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Those ‘£100 off a Club Europe flight’ vouchers ….

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If you have an active avios.com account, you may have received an e-mail this week with a personalised coupon offering you (and however many other people you want to take with you) £100 off a British Airways Club Europe return flight.

You might think that business class prices are outside of your price range. However, this £100 voucher makes some routes extremely attractive. You could even get a business class return for about the same as you would pay with a budget airline.

Club Europe British Airways

British Airways Club Europe offers you lounge access at both ends (with copious free food and drink), fast track security lane access, wider seats, a bit more legroom, better – albeit still not great – food and all the free champagne onboard that you can drink. You will also earn at least 1,500 Avios from the flight.

BA has a handy Low Fare Finder guide on ba.com. Click and select Europe, Business Class and return flights. This will show you the cheapest options available. In general,

  • You MUST include a Saturday night away to get a low price, and
  • The cheapest fares are generally on flights from Gatwick, not Heathrow

The cheapest routes, after deducting the £100 voucher, are under £200 return. This includes (prices as of Wednesday):

  • Amsterdam £185
  • Bari £148
  • Dubrovnik £148
  • Geneva £191
  • Jersey £160
  • Verona £149

My pick of the bunch would be Dubrovnik, a beautiful Croatian city which is just the right size to cover on a short weekend break and where the weather should be OK even when it is still chilly here.

All flights booked using the voucher must be booked at ba.com by 31st August, but you can fly at any point between 16th September and 31st May.


How to earn Avios from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 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

Get 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

30,000 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 – 30,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

Huge 80,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large 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.

Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa

20,000 points (ONLY TO 9TH DECEMBER) Read our full review

Capital on Tap Pro Visa

30,000 points (TO 9TH DECEMBER) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business

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

50,000 points when you sign-up 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.

Comments (13)

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  • Aoife says:

    Nice post! Never realised the deals available in Club.

  • Joseph says:

    I don’t think any of these are worth it (except Dubrovnik) unless you need the TPs.

    • Raffles says:

      If you’ve not lounge access usually, these are very good prices indeed for a nice weekend break. You’re not paying much above a low-cost carriers price, the 1500 Avios are worth £15, and you can get through a decent amount of food and drink in the lounge, plus say 2 mini-bottle of champagne each way on the journey!

  • Alan says:

    I wonder how they decided which members would receive a voucher and which would not?

    Alan

  • Jeff says:

    You must stop this Raffles ……. just booked a few days in Dubrovnik for 300 quid for two ……

    • Raffles says:

      Dubrovnik is fantastic, I have no compulsion in recommending it to you. Just make sure you stay in or very near to the walled old town. The Hilton is in a decent spot but plenty of independent hotels as well, often tarted up communist eyesores which are now a lot prettier inside.

  • Rachid says:

    Hi all,
    If you have not received the voucher, of you get thr code from someone else, would that still work?

  • Walty says:

    Raffles, you are a genius. I love this site however stop making me spend money :)!! I am just about to book a weekend break to Dubrovnik using this voucher for mid December. Always flown economy so this is a first for me. Flight departs Gatwick @ 11.10am. It is our birthdays 13th/14th, we fly on the 13th. How can we get the most from club europe benefits? Is alcohol served at that time? What lounge do we get access to? Any tips for any part of the trip would be most welcome

    • Raffles says:

      You have access to Fast Track security at Gatwick (assuming it is open at 11am, hours vary). The BA lounge at Gatwick is OK, not as good as Heathrow but plenty to nibble at and drink, and excellent magazine and newspaper selection. Champagne is always available in CE, served in mini bottles – it is on the trolley but you need to ask for it, you can have all you want as long as its drunk onboard. Min morning meals are always a bit odd with BA, not sure what that flight would offer. Enjoy!

  • Walty says:

    Thanks Raffles, much appreciated. Just 1 other question, when booking with BA, should I be quoting my BAEC number or Avios number or does it matter? I know there is that quarterly bonus etc when collecting via BA.com for Avios. Not sure which is best. Thanks

    • Raffles says:

      Makes no difference if you have no BAEC status, as the avios.com quarterly bonus promo ends in November. If that is extended for 2013, though, avios.com would be better than BAEC.

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