Get extra discounts with BA Holidays sale bookings this weekend

BA Holidays is offering extra discounts this weekend if you book a ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package in the current British Airways sale.

These packages can often be great value for money.  British Airways increasingly appears to be using these packages as a way of selling excess flight availability to the leisure market without having to cut the headline prices of the flights themselves.

Here are the restrictions for these additional discounts:

Booking dates: 29th June – 4th July 2017

Travel dates: 29th June to 30 June 2018

And here are the discounts:

Flight & hotel packages

£50 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £1,250

£100 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £2,500

Flight & car packages

£25 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £600

£50 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £1,250

£100 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £2,500

Click here to check out the full details on the BA Holidays website.

The main British Airways sale continues until 11th July.

I wrote a long analysis on the best deals here so I won’t repeat myself.

In general the deals are not as good as we have seen in other recent sales, with only Kingston and Punta Cana – at under £1,200 – offering stand-out value.

For two people travelling, the current SWISS sale from London – bookable until 3rd July – offers some fantastic 2-4-1 deals as I discussed here and is well worth exploring.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (June 2025)

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:

Barclaycard Avios Plus Mastercard

Get 25,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £10,000 Read our full review

Barclaycard Avios Mastercard

Get 5,000 Avios for signing up and an upgrade voucher at £20,000 Read our full review

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

British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card

30,000 Avios and the famous annual Companion Voucher voucher Read our full review

British Airways American Express Credit Card

5,000 Avios for signing up and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending £15,000 Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Credit Card

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & four airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

50,000 bonus points and great travel benefits – for a large fee Read our full review

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn points worth 0.8 Avios per £1 on the FREE standard card and 1 Avios per £1 on the Pro card. Capital on Tap cards also have no FX fees.

Capital on Tap Visa

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Capital on Tap Pro Visa

10,500 points (=10,500 Avios) plus good benefits Read our full review

There is also a British Airways American Express card for small businesses:

British Airways American Express Accelerating Business Card

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

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.

The American Express Business Platinum Card

50,000 points when you sign-up and an annual £200 Amex Travel credit Read our full review

The American Express Business Gold Card

20,000 points sign-up bonus and FREE for a year Read our full review

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