Can I earn Avios from Hertz / Avis / Europcar / SIXT or other car rental companies?

Can you earn Avios from Hertz, Avis, Europcar, SIXT or other car rental companies?

Rental cars offer an additional way of earning Avios. In this article we’ll look at which car rental companies allow you to earn Avios.

Earning Avios with Avis

British Airways has a significant partnership with rental car company Avis. This partnership includes more than just an Avios earning rate. If booking an Avis rental car with a British Airways Executive Club number, you will get a free additional driver

You will earn five Avios per £ spent with Avis, with minimum of 500 Avios per rental.  You can get an additional 1,000 Avios on your first rental after joining ‘Avis Preferred’ for free.

In addition, if you are a British Airways Gold card holder, you are entitled to “Avis Priority Rental Service”, which allows you to pick your rental up from right outside the arrivals hall at Heathrow Terminal 5 instead of taking the shuttle bus.

Earning Avios with Budget

You can collect two Avios per £1 spent when you rent a car with Budget.  Budget is a sister company to Avis and they share the same parent.

Earning Avios with Maggiore

You can collect two Avios per €1 spent with European rental group Maggiore.  Again, this is a business under the same ownership as Avis and Budget.

Earning Avios with other car rental companies

Hertz, SIXT, Europcar and others have their own deals with airlines but not with British Airways, Iberia or any other Avios-earning airline.  This is due to the exclusive relationship with Avis.

One particularly attractive deal is with Hertz.  Hertz lets you earn with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and has a decent rate of 1,000 Virgin Points per rental.

The BA / Avis partner website is here.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Executive Club works.  You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (January 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital On Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also good bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These are available to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.