber Reserve in France & the Netherlands after taking four Uber rides in a month. 2x rate earned for the rest of that month and the following three months.
- Direct link to offer
- Hong Kong
- Earn 40 Asia Miles on Uber Taxi trips to & from Hong Kong International Airport
- Earn 20 Asia Miles on all other Uber Taxi trips
- Earn 500 Asia Miles as a new Uber app user who links their account with their Cathay Pacific Asia Miles account & takes their first Uber Taxi ride
- Direct link to offer
- Australia
- Earn 1 Qantas point per 1 AUD spent on Uber Reserve rides to & from eligible airports
- Earn 1 Qantas point per 2 AUD spent on all other Uber rides to & from eligible airports
- Earn 1,000 Qantas points for linked users who take their first ever Uber ride
- Direct link to offer
- UK
Key Terms
- Canada/Aeroplan – Uber Premium rides include Uber Comfort, Uber Comfort Electric, Uber Business Comfort, Uber XL, Uber Premier, Uber Premier SUV, Uber Black, and Uber Black SUV.
- Australia/Qantas – Eligible on rides to & from the following airports: Adelaide, Avalon, Ballina/Byron Bay, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Darwin, Devonport, Emerald/Central Highlands, Gladstone, Gold Coast, Hobart, Launceston, Mackay, Melbourne, Mildura, Newcastle, Perth, Rockhampton, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Toowoomba, Townsville, Whitsundays/Proserpine.
Quick Thoughts
This is quite the list of countries in which you can earn rewards on Uber rides and, in the case of Canada, Uber Eats orders too.
I’d originally planned on writing a post about how you can earn Avios with British Airways or Aer Lingus while in the UK, but figured it’d be worth checking if Uber had additional partnerships in other countries as I vaguely remembered seeing that there was some kind of partnership in Canada.
As it turns out, that memory was correct as you can earn Air Canada Aeroplan points on rides and Uber Eats orders north of the border. I was surprised though to subsequently discover the additional partnerships with Flying Blue, Asia Miles, and Qantas.
None of these partnerships are going to be huge earners unless you spend a lot of money on Uber rides in these countries, but free miles are free miles. Linking your accounts is easy; the links in the offer details above give more details. I don’t think this is something you can do before arrival in the other countries though. Once you have arrived in the UK, France, etc. though, open the Uber app and go to Account > Settings. If you scroll down, you should see a ‘Rewards’ section. For example, here’s what it looks like for me in the UK:
Note that Marriott Bonvoy is listed there because that’s my earning preference for rides and Uber Eats orders in the US. Here in the UK though, I’ll earn British Airways Avios any time I take an eligible Uber ride.
I did my best to find all the current partnerships that Uber has with loyalty programs worldwide, but please let me know in the comments if there are any that I’ve missed.
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There used to be an Aeromexico partnership in Mexico, though I think it’s been discontinued because I can’t find anything current about it. It was never particularly robust though – I remember you linked your accounts by filling out a google form…
Yep, I came across that during my research and couldn’t find anything current either.
An ENTIRE Avios point for each and every GBP I spend? That’s incredible!! I can probably earn, what, 30 Avios points on my next Uber ride in London!
So glad to read posts like this…we all know that the real way to earn that free first class ticket on Etihad is through your everyday spend!
What Uber needs is automatic application of the best rewards across countries, just as it chooses the highest-earning reward in the USA at present. That would help it against Bolt, et. al.