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British Airways Black Friday £1,008 Club World tickets and £99 short breaks

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British Airways has launched its Black Friday deals – and they are pretty good.  How does a £1008 Club World trip sound?

These deals can be found on the special BA Black Friday page here.  They are bookable until midnight on Monday.

Club World for £1,008 per person

BA is offering Club World tickets for the exceptionally cheap price of £1,008 per person to the following destinations:

British Airways £1008 £2016 Club World

  • Atlanta
  • Boston
  • Baltimore
  • Chicago
  • New York (Newark and JFK)
  • Philadelphia
  • Washington
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Dubai
  • Muscat

North American destination require outbound travel (return when you like) between 18th December and 2nd January.

Middle East routes require outbound travel between 5 June and 15 June 2017.  This is in the middle of Ramadan so you will find some hotels operating reduced facilities during the day.

£1,008 return is based on two or more people travelling.  Solo travellers will pay £1,208.  This seems a bit odd but I don’t make the rules.

Connections from selected regional and Irish airports are FREE.  These are Aberdeen, Inverness, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Belfast City and Dublin.

This offer only runs until midnight on Monday 28th November.  Seats are limited, however, so I would book ASAP if you are interested.

The BA Black Friday site is here.  You must book these tickets on ba.com here.

£99 per person BA Holidays deals

Whilst potentially less headline-grabbing than £1,008 Club World tickets, these BA Holidays deals may also be worth a look.

These flights are all Euro Traveller / Economy.

The following deals will be bookable via the BA Holidays website here from £99 per person for hotel AND flights:

Barcelona – two nights at the 2* Lami, travelling November 1 – March 31

Venice – two nights at the 3* Centrale Hotel (Mestre), travelling November 2 – March 29

Rome – two nights at the 4* Cristoforo Colombo, travelling November 22 – January 31

Nice – two nights at the 3* Comfort Suites Cannes Mandelieu, travelling November 24 – December 14

Jersey – two nights at the 4* Golden Sands, travelling January 22 – February 8

Krakow – two nights at the 3* Eden, travelling January 17 – March 13

Malaga – two nights at the 3* Adriano, travelling November 20 – December 14

Alicante – two nights at the 3* Best Western Albahia, travelling December 8 – January 27

Naples / Sorrento – two nights at the 3* Joyfull, travelling January 13 – March 12

Turin – two nights at the 4* Diplomatic, travelling January 4 – January 15

Edinburgh – two nights at the 3* Murrayfield Hotel & Lodge, travelling January 8 – January 31 and departing Gatwick

As there are a limited number of rooms at these properties, I would book sooner rather than later.  Other deals may also have been loaded – I recommend having a poke around the BA Holidays website here and seeing what you can find.


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Comments (101)

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  • Laurence Dalby says:

    Couldn’t justify a short trip across the pond this year. Did just snap up a weekend in Jersey for £99 each. Fly out after work on Friday and back Sunday evening so no time off required. After cash back it’s down to under £90 each!

  • Swissy says:

    I have found fares to DXB flying out on June 25th , the last day of Ramadan.
    Returning when ever !

  • Alan says:

    Is doing it I’d look at AA westbound and BA eastbound. T5 to T3 switch on the way out is a bit of a pain but the cabin is excellent. On the way back you only have EU261 protection on an EU carrier and given my part experience with AA and their rubbish handling of delays I’d go with BA!

    £200 supplement for single travellers is a bit rubbish however I’m working over the whole period between Christmas and New Year so will be giving this a miss anyway!

  • Mike says:

    Just had a quick look and it’s disappointing to say the least. Too restrictive, not enough US destinations included and too time restrictive – typical BA

  • Nick says:

    I found 5 nights in Madeira departing 28th Dec incl breakfast for £90 pp this week. Granted it was a 3 star plus out from Gatwick back via Lisbon to Heathrow but v cheap!

    • Jtz says:

      Hi,
      Is that still available, can’t find it at all
      Thanks

      • Nick says:

        Hi was yesterday rung my mate. He loves Madeira…hotel looked garbage but doesn’t matter book accommodation elsewhere. I must be the only one round here seeing these prices….see my latest post just booked CE package for Sofitel Brussels luxury room for £646 two adults one child between Xmas and new year. Minus my £100 Amex offer that runs out today thanks very much BA!

  • Nick says:

    Edit

    Warsaw and Prague now £87 each!

    • Polly says:

      Nick,
      When were those dates for Prague etc for we might look at April? Tnx

      • Genghis says:

        I saw some in Jan around that price leaving on a Thurs for two nights (Warsaw).

  • Julia says:

    Just had an email from Emirates about their Black Friday deals.

  • Yuff says:

    Im sure BA are very busy to the ME in June 🙂

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