Sale news: BA Holidays extra £100 off, Opodo extra £20 off, Monarch flights £29 or less
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News in brief:
Get an extra £100 off BA Holidays
The current British Airways Sale is still running until 31st January. Despite BA giving their sale the name ‘The Unforgettable Sale’, it looks rather underwhelming.
However for a limited time, you can save an extra £100 with your booking when you package a flight with a car or hotel.
Until 10th January you can get up to an extra £100 off when booking with BA Holidays for travel before 31st December 2017.
You save an additional:
Flight & Hotel:
£50 with a minimum spend of £1250
£100 with a minimum spend of £2500
Flight & Car:
£25 with a minimum spend of £600
£50 with a minimum spend of £1250
£100 with a minimum spend of £2500
Full details are on the sale home page here.
Opodo £20 off code launched
Booking site Opodo has launched a code for an extra £20 off flights departing from the UK.
Using the code ONEMIO20 during the booking process will knock off £20 of your round trip, if you reach the minimum spend of £500.
This voucher code is only available until 12th January. The special booking site is here.
Book Monarch flights for £29 or less
A few days ago Avios dropped Monarch as a redemption partner as you can read here.
If you were planning on using Monarch this year, your only option now is to pay cash. In their January sale, ‘flight only’ options to various destinations cost just £29 or less depending on the date.
Having had a look around, some of the prices do look attractive. For example I found a one-way flight from London Gatwick to Lisbon on 25th February costs £29 and a flight to Gran Canaria on 4th February for £38.
This offer ends 20th January. The Monarch home page is here.
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How to maximise your miles when paying for flights (February 2025)
Some UK credit cards offer special bonuses when used for buying flights. If you spend a lot on airline tickets, using one of these cards could sharply increase the credit card points you earn.
Booking flights on any airline?
American Express Preferred Rewards Gold earns double points (2 Membership Rewards points per £1) when used to buy flights directly from an airline website.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 20,000 Membership Rewards points. These would convert to 20,000 Avios or various other airline or hotel programmes. The standard earning rate is 1 point per £1.
You can apply here.

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Buying flights on British Airways?
The British Airways Premium Plus American Express card earns double Avios (3 Avios per £1) when used at ba.com.
The card comes with a sign-up bonus of 30,000 Avios. The standard earning rate is 1.5 Avios per £1.
You do not earn bonus Avios if you pay for BA flights on the free British Airways American Express card or either of the Barclaycard Avios Mastercards.
You can apply here.

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30,000 Avios and the famous annual 2-4-1 voucher Read our full review
Buying flights on Virgin Atlantic?
Both the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard and the annual fee Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard earn double Virgin Points when used at fly.virgin.com.
This means 1.5 Virgin Points per £1 on the free card and 3 Virgin Points per £1 on the paid card.
There is a sign-up bonus of 3,000 Virgin Points on the free card and 18,000 Virgin Points on the paid card.
You can apply for either of the cards here.

Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard
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Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard
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