NEWSFLASH: British Airways launches ‘flash’ £1 taxes and 50% fewer Avios sale

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• Elena says:

  6 Nov6 November 10:42

  Thank you Raffles, love this deal and the timing is perfect 🙂

  I would love to hear your view on the WTM as I was suppose to go but couldn’t make it last minute.

  • Rob says:

    6 Nov6 November 12:04

    I dislike it immensely and usually don’t go at all. However, this year I was asked to take part in a blogger networking session. Of about 10 people I spoke with only one was even vaguely relevant or interesting – but that one person may actually be able to offer me a very interesting trip next year which would make a good story. It may pay off in the end.

    I heard that Etihad has their new A380 seats on show so if I can find those and get some pictures then I will get a story out of the day!

• Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

  6 Nov6 November 10:50

  Jo’burg and Calgary (for Banff) will both be in season and are destinations with a high base fare. Will be quite good value I think.

  • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

    6 Nov6 November 10:57

    Cheapest WT fare to Calgary is £285, so that’s at least 1.14p/Avios.

• PGW says:

  6 Nov6 November 10:50

  The BA page says that it’s on offer from London airports but I just checked from MAN and got the same discount. Well done, BA.

• simon says:

  6 Nov6 November 11:00

  Its not letting me book flights at the moment, keeps telling me their is an issue and to call the contact centre.

• george says:

  6 Nov6 November 11:09

  Hi Raffles – do you (or anyone else) know whether the same trick that worked for Gold members in Jan of 2014 (your article on Jan 14th) would work for GGL members now? I am referring to booking the £1 redemption, and then changing it to a different date? Although the terms do state that “Changes are not permitted”

  • Rob says:

    6 Nov6 November 12:02

    The problem is that Gold members now need to pay the £35 change fee, so it is a pointless exercise!

    In January you could actually change the destination as well so you could effectively book a £1 ticket to anywhere if Gold.

• Paul says:

  6 Nov6 November 11:10

  I suppose you need to grateful for any of the crumbs that BA scatter from time to time.
  Ian particularly underwhelmed and even though I need to plan a weekend break for January this offer does not encourage me to book. Great however if you wee already planning to go

• Jeff says:

  6 Nov6 November 11:47

  Warning. Avois.com will try to charge full charge (£35) for cancellations (assuming you want your avoid refunded) This has happened to me and others in the past.

  Meanwhile is there a cast iron guarantee ba.com wouldn’t do the same?

  • Dave W says:

    6 Nov6 November 11:55

    Last time around I cancelled a £1 flight to Dublin and got my BA avios back no worries. No attempt to make me pay an additional £34 to cancel?

  • Rob says:

    6 Nov6 November 12:01

    I have cancelled numerous redemptions on ba.com and not been asked for additional charges. If you ring up to cancel they may try it on but cancel online and you’re fine.

    • Jeff says:

      6 Nov6 November 14:40

      Hi guys, my point was aimed at Avios.com – trust me, they try it on! Plus they have no option for online cancellations to match BA.

    • jonboy says:

      6 Nov6 November 16:48

      I recently cancelled a flight with £8 taxes on the phone to gold line, along with other flights, no attempt to charge any more money, or even take it from the taxes on the other flights. flights were separate bookings but all cancx on same call.

• Ian says:

  6 Nov6 November 11:47

  All you need now is to find a date available…

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