Avios signs up new partners

BRITISH Airways
Executive Club and
Avios Travel Rewards
Programme have joined
Standard Bank’s UCount
Rewards programme,
providing UCount Rewards
members with broader
flight and accommodation
options.
As a bonus, UCount
members who convert their
rewards points to Avios
before November 30 will
receive 1,5 Avios for each
reward point converted.
Thereafter, the conversion
rate of one reward point for
one Avios point will apply.
UCount members can
access a variety of local and
international flight options,
accommodation resorts, car
hire and specialist packages
through the ‘one-stop travel
shop’ available at the
UCount Rewards Travel Mall.
British Airways Executive
Club and Avios Travel
Rewards programme have
also partnered with hotel
booking site, Rocketmiles.
Members can collect
Avios on hotel bookings
in South Africa and
internationally, receiving
1 000 to 5 000 Avios for
each hotel night booked
through Rocketmiles.
Members will receive
7 000 Avios per booking,
meaning a couple of hotel
stays could give members
enough Avios for a return
flight from Johannesburg
to destinations such as
Durban, Harare, Livingstone
or Port Elizabeth, plus R700
Reward Flight Saver to cover
taxes and charges.
British Airways Executive
Club and Avios Travel
Rewards members can
find and book their
accommodation through the
Rocketmiles website. Their
account will be credited
with Avios automatically
within five days of the end
of their stay.