BAwayday – super-cheap weekend day trips – extended to more cities
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I wrote a couple of months ago about the launch of a new – and potentially very interesting – leisure product.
Called BAwayday (hmmm ….), these are cheap, last minute, same-day-return tickets offered at a fixed price.
Available ONLY for Saturdays and Sundays, the prices are fixed. And, it must be said, fixed at a very low level for a ticket that is available at short notice.
You must fly back the same day, either Saturday or Sunday. Realistically, you will need to live close to Heathrow to take full advantage, or be willing to stay over the night before or after in a local hotel.
The key thing is that they book into G class. In plain English, this means that they will be available even at very short notice, except at peak periods.
These flights were initially only available from six cities. The list has now expanded substantially. Here is the current list with prices (return, economy, per person):
- Aberdeen £100
- Amsterdam £100
- Barcelona £90
- Brussels £90
- Copenhagen £90
- Dublin £80
- Edinburgh £90
- Geneva £80
- Hamburg £90
- Linate (Milan) £90
- Lisbon £80
- Madrid £90
- Manchester £100
- Marseille £90
- Munich £100
- Newcastle £90
- Nice £90
- Paris £100
- Rome £90
- Stockholm £90
- Vienna £100
I doubt British Airways will do a lot of publicity for these deals, because there are only a limited number of flights each day that can realistically be used. The pricing is a little wacky (not sure why Manchester is more than Lisbon, except possibly the longer flight time means it is less attractive) but you can’t complain at £100 or less.
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