Do I Earn Avios When Booking Flights For Someone Else?

If you are frequently booking flights for friends, family or colleagues you have probably wondered if you can earn Avios when booking flights for someone else. After all, if you are doing all the legwork you deserve some reward, right? Well, read on to find out if you can earn Avios when booking flights for someone else!

So can I earn Avios When Booking Flights For Someone Else?

Unfortunately, Avios are earned by the person who flies on the booking rather than the person paying for the booking. If you pay for the booking the person flying can add their own executive club number and earn Avios from it.

If you aren’t flying there is nothing you can do about it. Doesn’t matter if you pay or not!

Is there another way to earn Avios when booking for someone else?

There are two other ways you can earn Avios when booking flights for someone else…

1. If you are buying the flights for someone who lives at the same address as you, you can pool your points together by setting up a British Airways household account. This way any points earned by anyone in the household account are pooled together for free. This also a great way to earn Avios on under-18s flights as this is the only way they are allowed to join the British Airways Executive Club.
2. By paying for the flights with an Avios or membership reward earning card you can earn Avios on the cost of the flights. We have an article on Avios earning credit cards which is a great place to start! You can of course combine both of these methods for even more Avios!

Conclusion

Although you don’t normally earn Avios on flights you book for other people, there are several ways around this. This will allow you to earn some if not all the Avios you would have otherwise earnt!

If you are looking to kick-start your Avios with a huge 200,000 haul don’t forget to take a look at our guide to fast track yourself to a rather cool 200,000 Avios points – https://pointsuncovered.com/american-express/fast-track-yourself-to-2000000-avios-points/ – Enough to get a business class return to the Maldives!