Dreaming of your next grand getaway? Squirrel away thousands of Avios with the only UK current account that can collect Avios for you, by joining Barclays Premier Banking¹ – and opting in to Barclays Avios Rewards² for £12 a month. Want to see where those effortless Avios can take you? Take our quick quiz below...

If you’re an Executive Club Member, chances are, you’re already an Avios fan. You know where to spend to reap rich Avios rewards later on, and bag that fantasy trip you’ve been planning for months. But what if there was an even easier way to collect Avios? Good news: if you sign up to Barclays Premier Banking (it’s free) and opt in to Barclays Avios Rewards, your account will automatically accumulate 1,500 Avios every month. Eligibility, conditions and a £12 monthly fee apply.

Joining Barclays Premier Banking gives you access to a whole host of other benefits, products and services, as well as access to those wonderful Avios Rewards. Once you’ve got your Premier current account (terms and eligibility criteria apply)², you can join Avios Rewards for £12 a month, and start gathering Avios towards your next trip.

From that point on, it’s a positive stairway to heaven, as you’ll automatically collect 1,500 Avios every month simply for being a Premier Banking customer (so long as you still meet the account criteria and opted into Barclays Avios Rewards).

New to Barclays? You’ll get a whopping 25,000 Avios joining bonus if you complete a full switch within three months³ . That means at least 43,000 Avios in your first year, enough for you and a loved one to board a Euro Traveller return flight to the coolest destinations on British Airways’ European network⁴. If you already bank with Barclays, no fear: existing customers of four months or more still get a tidy 2,500 Avios. In following years, that’s 18,000 Avios.

Plus, you’ll receive a British Airways cabin upgrade voucher every year for use on an Avios Reward Flight⁵.

Download the Barclays app,⁶ and you can watch your Avios nest egg grow in the Rewards section. Saved up enough Avios for a trip? Here’s a quick quiz to discover where you should set your sights…

Signing up for Barclays Avios Rewards
Discovered where all those easy-breezy Avios could take you? If you’re an Executive Club member, all that’s left to do now is sign up for your Barclays Premier Current Account (terms and eligibility criteria apply), register for the app and go paperless, then opt into Barclays Avios Rewards for just a £12 monthly fee. You’ll be sitting on a healthy stash of Avios, ready and waiting for your next getaway, in no time.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

1 To join Barclays Premier Banking, you’ll need to have a minimum of £100,000 in savings or investments with Barclays, or have an annual gross income of £75,000 or more paid into a Barclays current account. Barclays will review your eligibility for Premier Banking regularly. If your circumstances change and you no longer meet the Premier eligibility criteria, Barclays will switch your account to the Barclays Bank Account in its Personal Banking service.

2 You can opt in to Barclays Avios Rewards if you’re a Premier Banking customer or have a personal Wealth current account with Barclays – you’ll need to register for the Barclays app and have a British Airways Executive Club account too. There’s a £12 monthly fee and you have to opt out of Barclays Blue Rewards and go paperless for all your accounts and services with Barclays. To access Barclays Avios Rewards in the Barclays app, you need to be over 18. You can join Premier Banking if you have an income of £75,000 or £100,000 held with Barclays. Further T&Cs apply.

3 To qualify for the 25,000 Avios joining bonus, you’ll need to join Barclays Avios Rewards - within 4 months of opening your first Barclays current account. Then, you’ll need to complete a full switch of your old current account to us, using the Current Account Switch Service - within 3 months of joining Barclays Avios Rewards. You will then receive your joining bonus in the fourth month of Barclays Avios Rewards membership.

4 Reward Flight Savers are British Airways’ best value reward flights. Reward Flight Saver offers customers great value flights with a low, flat fee to cover taxes, fees and carrier charges and a fixed Avios amount. To be eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you need to have collected at least one Avios in the past 12 months. If you are not eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you’ll be shown the standard reward flight price instead with full taxes, fees and charges. Find out more about Reward Flights and Reward Flight Saver here. Standard Reward Flights will be the same Avios amount, but full taxes, fees and charges will be payable. Reward Flights are subject to availability. Reward Flight Savers are British Airways’ best value reward flights. Reward Flight Saver offers customers great value flights with a low, flat fee to cover taxes, fees and carrier charges and a fixed Avios amount. To be eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you need to have collected at least one Avios in the past 12 months. If you are not eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you’ll be shown the standard reward flight price instead with full taxes, fees and charges. Find out more about Reward Flights and Reward Flight Saver here. Standard Reward Flights will be the same Avios amount, but full taxes, fees and charges will be payable. Reward Flights are subject to availability.

5 You can find out more information about the cabin upgrade voucher in the Barclays app. Cabin upgrade vouchers must be used on Avios reward flight bookings. Reward flights and cabin upgrades are subject to availability. Taxes, fees and carrier charges per person apply. Additional terms and conditions apply to the use of the cabin upgrade voucher, please go to ba.com/barclays-avios-rewards for more information.

6 You need to be 18 or over to access this product or service using the Barclays App. T&Cs apply.

REWARD FLIGHT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

All prices and Avios amounts quoted are correct as of June 2022.

Reward Flight Saver offers customers great value flights with a low, flat fee to cover taxes, fees and carrier charges and a fixed Avios amount. To be eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you need to have collected at least one Avios in the past 12 months. If you are not eligible for Reward Flight Saver, you’ll be shown the standard Reward Flight price instead with full taxes, fees and charges. To find out more about Reward Flights and/or Reward Flight Saver,  click here.

Reward Flights  are available to any  Executive Club  Members with an Avios balance. In addition to your Avios, the only cash amount required for  Reward Flights is to cover the taxes, fees and carrier charges. Your chosen date of travel will determine whether you pay a peak or off-peak Avios amount. When booking  Reward Flights, you can choose all peak dates, all off-peak dates or a mixture of the two. The taxes, fees and carrier charges will vary dependent on airline, class of travel and destination and will be calculated when you book your flights. Travel in  World Traveller Plus  (premium economy),  Club Europe  and  Club World  (business) and First will result in higher taxes, fees and carrier charges. The final fee (i.e. Avios plus payable taxes, fees and carrier charges) will be displayed at the final stage of your booking.  

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