Free Miles/Points
Listed below are all the current free miles and points (i.e. no additional spend) opportunities that we are currently aware of. We strongly recommend that you monitor this page, as it will be regularly updated as offers come and go.
Note that each e-Rewards link will require a separate email address for sign up. Subject to that, you can open accounts with all of the partners below.
American Airlines AAdvantage
250 free miles for joining e-Rewards and completing 1 survey
3000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
1000 free miles for making a hotel booking through PointsHound
Avios (BA Executive Club and Iberia Plus)
750 free points for joining e-Rewards and completing 1 survey
Another 750 free points for joining e-Rewards and completing 1 survey [Update 10/6/15: this appears to have been suspended. We will monitor]
And a further 750 free points for joining e-Rewards and completing 1 survey! [Update 10/6/15: this appears to have been suspended. We will monitor]
600 free points for joining Rewards For Thoughts and completing your first survey
Around 600 free Avios for downloading the Avios Suitcase App on facebook and earning badges
3000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
Aegean Miles&Bonus
airberlin topbonus
500 free miles for signing up and consenting to receive emails
500 free miles for registering with duty free shop Heinemann & Me
1000 free miles for signing up with Sixt
150 free miles for reviewing a hotel with Holidaycheck
Air Canada Aeroplan
3000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
100 free miles for signing up to an email newsletter
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
1000 free miles for self-tagging your checked-in luggage
Alitalia MilleMiglia
4000 free miles for joining Alitalia MilleMiglia
Club Carlson
No current promotions.
Emirates Skywards
200 free miles for joining e-Rewards and completing two surveys
2500-5000 free miles for taking your first flight within 6 months of signing up to Emirates Skywards
Etihad Guest
500 free miles for joining Etihad Guest
150 free miles for reviewing a hotel with Holidaycheck
5000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
1000 free miles for making a hotel booking through PointsHound
Air France/KLM Flying Blue
3000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
1000 free miles for making a hotel booking through PointsHound
Heathrow Rewards
100 free Heathrow Rewards points (convertible to 100 Avios, Miles&More, Etihad Guest, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles) when you sign up to Heathrow Rewards (note that to convert, you need to collect a minimum of 250 Heathrow Rewards points, so a further 150 points will need to be collected)
Hilton HHonors
550 free points for joining e-miles and completing your profile
1000 free points for signing up to Hilton HHonors
1500 free points for getting a free and no-obligation insurance quote
1500 bonus points per night for staying at Curio Collection hotels (expires 31 July 2015)
Up to 10,000 free bonus points for stays at Conrad and Waldorf Astoria hotels
IHG Rewards (Intercontinental Hotels Group)
1500 bonus points on your next stay (within 90 days of signing up)
1000 bonus points per stay on all stays within 90 days of signing up
Le Club (Accor Hotels)
250 free points for joining e-Rewards and completing one survey
Lufthansa Miles & More
500 free miles for signing up to the newsletter
100 free miles for reviewing a hotel with Holidaycheck
250 free miles for downloading the IHG app (per the comments, you need to follow this up with Lufthansa – I did, and my 250 miles posted)
1000 bonus miles when you spend £25 in one day at Heathrow Airport (including Heathrow Express).
500-2000 bonus miles for simply flying with Lufthansa (or other Miles&More partner airlines) – expires 31 August 2015
Nectar (redeemable on EasyJet flights)
100 free points for downloading the Nectar toolbar
200 free points per month for using the Nectar toolbar to make searches on Yahoo
100 free points for signing up to the Nectar eshops newsletter
100 free points for creating a “tag your bag” account with Oxfam
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer
5000 free miles for signing up (expires 31 March 2015)
SriLankan Airways FlySmiles
Starwood Hotels Starwood Preferred Guest
No current promotions.
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
1000 free miles for updating your details (see the comments section here for how to get the 250 miles requiring a Turkish ID)
3000 free miles for making a hotel booking through Rocketmiles
1000 free miles for making a hotel booking through PointsHound
Medical doctor? 5000 free miles for registering with Turkish Airlines “Smiling Doctors” (you then agree to giving medical support during flights in case of an emergency: if you’d do this anyway, it’s 5000 free miles).