Avios can be collected in some unexpected places – including your local petrol station. Here's how you can fuel your next dream escape with BPme Rewards

With what seems like dozens available, which petrol station to choose? Savvy travellers know it should be one of bp’s 1,200 roadside stores, where it’s not just fuel you’re filling up on, but Avios, too. For those who fancy fast tracking their journey from the pump to the plane, keep reading. 

Convert and collect

The first step is crucial: join BPme Rewards and link your BPme Rewards and Executive Club accounts. Step two sees you download the BPme Rewards app, with which you can watch BPme Rewards points stack up with every purchase. And that’s not on just fuel, either – coffees and in-store treats earn points, too. Then, in just a few easy taps, you can start automatically converting your entire BPme Rewards balance to Avios each and every month.

Let auto-conversion do the work for you

25 Avios for every 40 BPme Rewards points is the conversion rate you could be enjoying out on the open road on those roadside neccesities you’d have to pay for regardless. But the best thing is the auto-conversion feature, allowing you to rack up those Avios without even thinking about it.

Setting up auto-conversion is easy

Once you’ve set up your BPme Rewards account and linked it to your Executive Club account, select the auto-conversion option – then sit back while your points balance builds. Every month, your BPme Rewards points will convert into Avios automatically – up to a maximum of 30,000 BPme Rewards points each month. Plus, you can still convert your points manually, whenever you like.

Once you’re feeding your account with these regular top-ups of Avios, you can take to the sky sooner with more pounds in your pocket. All that’s left for you to do is the exciting part – choosing where you want to fly. Read on for our guide on where to go and what to see...

For city-break obsessives: New York
From the moment you touch down at JFK, swapping your plane cabin for a yellow cab over Manhattan Bridge, you’ll never want to leave. Gaze out at one of the world’s most breathtaking skylines, be inspired by bright lights and dazzling collections of art, eat bagels and pizza by the slice like a local, or go for grand gastronomy, and stroll Central Park until you’re lost in wanderlust. Then wake up and do it all over again. Or don’t: New York is the city that never sleeps and it’s all waiting for you. 
How many Avios do I need? 50,000 Avios, plus £100, for an off-peak return flight for one person in our World Traveller cabin.

For thrill-seeking adventurers: Cape Town
Adventurers, meet your match. Love an aerial view? Leave your plane and take on new heights in a cable car to the towering Table Mountain, breathing in the view from the top. Commune with African penguins, go seal spotting and befriend baboons as you explore the adventure capital of South Africa. Head for a tour of one of many local yet world-famous vineyards and master your nose for wine, then gorge at some of the city’s best eateries – the sticky donut koeksister is a resident favourite. Your day’s not done without enjoying a phenomenal west-coast sunset along the V&A Waterfront. For world-beating adventures and world-famous wine, Cape Town has it all.
How many Avios do I need? 60,000 Avios, plus £150, for an off-peak return flight for one person in our World Traveller cabin.

For lovers of luxury: Dubai 
Dive into crystal-clear seas and rippling dunes, enjoy surfing on sand with a desert safari, explore the enticing blue waters of the Persian Gulf by day and be wowed at night by the lights and fountain shows as you take in the formidable sight of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Luxury-seekers will feel right at home. Stretch out on combed beaches and sip on cocktails – your cabana awaits on one of the many private beaches of Palm Jumeirah. Dubai means sunshine and a good time, guaranteed.  
How many Avios do I need? 50,000 Avios, plus £100, for an off-peak return flight for one person in our World Traveller cabin.

From desert escapes to city breaks, let your daydreaming at the pump send you somewhere spectacular. Set your BPMe Rewards to convert to Avios in your BPMe Rewards account and see your everyday spending at the petrol station fuel your take-off. 

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