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British Airways parent company IAG also owns Iberia and Aer Lingus. All three use Avios as their currency, and all three have U.S. credit cards from Chase.
Now Chase is out with a new offer for each of those cards. It’s 10,000 more Avios than the last offer without additional spend in a bonus category. And it’s the biggest offer they’ve had in years that didn’t require significant spending to qualify for.
- Aer Lingus Visa Signature® Card Earn 85,000 Avios after you spend $5,000 on purchases within the first three months of account opening.
Every calendar year you make purchases of $30,000 on your Aer Lingus Visa Signature Card, you’ll receive a Commercial Companion Ticket good for 12 months.
- British Airways Visa Signature® Card Earn 85,000 Avios after you spend $5,000 on purchases within the first three months of account opening.
Every calendar year you make $30,000 in purchases on your British Airways Visa card, you’ll earn a Travel Together Ticket good for two years. Cardholders also receive a 10% off British Airways flights starting in the US when you book through the website provided in your welcome materials.
- Iberia Visa Signature® Card Earn 85,000 Avios after you spend $5,000 on purchases within the first three months of account opening.
A unique benefit you can save 10% on Iberia flights purchased on iberia.com/Chase10. You can also earn a discount voucher of $1,000 to use toward two tickets on the same flight for each calendar year you make purchases of $30,000 on your card.
Chase generally only approves those that have had fewer than 5 new cards in the past 24 months (“5/24”). However it’s notable that these are all separate products, so having had one recently doesn’t preclude being approved for one of the others.
Bonus eligibility rules say “This product is not available to either (i) current cardmembers of this credit card, or (ii) previous cardmembers of this credit card who received a new cardmember bonus for this credit card within the last 24 months.” Note that there’s no reference to having received a bonus on one of the other Avios cards. And of course Avios can be combined across different programs.
Why are any of you even bothering to tout these cards anymore? Seriously. It’s a lost cause. It’s over, Find a new schtick. You complain about devaluations and the worthless aspect of miles but still throw in some tidbits here to pad your own pocket with clicks to enroll. It’s bad enough we have to listen to FA’s ramble on about them. Please, just give it up.
Hey appreciate the article, might grab that Iberia card
@Stuart, you could start your own blog and develop a following. In the meantime, I appreciate Gary’s scope of topics, and you can simply skip over those that don’t interest you, as I do. I’m always amazed at the haters who find the blog useless yet keep coming back to whine some more. As far as I know, nobody is forcing you to read it. I fly all over the world with miles earned primarily from credit cards, and intend to continue doing so; therefore, posts about credit card opportunities are of interest.
Im trying to figure out which one of these to get. Avianca seems the weakest on benefits but BA has horrendous surcharges.
Aer Lingus companion pass isnt good for as long as BA and their route network is weaker.
Is the BA worthwhile if you do 2 to 3 international trips? Can the Chase 10% stack with Aarp discount?
Can’t remember…if you get avios on Aer Lingus, can you easily transfer them to BA or Iberia? Is it one for one? Other poster is dead on about BA surcharges..they are an obscene ripoff
@Marc Aer Lingus Avios can be moved to BA and from there to Iberia or Qatar Airways. All transfers are 1:1.
Iberia has an incredibly bug-ridden site. I had a lot of trouble with logging in and accessing my account several times. Their customer service team was awful — they either don’t understand or pretend not to understand English. I thought I had lost all my Iberia Avios.
I would promptly move any Avios points from Iberia to BA/Qatar. Those sites have their own problems, but at least they work