Do This Before You Buy Anything Online
If your browser is open and you’re about to click “buy”, stop for a moment.
It’s taken us at Points Travel Pro more than ten years to learn and build what’s on this site. It will take the average reader time to work through the guides and understand the system.
But you don’t need any of that right now.
If you’re about to make a purchase — insurance, a phone, flights, tech, anything — and you’re not earning points, do this first.
Open a BA / Avios account
Sign up for a free British Airways Executive Club account (or log in if you already have one). This is your points wallet — every Avios you earn lands here.
Go to the Avios shopping portal
Visit avios.com and log in with your BA details. This is the middleman — it tracks your click so the retailer knows to credit you Avios.
Search for your retailer and click through
Find the shop you were about to buy from. Click the link on the portal — not a Google search, not a bookmark. The portal link is what triggers the tracking.
Buy as normal — earn Avios
Complete your purchase exactly as you normally would. Same website, same product, same price. The Avios arrive in your account within a few weeks.
What’s actually happening here?
The Avios shopping portal is a referral system. Retailers pay Avios a small commission when you reach their site through the portal. Avios passes part of that commission to you — as points instead of cash. You pay nothing extra. The retailer’s price doesn’t change. You just started your journey from the right front door.
Hundreds of retailers are on there: Apple, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Boots, ASOS, Booking.com, Currys, and many more. The number of Avios you earn varies by retailer — typically 1 to 10 per pound spent — but even a small earn is better than nothing.
The quick version
Step 1: Open a free BA Executive Club account → Go to British Airways Club
Step 2: Open an Avios account (free) → Go to Avios.com
Step 3: Log into the Avios shopping portal, search for your retailer, click through, and buy as normal.
Same website. Same product. Same price. But now the purchase earns points.
You can learn the deeper strategy later. You can read the guides later. You can optimise later.
Right now, the only thing that matters is not letting a purchase happen with nothing coming back.
Close any window you had open that you were going to buy through.
Open your BA account. Start there.
And when you’ve made your purchase, come back here —
we’ll show you how to do it again and again.
