New British Airways sale launched

British Airways has launched its latest sale.  It offers discounts on Club Europe / Club World and First Class flights and holiday packages.

The special ba.com page for the sale is here.

You need to book by September 23rd.

The best way to see what is on offer for what month is to use the month-by-month Low Fare Finder tool on the British Airways website.

Some of the deals highlighted by the Low Fare Finder look OK.  New York in Club World is as low as £1594 in some months.  Abu Dhabi is as low as £1479 but, wierdly, Dubai never goes below £1899.  Abu Dhabi is a very modest taxi drive from Dubai.

Fare to India in Club World look good at around £1300 in some months.

As always, though, it depends on where you are planning to go and what comparable Avios availability is there.

There are also short-haul deals in Club Europe available. Barcelona from Gatwick at £181 is exceptionally low.

Here is the small print on travel dates and minimum stays:

Travel to all destinations must include a Saturday night stay, except Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Bahrain, Doha, Riyadh, Amman, Beirut, Tel Aviv and Cairo, where all travel must have a minimum 3 day stay.

Minimum booking periods apply:

For all flights from London Heathrow in World Traveller bookings must be made a minimum of 7 days before date of outbound departure and a minimum of 21 days for all flights in World Traveller Plus, except for flights to Tokyo which require bookings a minimum of 14 days before the date of outbound departure.

For flights from London Gatwick in World Traveller to the USA, Caribbean, Colombo, Mauritius and Maldives, bookings must be made a minimum of 7 days before the date of outbound departure and a minimum of 21 days before the date of outbound departure when travelling to these destinations in World Traveller Plus. For flights in Club World and First from London Gatwick to the Caribbean, Mauritius, Maldives and Colombo, bookings must be made a minimum of 14 days before the date of outbound departure and a minimum of 28 days before for flights from London Gatwick to USA.

For all flights in Club World and First from London Heathrow, bookings must be made a minimum of 21 days before the date of departure.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (September 2023)

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:

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

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

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.

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.

EDIT: Applications for this card are temporarily suspended due to IT issues with the British Airways On Business SME loyalty scheme.

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.

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