Get 5,000 bonus Avios and discounted Club Europe prices via BA Holidays

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• e14 says:

  6 Jan6 January 09:48

  With these you should be looking at the more boutique hotels rather than chains, as there is no guarantee that any benefits will be applied by the hotel if you hold status with them. Using the example of the Hilton DBV, you could potential face a charge for Internet and breakfast, which you would get comped as a Hilton Gold.

  I also assume that the flights would earn the same cabin and tier bonuses on BA as standard flights.

  There are definitely some good bargains in there but you do have to look closely at the flight prices and compare them more to the sale levels (or for that mater to a redemption)

  • Raffles says:

    6 Jan6 January 09:58

    This is certainly true with flight and hotel deals on Expedia. However, BA seems to book into public rates and I saw one report of a Hilton stay via BA which got benefits. Wirh DBV, the Hilton rate I was shown was their Anyweekend package for eg.

• ComeFlyWithMe123 says:

  6 Jan6 January 10:38

  do we know when this started / ends? im on my mobile at the minute and cant see t &cs. Last week i booked a ba holiday to barca for end of march. outboundCE inbound ET…wondered if i am entitled to this and what i would get given the split in class

  • Raffles says:

    6 Jan6 January 14:11

    It seems to be an on-going thing for now, although I doubt it will last for ever.

• Andrew Seftel (@andrewseftel) says:

  6 Jan6 January 10:41

  The steepest discount I’ve seen is LHR-LCA from ~£260 rtn in CE. Not sure how appealing Cyprus is in the off season (March), but that’s not too bad for a weekend TP run, especially with 5k base Avios (before status bonus) and 5k on top.

  • Andrew Seftel (@andrewseftel) says:

    6 Jan6 January 10:47

    (160 tp)

    • Dominic says:

      6 Jan6 January 12:41

      Does this not reflect the revised timing of the LCA flights to make them very much less attractive for travellers?

      • Phillip says:

        6 Jan6 January 18:26

        This packaged price has been available before the revised timing and can be had for the current flight times all the way to the end of March. In fact, you can’t get this deal after the change of schedules on 31 March as that marks the beginning of the busy season for the route, as well as Easter (end of March in the UK, end of April in Greece and Cyprus) I would say it is more to reflect how empty the planes are at this time of year on this route. It is worth mentioning, that with the time change on the LCA flights, comes a move back to T5. Personally, I am much happier with the new times, as a frequent user of this route, and the move back to T5 tops it off nicely for me. Personal taste, I guess.

• Alan says:

  6 Jan6 January 10:56

  Remember if your two nights are consecutive (even if booked separately) it will only count as one stay.

  • Sir Stamford says:

    6 Jan6 January 11:02

    Book 1 night under your name and 2 night under your partner’s name. Presumably this will work?

    • Alan says:

      6 Jan6 January 11:04

      It would for Avios, but if they don’t have the same status as you then you’d miss out on those benefits or might have to move room. Handy if you both need a stay credit to maintain status though as would save hotel hopping 🙂

• Alan says:

  6 Jan6 January 12:50

  Is there an easy way to use their holiday finder tool looking at CE flights? They all seem to be just ET and to search CE you need to have specific dates in mind?

  • Raffles says:

    6 Jan6 January 14:13

    I assume that if they have an excellent ET package for a set of dates, you’d find it was also very competitive in CE for the same dates. Hotel bit would be the same price and a cheap day in Economy is usually also a cheap day in CE.

    • Alan says:

      6 Jan6 January 14:30

      Fair point 🙂

• Thunderbirds says:

  6 Jan6 January 13:31

  Don’t forget that the discounts apply to Flight and Car bookings so you have options. I’m currently using CE + Car (group B) three days for approximately £220 giving £11k Avios. You can then book your hotel directly with your favourite loyalty program and guarantee to collect the benefits.

• Zoe says:

  6 Jan6 January 13:38

  Where are you going for that price Thunderbirds?

• Thunderbirds says:

  6 Jan6 January 13:56

  Zoe, I commute to Malaga or Gibraltar every other week so I book about 2 months in advance. The price I quoted was to Malaga from Gatwick on 8/11 February but I think it still works until the end of March. I note that the price for CE flight and Car (Group A) is now only £201. I think that 3 nights minimum stay including Saturday. Gibraltar is more like £300 for the same deal.

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