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British Airways launches European luxury beach holidays flash sale

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This weekend – you need to book by Monday night – British Airways is running special deals on ‘luxury European beach holidays’. 

Full details are here.  These are package offers consisting of Club Europe flights and a stay in a four or five star hotel.

Given the usual cost of Club Europe flights, pricing looks good.

BA Holidays

Based on travel in September, headline prices include:

Algarve – 7 nights from £388 per person

Malaga – 7 nights from £423 per person

Sardinia – 7 nights from £439 per person

Bari – 7 nights from £439 per person

Nice – 7 nights from £473 per person

Ibiza – 7 nights from £477 per person

There are also ‘last minute’ packages available for travel in June as well as a selection of ‘all inclusive’ packages for September.

Remember that, as this is a BA Holidays booking, you don’t need to pay the full balance now.  You can simply pay a deposit and settle the balance nearer departure.  Flights booked via BA Holidays will earn the usual Avios and tier points, although they do not earn credit in the On Business small business scheme.

Full details can be found on this page of the BA Holidays site.

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

Barclaycard Avios Plus card

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios card

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

40,000 bonus points and a huge range of valuable benefits – for a fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

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You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

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There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

American Express Business Platinum

40,000 points sign-up bonus and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

American Express Business Gold

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Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

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Comments (16)

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  • Nick M says:
    11 Jun11 June 05:47

    Has anybody had a positive experience with using the £100 off £500 offer with a BA Holiday booking?

    • roberto says:
      11 Jun11 June 06:25

      I did yes… had £500 outstanding and paid with the card. The £100 credit appeared the next day.

    • PJS says:
      11 Jun11 June 07:55

      I paid a £300 BA holiday deposit for my Son which, added to an earlier £300 ticket purchase for myself, triggered the credit!

      • Stu N says:
        11 Jun11 June 08:20

        Yes, paid £500 deposit on new booking. Email confirming redemption came through straight away, credit took about a week.

        • Scott says:
          11 Jun11 June 09:00

          Same

          • Yuff says:
            11 Jun11 June 09:37

            I’ve just paid for some connecting flights to get us to doh for the 241 flight back to LHR, I booked on Thursday, and the 4 flights(£165) took me to £5 over the £500 total needed and I received the redemption email within a minute. Annoyingly I had to book first 😉 as 4 economy seats took me to £479 total!!!

    • Bill says:
      11 Jun11 June 09:31

      Funny you should mention that, I booked a holiday via BA holidays back in march and paid the minimum deposit. 2 months later we got the spend £500 get £100 back. We got £200 back using my BAPP card and the the mrs supp card on the same booking. I used the mrs one 2 weeks ago and used mine yesterday. Both confirmation emails arrived immediately.
      I’ve still got another £500 deposit to pay off which I’ve left intentionally should another similar offer arrive before we travel.

    • Nick M says:
      11 Jun11 June 10:59

      Thanks everyone – good to know it seems to be cumulative too… this afternoon may be spent finally getting round to making those bookings!

    • Ruth4325 says:
      12 Jun12 June 08:25

      I redeemed the offer on 9th, got the email straight away confirming it from amex. Not had the statement credit yet though, but looks like it arrives within a week for most people.

  • Leo says:
    11 Jun11 June 09:41

    OT: If you are flying BA as part of a package through a third party (Secret Escapes type of thing) presumably you have no issue with avios , TPs and use of lounge? Never used BA as part of a package and just want to be sure – I know that there can be issues around upgrading travel agent tickets etc. but that’s not an issue here.

  • Nick says:
    11 Jun11 June 15:57

    When’s the cut off date for the £100 off please?

    I thought it had lapsed hence didn’t book!

  • Stewart says:
    11 Jun11 June 22:29

    Where is this located please is if tied to a credit card or is there a code?

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