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Until September 17, 2025, you can buy Avios from the British Airways Club program with a 40% bonus.
This promotion comes around roughly two to three times a year. The last one offered a 40% bonus and ended in July 2025.
So by buying 100,000 Avios, you end up with 140,000 Avios in total. It costs $2,315 USD, or 1.65 US cents per mile (about 2.28 Canadian cents per mile).
Since we value this currency at 1.7 Canadian cents per mile, this is not a great deal. Anything that costs less than 1.7 cents per Avios would be a bargain. Above 1.7 cents, it is not very profitable.
That said, this kind of promotion does not come around often, so you may want to take advantage of it. Members can usually buy a maximum of 100,000 Avios. During this promotion, the cap is raised to 200,000 Avios.
Either way: buying Avios could help you out if you are short a few Avios to book an award flight (and you have already exhausted every other way to earn Avios through credit cards).
Since buying Avios is billed in US dollars, it is a good idea to use a credit card with no foreign transaction fees for purchases in foreign currencies. Here are two of them:
Before buying Avios, you should look at the other options available to you in Canada, namely:
All of these programs are transfer partners with British Airways Club. You can therefore transfer your points to Avios easily.
Here are the best Avios credit card offers from these different programs:
And you can even earn them directly with the RBC British Airways Visa Infinite card (which is currently on promotion)!
Is it worth buying Avios? As with any points and miles purchase, it depends on your circumstances. You will have to decide based on the award flights you are hoping to book in the near future.
Find out everything you need to know about the British Airways Club program in this article, including the program’s sweet spots:
Savings this way:
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