Aegean has announced a useful Miles+Bonus update this week: you can now top up your balance through Revolut. The new Aegean Revolut partnership lets you convert Revolut’s RevPoints straight into Miles+Bonus miles, giving Aegean frequent flyers another way to add to their balances without going anywhere near an aircraft. If you already put plenty of your spending through Revolut, this might slot neatly into your routine.
RevPoints themselves are simple enough. They’re Revolut’s in-house currency, earned through eligible card spend, hotel bookings via Stays, and the odd promo. The earn rates vary wildly depending on your plan. Standard and Plus members pick up points at a glacial pace, roughly one point for every ten pounds spent. Premium improves that, Metal bumps it further, and Ultra finally hits one point per pound. The monthly cost for the accounts gradually increases, though, from free to £7.99 to premium, £14.99 for Metal, and whopping £55 a month for Ultra.
How many miles you earn from £1,000 spend (after converting RevPoints → Miles+Bonus miles)
| Revolut Plan | Approx. Earn Rate | RevPoints From £1,000 | Miles After Conversion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | £10 → 1 point | ~100 points | 100 miles |
| Plus | £10 → 1 point | ~100 points | 100 miles |
| Premium | £4 → 1 point | ~250 points | 250 miles |
| Metal | £2 → 1 point | ~500 points | 500 miles |
| Ultra | £1 → 1 point | ~1,000 points | 1,000 miles |
Unless you’re on Metal or Ultra, the earn rate is modest. The link works best for people who already use Revolut as their main card and spend heavily on it.
Once you’ve built a small pile of points, head to the RevPoints screen in the app, pick Miles+Bonus from the airline list, add your membership number and transfer however many miles you want. The 1:1 rate keeps the maths nicely simple. These convert to award miles, not tier miles – which can only be earned by flying.
Snags
There are one or two snags to be aware of: Your Revolut account must be registered in an eligible country. The list covers the UK, most EU countries, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand. For reasons known only to Revolut, Greece and Cyprus don’t make the cut, which is an odd omission given Aegean’s home crowd would arguably find this most useful. Presumably, there’s another Aegean card partnership in those countries.
Revolut loves to market RevPoints as something you pick up through “everyday spending”, but the reality is a bit more nuanced. If you’re thinking of using the new Revolut and Aegean partnership to build your Miles+Bonus balance, it pays to know exactly what qualifies.
✔️ Transactions that do earn RevPoints
These are genuine purchases where you’ve bought a product or service with your Revolut card and the payment has settled rather than just been authorised.
- High-street shopping and online retail
- Restaurants, bars, cafés and supermarkets
- Hotels, flights, trains and other travel booked directly with merchants
- Purchases on apps and online stores
- Spending on Revolut Stays or Experiences
- Subscriptions and entertainment services (Netflix, Spotify, etc)
- Fuel stations and toll payments
- Most everyday card payments that behave like normal retail transactions
- Spare-change “round-ups” if you’ve switched that on
- Targeted Revolut promos that award bonus RevPoints
For most people, this covers the bulk of typical card spend. As long as the merchant isn’t in an excluded category and the payment settles, you’ll usually earn points.
❌ Transactions that don’t earn RevPoints
This is where Revolut gets picky. A surprising amount of spend doesn’t qualify, mostly because it’s considered “cash-like”, government-related, or financial in nature.
- Cash withdrawals from ATMs
- Peer-to-peer transfers (e.g., sending money to friends)
- Bank transfers or top-ups to other accounts
- Crypto purchases, stock trades, commodities and metals
- Insurance payments
- Gambling, betting, lotteries
- Payments to governments, councils and courts (tax, fines, licences)
- Utility bills (gas, electricity, water)
- Rent or property payments
- Parking lots, garages, local council parking fees
- Educational institutions (schools, colleges, training centres)
- Charity, religious or political donations
- Business-to-business services such as cleaning, maintenance or advertising
- Transactions that get refunded – the associated points are clawed back
Revolut uses merchant category codes (MCCs) to decide whether a transaction earns points. If the merchant is tagged as financial, government, cash-equivalent or business services, it’s usually excluded.
Quick rule of thumb
If the transaction looks like buying something, it usually earns points.
If it looks like moving money, paying a bill, or handling anything financial, it probably doesn’t.
Whether the points conversion is good value depends entirely on your plan and spending habits. On the Standard tier, you’d need to plough a hefty amount through the card to earn anything significant, and a traditional airline credit card may still deliver better returns. Things look a bit brighter on the higher tiers. Metal and Ultra members pick up points briskly enough for the transfers to feel worthwhile. Realistically, the Aegean Revolut partnership will resonate most with people already paying for those plans and using Revolut as their day-to-day card.
Transferred miles drop into your normal Miles+Bonus balance, ready for redemptions, upgrades. And Miles+Bonus award miles don’t expire. Just watch the RevPoints expiry window – they vanish after three years, so don’t let them sit for too long in your Revolut account.
For everyone else, this sits firmly in the “nice to have” bucket. Still, it’s encouraging to see Aegean expand into partnerships that match the way people actually spend, allowing non-flying routes to accrue award miles. Find out more about the partnership here.
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