📡 @vanessa· cards

40,000 Avios for sole traders: BA Amex Business offer ends 6 October.

The British Airways Amex Accelerating Business Card is offering 40,000 Avios after you spend £5,000 in three months, up from the standard 30,000. This is the first special offer since 2022, and it accepts sole traders, which other Avios-earning business cards no longer do. After 7 October the earning rate drops from 1.5 to 1.25 Avios per £1, but the card adds a £200 annual statement credit for Avios Hotels or Avios Car Hire bookings, usable once in October 2026 and again in January 2027. The £250 annual fee is partly offset by that credit, and you can earn up to 30,000 bonus Avios per calendar year by spending £20,000 per tier.

the play

Apply for the British Airways Amex Accelerating Business Card before 6 October to lock in the 40,000 Avios bonus at the higher 1.5 Avios per £1 earning rate.

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30% Hilton bonus: 1.3 cpp from MR, but only if you beat 0.5 cpp on the other end.

Amex MR to Hilton is at a 30% bonus through October 14, turning 1,000 MR into 2,600 Hilton points. At Hilton's frequent 0.5 cent per point sale price, that pegs 1 MR at 1.3 cents. The math works if you have a specific Hilton redemption that pushes above that 0.5 cpp floor -- otherwise, you are just buying points at a standard rate.

the play

Transfer Amex MR to Hilton by October 14 only if your target Hilton stay yields more than 0.5 cents per point in value.

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Qatar Airways 25% off Avios: book by Sep 14 or pay full price.

The 25% discount on Qatar Airways award flights cuts the Avios cost on select routes to/from Doha, including Singapore, Bucharest, and Manila. For Business Class to Europe, the net savings are real, but the booking fee of about S$350 each way (two segments) eats into value. Economy to Europe suffers from S$226.60 in taxes one-way, making the discount marginal unless cash fares spike. The math favors Business or First on the eligible routes.

the play

Book a Business Class award on a featured route like Singapore to Europe before September 14, 2026, and factor the S$350-per-segment booking fee into your cost-per-Avios calculation.

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