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‘50% off’ Avios redemption sale now on – city list revealed

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As I revealed exclusively on Head for Points last week, British Airways and avios.com launched their ‘50% off’ Avios redemptions sale yesterday.

This will only apply to World Traveller flights (long-haul economy).

It will only apply to tickets which start in the UK.

Full taxes and charges will still be payable.

The booking period runs until 13th July.

You must travel between 1st October and 28th February, excluding the Christmas period of 18th December to 10th January.

Here is the full list of routes:

Reduced from 40,000 to 20,000 Avios

  • Baltimore
  • Boston
  • Chicago
  • Dubai
  • New York
  • Philadelphia
  • Toronto
  • Washington

Reduced from 50,000 to 25,000 Avios

  • Austin
  • Dallas
  • Delhi
  • Denver
  • Houston
  • Johannesburg
  • Los Angeles
  • Mexico City
  • Mumbai
  • Phoenix
  • San Diego
  • Vancouver

Reduced from 60,000 to 30,000 Avios

  • Sao Paulo

Whilst these are all economy redemptions, don’t write them off as poor value.  I’m pretty sure that you will be getting a good deal if you head down to South Africa during their Summer (our Winter) and over 1p of value should be available on other routes as well.  Cash tickets are not as cheap as they used to be ….

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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:

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

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You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 13th June, the sign-up bonus on The Platinum Card is doubled to 60,000 Membership Rewards points – and you get £200 to spend at Amex Travel too! Apply here.

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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.

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Comments (36)

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  • Jeff says:
    1 Jul1 July 06:40

    From London only. Why excluding rest of UK?

    • Graeme says:
      1 Jul1 July 06:47

      Jeff – I booked yesterday ex GLA, and not an issue.

    • paul says:
      1 Jul1 July 07:24

      Because its London Airways…..and the thinking London centric

      That said the add on from the regions should be free.

      • John Graham says:
        1 Jul1 July 07:35

        Why? I don’t expect the train company to provide a taxi to the station just because I don’t live close enough to walk. The whole ‘London Airways’ thing just seems like excessive self-entitlement. Airlines have hubs and national carriers tend to have hubs at the largest cities in their home nation.

        As much as I’d love to be able to fly from East Midlands for ‘no extra cost’ it’s a) impossible, the cost would just be shared across everyone and b) my decision not to live near a major airport.

        • Will says:
          1 Jul1 July 07:58

          But in a 60 million person island you might expect a few flights somewhere other than a concentrated 10-15 million chunk of the population. It’s another example of the ‘prosperity’ of London drawing people in and negatively affecting the rest of the UK. Rightly or wrongly I might add, no judgement just observation.

        • Chris says:
          1 Jul1 July 10:12

          Entitlement… those non-Londoners, eh.. always with the hand in the till.

  • Scott says:
    1 Jul1 July 07:10

    Seems fine ex-EU as well. Just tried a one way from AMS-LHR-JFK and got 14500 Avios + £171.

  • paul says:
    1 Jul1 July 07:26

    Never thought I would see anyone describe flying BA economy as offering “value for money”. To many better airlines out there to waste your time, money or avios on a BA economy seat.

  • Oly says:
    1 Jul1 July 07:41

    Yeh just tried. AMS-LHR-JFK return and it is 29000 + £344
    Pretty good deal

    • Frenske says:
      1 Jul1 July 10:05

      Funny enough I checked the same route minus the Amsterdam bit and was quoted 20,000 Avios + £361 that’s £17 more tax and possibly £42 more tax when taking into account the costs of the reward flight AMS-LHR.

      • Frenske says:
        1 Jul1 July 10:45

        £52 not £42 *sigh* back to primary school for me.

    • Andy says:
      1 Jul1 July 11:29

      Is it? In the last Economy sale BA were selling LHR-JFK cash tickets for £379.

  • erico1875 says:
    1 Jul1 July 10:01

    I wish my wife had holidays to take outwith the blackout datss.
    Edi to BOM for 20k Avios is a great deal.

  • ankomonkey says:
    1 Jul1 July 10:44

    As usual, the restriction on destinations makes a moderate offer a poor one.

  • James says:
    1 Jul1 July 10:48

    Tried looking for Johannesburg in November. 25k avios + £400 taxes. Cash tickets = £373. Sigh.

    • James says:
      1 Jul1 July 10:50

      Never mind, I was of course looking at one way prices. Yes, I am officially stupid :/

  • Nick says:
    1 Jul1 July 11:00

    Can you use a lloyds upgrade voucher or is it not allowed on sale seats?

    • Raffles says:
      1 Jul1 July 12:08

      If it is process electronically I reckon it would still work

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