Aerlingus AerClub/Avios

just booked flights for Italy next June 2026. I had around 100k points and got 2 x return for 30k plus 65e tax, same flights were around 400 pp so relatively happy with that.

yes you can buy or gift them at varying rates but if you're not in a hurry to buy them there's a sale every few months of a 50% bonus, the most recent one ended on the 2nd of October

While it looks cheaper to buy the most avios it doesn't always work out that way. Last year I wanted to buy 4x reward flights that were 10k each at a peak time. I had only 12k points so I needed 28 but when I looked at booking the 4 flights there were a number of options for points plus money so I sat down and compared each option and the cheapest option was to buy 5k points and book the flights for around 17,000 plus €433 - to buy 28,000 points would have been a few hundred more AFAIR even with the 50% bonus

I have about 150k avios from work travel. I think I might have used 8k at one stage to book a reward flight just to see if it worked.

I've never been able to find a reliable and easy way to derive value from Avios. The Concierge upgrades and fast track are probably the best benefits I find. Oh and my sister likes the Silver upgrade and free drinks in LHR!

Qatar,finnair,Iberia and BA all have different availability and routes across multiple carriers including code shares

There’s absolutely NO excuse not to have accounts on all of those and to move your avios between them to secure flights that can work for you in business class for that amount of avios with lounges a 1000 times better than the aer lingus excuses for lounges with all the free food and better lie flat seats to choose from,on demand dining and lounge table service

The guide is here which explains it but in any case: https://www.aerlingus.com/aerclub/spending-avios/buy-reward-flight/

Firstly check when you want to travel because there are peak and off peak dates: https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/AC_calendar_2026.pdf

Then check how much Avios you need (Miami is zone 6 and a child will cost the same: https://www.aerlingus.com/media/pdfs/EI_routes_avios_amounts.pdf

Finally the hardest bit is finding availability because you are looking for 3 seats each way. Considering US pax can generate Avios so quickly by converting or getting credit card points it’s really tough to find availability. You can look on: rewards.aerlingus.com

Not to dampen your enthusiasm but 3 seats each way to and Miami during peak season is going to cost you 150k Avios and be very difficult to find availability. Off peak it will still cost 97500 and be tricky to find. Best of luck

Thanks for sharing links! We will be flying this time next year. Have a cruise booked to board on 31/10 so off peak. I should have said - my husband & I have 30,000 each right now. I don’t want to piss anyone off here but asking repeated questions so il do research based on what you’ve shared! Thanks

Not on Aer Lingus but I've flown business class with dogs (it wasn't me with a dog).

I know your question was tongue in cheek, but just to avoid any doubt, yes 4 year old can fly in business.

It’s not part of my plan regardless! Ok, well, I guess il decide what way to finance this once the flights are at least available to book 🤣 thanks to everyone for replying

It's active now for me with all data (including pending transactions) in there.

Also, it has remembered my other FQTV numbers that I used for transfers of Avios recently, so it's nice that it's now all in one webpage.

Now let's see if the tracking works.

Avios App however does not yet work, still only BA login but the old eStore app continues to work. (At least on my iPhone).

Now that's good value, 600 avios if bought or gifted is the equivalent of €18 so you are getting over 7 times the actual value

That's a great bonus i rarely shop in Tesco but checked my app and there's 2.50 in vouchers there so I'll take the points instead

Same, no more points on Alcohol or fuel is a kicker in fairness

Home heating oil with certa and electricity with Bord Gais might make sense for some