Avios is one currency shared across seven airline programs and you can freely transfer between programs. That makes a sale in one of them a sale in all of them. To make things easier, we track every Avios sale in one place instead of separately across programs: buy points where they are cheapest, spend them where they have the most value.

Current Rates to Buy Avios (Updated November 7, 2026)

Prices are the best rate each program offers, when buying the largest amount. Buying fewer Avios costs more per Avios.

Avios move 1:1 and free between the British Airways Club, Iberia Club, Aer Lingus AerClub, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, Finnair Plus, Vueling Club, and Loganair. Vueling and Loganair do not sell Avios directly so that leaves five choices for buying Avios for cash.

The price you pay to buy Avios is set by where you buy them, not where you spend them. So it’s always worth checking whether any program is running a sale before buying them.

Note that an Avios account must be at least 30 days old before you can move Avios in or out of it, so open any account you will need well ahead of time.

Current Avios Promotion: Finnair (Ends November 16)

Finnair Plus is running the only live Avios buy sale right now: up to 50% off Avios purchased through November 16, 2026. The discount rises with the amount you buy, from 30% on 5,000 to 19,000 Avios up to 50% on 85,000 to 200,000. At the top tier, 200,000 Avios cost $2,170, or 1.09 cents each, half of Finnair’s normal 2.17 cents.

Every purchase also earns tier points equal to 10% of the Avios bought.

Buying the full 200,000 Avios also earns 20,000 tier points, enough for Finnair Silver, which is oneworld Ruby status.

That 1.09 cents is the cheapest price to buy Avios from any program in the last two years. No other Avios program has a buy sale running, and the usual price elsewhere is 2.30 to 3.25 cents per Avios. Since Avios move 1:1 and free between programs, Avios bought from Finnair can be spent through British Airways, Qatar, or any of the other programs.

A few conditions apply: your Finnair Plus account must have been opened before October 30, 2026 and hold at least 50 Avios, gift purchases are excluded, and the annual 200,000 Avios cap has reset for this sale. Avios can take up to three days to post. To take advantage of this offer, go here.

Recent Avios Promotions

Every buy promotion from the last two years, newest first, with the best price per Avios at the top tier. Prices are in US cents; Finnair prices paid in euros are approximate conversions.

Aer Lingus: no standalone buy promotion in the last two years. Aer Lingus sells Avios at standard rates (best 2.30 cents). Vueling and Loganair: neither sells Avios, so no promotions.

How the Finnair Plus Promotion Compares with Previous Promotions

The current Finnair Avios sale offers a solid way to buy Avios without paying too much, and the comparison with previous promotions in 2026 shows why. The best prices earlier this year were about 1.30 cents per Avios in Finnair’s March and June sales, and 1.44 cents in Qatar’s October sale. Finnair’s current offer is 1.09 cents per Avios, about 16% cheaper than the March and June sales. Buy before the sale ends on November 16.

Even so, Finnair’s current price of 1.09 cents each is still quite high, so the value of buying Avios depends on whether the Avios are spent wisely. It is the lowest price to buy Avios in the last two years, below Finnair’s own November 2024 sale at about 1.13 cents, so it is a good buy for anyone planning ahead.

Bottom line

Buying points isn’t always a good deal, but sometimes its a good value. The value of a flight depends on how many Avios you need to purchase and what its cash price would be. Thanks to the fact that Avios is the shared loyalty currency used by seven different airlines, a good Avios sale from any of the carriers can represent a good chance to stock up on points and pick and choose where you book your redemption.