Bookable now with Avios – new BA winter sun routes from Heathrow and Gatwick
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British Airways has announced a major change to its Winter flying schedule to key holiday destinations in Spain as well as a couple of other launches.
These changes mainly impact Heathrow.
This is an excellent opportunity to book seats on routes where Avios availability on existing services sold out months ago. Even on super-peak weekends over the Winter, you may well find the seats you want as these flights were only added to ba.com yesterday.
Tenerife
British Airways is launching a new Winter service from Heathrow to Tenerife on 21st October. This will operate on Saturdays.
The existing six weekly flights from Gatwick will continue.
Palma, Malaga and Palermo
The existing Summer-only services from Heathrow are becoming ‘year round’ from late October.
There will be four Heathrow flights to Palma per week, four to Malaga and two to Palermo.
Paphos
The existing Gatwick to Paphos route will now operate all year round. There will be three flights per week from the end of October.
Nuremburg
British Airways is launching a special Christmas Market service to Nuremburg in Germany.
Flights will operate four times per week from Gatwick between 30th November and 7th January.
Other Gatwick changes
New services have been added to the following routes from Gatwick:
Vienna – increases from four to five per week
Tirana – increases from six to seven per week
Marrakech – increases from seven to eight per week
Turin – increases from 13 to 14 per week
Geneva – increases from 20 to 21 per week
These services are all bookable now on ba.com.
The standard six Avios seats (two in Club Europe, four in Euro Traveller) will be available on each additional flight, and often far more. It is a good opportunity to grab seats to, say, Marrakech where standard availability is often taken many months in advance.
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 Mastercard
Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review
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.
Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa
Huge 30,000 points bonus until 12th May 2024 Read our full review
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
30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review
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
20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review
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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