For a limited time, the British Airways Avios program is running a double your points shopping portal promotion until March 5th.
Normally, these kind of shopping portal offers are nothing too special to write about, but there are two incredible offers that are worth mentioning for US residents.
With the double bonus factored in, British Airways is rewarding 150 Avios per dollar spent on Match.com and 130 Avios per dollar spent on eHarmony.com.
The process is pretty simple. First click here and log in to shopping portal. You should see an offer similar to the screenshot below:
Edit: Seems like British Airways has pulled Match.com early, eHarmony is still working.
Click on the offer and you’ll be redirected to Match.com.
After briefly filling out your profile, hit the subscribe button, and pick the plan you would like to purchase.
Since we are trying to maximize this promotion, I’d suggest selecting a 12 Month Basic Plan and then add on a bunch of extras to boost your total purchase price.
Ultimately, I was able to purchase a twelve month membership plus all the extras for $548, enough to receive 82,200 Avios points.
For eHarmony the process was a bit more complicated as you had to answer a bunch of questions before being allowed to make a subscription.
The highest plan for 12 months ended up costing $215, netting me another 27,950 Avios.
In total I was able to purchase 110,150 Avios for the grand total of $763, or a price of around 0.69 cents per Avios point.
That is an incredible deal as I feel British Avios are worth at least 1.25 cents per point at a minimum.
Remember that British Airways uses a distance based award chart, which bases the amount of miles on the flight distance of each segment flown.
US domestic flights on British Airways’ partner, American Airlines & Alaska Airlines, start at 7500 Avios, which means if you fully maximize both promos you’d be able to take up to seven round trip domestic flights.
For short haul flights in economy outside of the US, flights start at a mere 4500 Avios each way. Getting twelve round trip tickets in economy for around $763 is an incredible deal!
Fancy a trip to Hawaii? A round ticket from the west coast to Hawaii will only cost 25,000 Avios, meaning you could potentially take a family of four to Hawaii for only $763!
Do note that British Airways does pass on fuel surcharges, which sometimes can be quite substantial, so you’ll want to stick with airlines that don’t pass on a significant amount of their fuel surcharges, such as American Airlines.
For my brief recap on the British Avios program, click here.
Important Caveat:
These shopping portal bonuses usually take at least a month if not longer to post into your account. Sometimes airlines will try to weasel their way out of paying out the promised amount of points.
That’s why I highly recommend taking a screenshot of the offer, along with your purchase, in case you need to contact British Airways later on.
I’ve participated in a few of these shopping bonus deals before and have always received the promised amount of points in the end.
