Aer Lingus, Ireland’s only 4 Star airline, launch AerClub, its new loyalty programme. Powered by Avios and designed to meet the needs of today’s traveller, AerClub is aimed at everyone and offers greater rewards every time its members fly.

AerClub allows members to collect Avios reward points ‘in the air’, every time they book flights, ‘on the ground’ and ‘online’ from a wide range of brands including retail, hotels and car hire, across Ireland, Europe and North America.

In the air

AerClub members will collect Avios points each time they buy a flight with Aer Lingus and its partner airlines - British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qantas and United Airlines

On the ground

AerClub has teamed up with a number of partners to ensure members can collect Avios points in lots of ways – weekly shop at retail therapy at Kildare Village, that ‘something special’ at Appleby Jewellers, together with other retail partners such as Holidays with Aer Lingus, Restaurant Circle and hotel providers such as Agoda, Kaligo.com and Rocketmiles.

Online

Online shopping via the Avios eStore also allows members to Avios points with top name Irish and international brands.

AerClub already boasts some 400,000 members with an additional 1,500 signing up every day to collect Avios points and turn them into reward flights with Aer Lingus.

AerClub replaces Aer Lingus’s Gold Circle programme and is unique in that it rewards members by offering them a lot more for their spend through the award of Avios points, but equally AerClub recognises members’ frequency of travel and loyalty through the award of tier credits.

AerClub is made up of four membership tiers – Green, Silver, Platinum and Concierge. Each tier has a unique combination of travel benefits which may include lounge access, priority check in, priority boarding and bonus points earning. In recognition of each flight taken, AerClub award Tier Credits - the more Tier Credits collected, the quicker members will move up to the next membership tier and the more travel benefits they will enjoy.

Collecting Avios

AerClub members collect:

• 3 Avios points for every €1 spent on flights booked with Aer Lingus
• 5 Avios for every €4 spent at Kildare Village
• Subscribe to Irish Independent and Sunday Independent and collect 30,000 Avios
• Up to 5 Avios for every €1 spent at Appleby Jewellers
• Restaurant Circle – collect 250 Avios for every booking
• Holidays with Aer Lingus - 1 Avios for every €1 you spend on a holiday booking
• Kaligo.com – collect up to 20 Avios for every £1 spent*

Spending Avios – examples*

• 8,000 Avios points = 1 x return flight to London
• 26,000 Avios points = return flight to New York
• 50,000 Avios points = one-way Business Class flight to New York

Avios will be awarded based on GBP prices, based on the current exchange rate
**Off-peak flights.  Excluding taxes, fees and charges