{"id":40,"date":"2012-10-09T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/up-up-and-away-with-avios\/"},"modified":"2013-02-25T02:01:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T02:01:52","slug":"up-up-and-away-with-avios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/giddyforpoints\/2012\/10\/up-up-and-away-with-avios\/","title":{"rendered":"Up, Up, and Away with Avios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmTh3Pwd84Q\/UHRQm1qXbbI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/gP3A5ZStD60\/s1600\/avios.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-qmTh3Pwd84Q\/UHRQm1qXbbI\/AAAAAAAAAY0\/gP3A5ZStD60\/s1600\/avios.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>British Airways is having a promotion valid for US and Canadian residents where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishairways.com\/travel\/bonus-avios\/public\/en_ca?DM1_Mkt=NA&amp;DM1_Channel=Social&amp;DM1_Campaign=AccumulatorCA2012&amp;DM1_Site=Twitter&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=AccumulatorCA2012\">after registration and taking a qualifying, round-trip, transatlantic flight<\/a> in any cabin<b> <\/b>and fly as an Executive Club member between now and January 31, 2013, you will earn bonus points!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First round trip=15,000 avios points<\/li>\n<li>Second round trip = 35,000 avios points<\/li>\n<li>Third round trip = 50,000 avios points<\/li>\n<li>Forth and beyond = 50,000 avios points per round trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The best part is that you don&#8217;t have to fly British Airways, you can fly and accumulate bonus Avios on qualifying American Airlines, Iberia, and OpenSkies transatlantic flights.<\/p>\n<p>T&amp;Cs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be 18 yrs of age, must be an Executive Club member and must register for the promotion.<\/li>\n<li>Existing bookings made prior to the promotional period do not qualify and this offer cannot be applied retroactively<\/li>\n<li>Member must purchase and fly on a full-fare, transatlantic round-trip ticket\u00a0 and there are booking class restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Cannot be combined with any other offer and allow 4 to 6 weeks for bonus Avios to be credited to your Executive Club account<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think purchasing full fare flights is worth it just for the points but if you are taking a business trip or were planning on not using points for one reason or another then don&#8217;t forget to register to take advantage of this!<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to follow me on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/giddyforpoints\">twitter <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Giddy-for-Points\/389855011087956\">facebook<\/a>. 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