How do I earn Avios points at Bicester Village?

How can you earn Avios points at Bicester Village?

Bicester Village is a popular designer outlet centre on the outskirts of Oxford, and the parent company owns similar locations abroad. In this article we’ll look at whether you can earn Avios on your shopping.

The good news is that Bicester Village partners with a variety of airline frequent flyer programs, including Avios based ones (British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus).

In fact, the rate of earning Avios is slightly more generous at 5 Avios for every £4/€4 spent than its partnership with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.  With Virgin you only earn 1 point per £1.

The full list of Bicester Village airline partners is here.  As well as Avios and Virgin Atlantic, you can also credit to Alitalia, ANA, Aeroflot, Asia Miles, China Eastern, Etihad, Flying Blue, Singapore Airlines, Miles & More and Qatar Airways.  Melia and Radisson are also partners if you would prefer hotel points.

To earn Avios on your spend you must email your receipts to Bicester Village after your visit, following the instructions here.

If you are travelling in Europe, it is worth remembering that you can also earn Avios at other outlets sites owned by the same company.  This includes shopping villages located near Dublin, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Munich, Frankfurt and Brussels.

(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.