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TopCashback Avios bonus
One of the easiest ways to get Avios is TopCashback. Many major websites including most travel booking sites give cashback. All you do is sign up with TopCashback and then click through on TopCashback to your website of choice. You then get a percentage of what you spend back. Once you have a reasonable amount built up you can then withdraw, either in cash or as vouchers or Avios. If you choose not to take cash, you get a bonus. The amount of bonus you get varies by company and with Avios it usually varies from 5% to a healthy 25%.
You can always tell when they are about to increase the Avios transfer bonus on TopCashback. It will be the day after I have just put in to do a transfer! As I have just transferred a few across, lo and behold a new bonus has appeared. Luckily for me it appears I still received the bonus. For the next 2 months you will get an extra 25% on any withdrawals via Avios or British Airways Executive Club. I have both accounts linked, so I can transfer where I need them. This means you will get 125 Avios for every £1 of cashback you withdraw as Avios.
If you are not a TopCashback member you can join here. If you apply via my link before 14:00 3rd April 2017, you will get a £5 bonus when you accumulate £10 worth of cashback.
ISA Avios
As we are approaching the new tax year you may be thinking about a new ISA. As well as saving some tax, this could also be a good way to earn some extra Avios. Online investment company Nutmeg are offering 1 Avios per £1 invested in a new Nutmeg account up to 50,000 Avios. The Avios are only payable when opening a new Nutmeg account before 9 April 2017.
Nutmeg is an online investment management company that charge a low portfolio management fee between 0.25% and 0.75%. Nutmeg’s expert team will then fully manage your investment. They will invest your money on your behalf in everything from shares to property, and bonds to currencies. While there are thousands of investment firms around the world, Nutmeg’s difference is that it claims to have been the first to base itself online.
Remember that, as with all investment, your capital is at risk.
How to collect Avios with Nutmeg
Visit nutmeg.com/avios and enter your Avios membership number. Create a Nutmeg account with a £5,000 initial contribution, or a £500 initial contribution and £100 monthly direct debit. Your Avios will be awarded within 45 days of opening your Nutmeg account.