Is it worth spending Avios on a hire car? Check the real value before you burn them
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This redemption is worth
0.0p
per Avios
Avios you'd spend
0
to avoid the cash cost
Those Avios on flights
£0
at a typical 1.5p per Avios
£
You'd earn
0 Avios
Roughly worth
£0
at 1.5p per Avios on flights
Effective rebate
0%
of your rental back in Avios value
Worth doing — it's free to collect
Earning vs Redeeming at a Glance
Action
Rate
Effective value
Verdict
Earn with Avis
5 Avios per £1
~7.5% back at 1.5p/Avios
Do it
Earn with Budget
2 Avios per £1
~3% back at 1.5p/Avios
If cheaper
Redeem for car hire
~200 Avios per £1
~0.5p per Avios
Avoid
How Avios & Car Hire Really Works
Earning is a no-brainer. Quote your British Airways Club number when booking Avis (5 Avios/£1) or Budget (2 Avios/£1) and you collect Avios on top of the rental — up to 10,000 Avios per rental
Redeeming is usually poor value. On ba.com you can pay a hire car fully or partly with Avios, but like other non-flight "Part Pay With Avios" redemptions you only get around 0.5p per Avios
Those same Avios are typically worth 1.5p or more on a reward flight — so spending them on car hire quietly throws away roughly two-thirds of their value
Better plan: pay cash for the car, earn Avios on it, and save your Avios for flights where they shine
ba.com car hire redemption pricing is dynamic — enter the exact Avios it quotes above for a precise per-Avios figure