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Club World from £495 + 30,000 Avios – exceptional British Airways Black Friday deals

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My attempts to make Black Friday go away by putting my fingers in my ears and going ‘nah nah nah nah’ (a trick I picked up from my 4-year old) have failed as the articles today show.  The good news is that British Airways is running a fantastic Club World deal over the Christmas period which makes it well worth pulling out your credit card.

Full details are on ba.com here – but they do not tell the whole story.

Last year BA offered Club World flights for £1,007 return over Christmas.  This year the prices are higher and the range of destinations is narrower – you won’t be getting any deals to South Africa this year, for example.

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However, there is one twist this year which makes the deals far better than in 2014.  You can use ‘part pay with Avios’, at a hugely advantageous rate, to discount your ticket even further.

Here are the discounts available.  Note that these savings only apply to departures from the UK.

  • £700 off for 30,000 Avios
  • £350 off for 15,000 Avios
  • £260 off for 11,250 Avios
  • £175 off for 7,500 Avios
  • £105 off for 4,500 Avios
  • £35 off for 1,500 Avios

Here are the destinations and prices for a Club World return flight in the Black Friday sale, assuming you redeem the maximum of 30,000 Avios.  Add back £700 to get the headline ‘cash only’ price.

  • Toronto £597 + 30,000 Avios
  • Chicago £649
  • Vancouver £683
  • Calgary £683
  • Washington DC £689
  • New York £685
  • Boston £689
  • Miami £698
  • Las Vegas £1,120
  • San Francisco £1,149
  • Los Angeles £1,163
  • San Diego £1,189
  • Seattle £1,189
  • Dallas £1,189
  • Phoenix £1,189
  • Chennai £494
  • Delhi £495
  • Bangalore £495
  • Mumbai £495
  • Hyderabad £515
  • Dubai £573
  • Bahrain £695
  • Chengdu (China) £501
  • Hong Kong £800
  • Kuala Lumpur £895
  • Seoul £2,135
  • Sydney £2,197

You will definitely earn Avios and tier points for your flight even though you have used ‘part pay with Avios’.

Here are the travel rules:

  • Book by Monday 30th November
  • Travel outbound between 21st December and 3rd January
  • Travel inbound before 10th January

There are also some good deals available out of Dublin.  I will take a look at these tomorrow, although the downside of the Dublin fares is that you cannot use ‘part pay with Avios’ to reduce them.

You can see full details of the British Airways Black Friday deals here.

PPS.  There are also Black Friday deals on World Traveller and World Traveller Plus fares as well.  You can use part-pay with Avios to reduce these even further with discounts of up to £200 available.  This means, for example, a £400 return flight to Boston can be booked for as little as £200.  Details here.

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Comments (71)

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  • Liz says:
    27 Nov27 November 20:45

    OT does BA offer cash and points for Avis car hire. I know car hire is not a great redemption but I just worked out our car hire next year is going to be a crazy £670 for 15days because there is a $300 surcharge for picking up in one USA state and dropping off in another. I know Avios.com does this but their price is about £50 more than BA.

    • Mark says:
      27 Nov27 November 22:24

      Surely you must be able to get a better deal than that by shopping around!?! Try the comparison sites on http://www.moneysavingexpert.com

      • Liz says:
        27 Nov27 November 23:30

        Still all round the same price – it’s the $ 300 surcharge for dropping off at a different state – our next 4 USA trips will all be long fly drives across different states. Any advice would be appreciated!

        • Lady London says:
          28 Nov28 November 02:39

          It depends on your direction of travel and time of year, but in the past month or so Hertz was practically giving you the car if you drove the vehicle one way from New York or near, to Florida. ‘From” and :”To” states to qualify for these deals were listed. They were pretty close to peanuts cost. So that they could position their cars for the holiday season, I imagine. I’ve heard it works in the spring in the other direction as well.

        • Ian says:
          28 Nov28 November 08:21

          I believe national do not charge.

          However I always use Hertz as much cheaper than Avis or anyone else.

          • Liz says:
            28 Nov28 November 16:55

            Hertz was coming out at £1100! Will have a look at National – thanks. We are starting in Chicago and finishing in Texas.

          • Liz says:
            28 Nov28 November 17:01

            Just tried National and they are charging $400 one way fee! It gets worse!!

  • Rob says:
    28 Nov28 November 00:22

    I would assume it applies, yes.

  • Alan says:
    28 Nov28 November 00:33

    I’ve done the <24h cancellation with a non-refundable cash ticket before without a problem, can't see why it wouldn't work with the part-pay with Avios option too but if in doubt might be worth givine them a buzz/Tweet to confirm but would seem unusual for them not to offer it.

  • Ian says:
    28 Nov28 November 08:14

    I thought you were looking at Dublin flights today?

  • JC says:
    28 Nov28 November 10:48

    Amazing deal! Bagged a Toronto break with the husband (first time in 787!) £600 rtn in J is hard to say no to plus it will get us to silver status! That how I sold it 😉

  • where2travel says:
    28 Nov28 November 12:21

    It works with the BMI discount too, which knocked about £100 of the fares I was looking at (business class to either YVR or MIA).

    • Tony M says:
      28 Nov28 November 20:22

      How do you get the bmi discount?
      Also do you still get double points for booking on ba with diamond club credit card?
      Thanks

      • Alan says:
        28 Nov28 November 23:09

        You click through from your daimondclub.org account and they removed the double points earlier this year I think

        • Tony M says:
          29 Nov29 November 10:12

          Thanks Alan.
          I booked within the last 24hrs so will try and cancel and then rebook through the diamond club.
          I do recall something about them stopping the double points, wasn’t sure.

          • Alan says:
            29 Nov29 November 10:40

            Just double-check first to make sure you can get it OK at the discounted price!! Sometimes it seems to charge more than without the discount although that shouldn’t be the case given the reports of it working on here but best to play it safe!

          • Tony M says:
            29 Nov29 November 11:29

            Thanks. Just tried, apologies if silly question where does it show the discount?clicked through the diamond club, entered flight details, but doesn’t show any discounts

  • Gill says:
    28 Nov28 November 14:13

    How can I check how many TPs these flights will earn?

    • Tony M says:
      29 Nov29 November 13:12

      Thanks Alan. Reason I couldn’t see it as I was booking a multi city flight. All sorted, thanks for your help

  • BG says:
    29 Nov29 November 15:33

    Anyone know how long it takes to get back Avios if I cancel within 24-hour period?
    I am waiting for some Clubcard avios to arrive, so was thinking of booking it now with less Avios, if they arrive tomorrow I would then cancel and rebook with more avios…

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