Here are the British Airways Black Friday to Cyber Monday deals – anything interesting?
Links on Head for Points may pay us an affiliate commission. A list of partners is here.
British Airways has released its Black Friday deals.
These went live today (28th) and run to Tuesday 3rd December.
It is a mixed bag and I’m not quite sure what to make of it. They don’t appear too desperate to fill premium seats.
Details are the ba.com Black Friday page here.
There are actually FOUR different offers.
Offer 1: Companion fares on Club Europe short-haul
British Airways is offering ‘companion deals’ on the following routes:
From Heathrow: Barcelona, Berlin, Billund, Bologna, Brussels, Basel, Budapest, Bucharest, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Hanover, Hamburg, Helsinki, Istanbul “and more”
From Gatwick: Turin, Porto, Verona, Geneva, Salzburg, Bilbao, Grenoble, Bergamo, Faro, Naples, Sevilla, Nice, Jersey, Edinburgh, Dubrovnik, Glasgow
When you book for two people, Club Europe will price at exactly £100 per person, return, above the Euro Traveller price.
Offer 2: Discounted World Traveller and World Traveller Plus tickets
There are ‘special fares’ on the following routes:
World Traveller: Abu Dhabi, Durban, Johannesburg, Seychelles, Las Vegas, Tokyo, Osaka,
Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, Grand Cayman, Cancun, Kingston
World Traveller Plus: Cancun, Lima, Orlando, Mauritius, Tampa
Here are headline prices supplied by BA:
- Abu Dhabi – £297 return
- Las Vegas – £399 return
- Kingston – £495 return
- Johannesburg – £499 return
- Grand Cayman – £649 return
Offer 3: Guaranteed ‘buy up’ deals to World Traveller Plus
On the following routes, World Traveller Plus is being offered for a fixed premium over World Traveller.
There could be some good deals here if you also manage to upgrade your World Traveller Plus seat to Club World using Avios. Remember that this requires Avios availability in Club World.
Remember that World Traveller Plus offers 90-100 tier points each way and a lot more Avios than World Traveller, so the ‘buy up’ is even better value than it looks. Rhys will be doing a World Traveller Plus review next week, although it will be after this deal has closed.
Routes where WTP is £199 above WT: Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Jeddah, Muscat, New Orleans, Osaka, Phoenix, Toronto, Washington
Routes where WTP is £249 above WT: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, New York, Austin, Pittsburgh, Tokyo
Routes where WTP is £299 above WT: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban
Offer 4: Discounted Club World tickets
Club World discounting is very restricted this year (no ‘2 for £2019’ offer) and will be limited to the following routes:
Durban, Johannesburg, Austin, Nashville, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
Here are headline prices supplied by BA:
- Johannesburg £2599
- Toronto £1595 (Club Suite on the A350 departure)
- Nashville £1595
- Austin £1595
Travel dates: Johannesburg: 13/01/20 – 31/03/20, Toronto, Nashville and Austin: 23/12/19 – 29/12/19.
I will update this article during the day if more deals come to light.
Full details are on BA’s Black Friday page here.
How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (January 2021)
As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!
There are two official British Airways American Express cards:

British Airways American Express
5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and a companion voucher for spending £20,000 Read our full review

British Airways American Express Premium Plus
25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review
You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold
Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express
30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee 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.
If you have a small business, we especially recommend Capital On Cap’s Visa card which comes with a generous bonus worth 10,500 Avios:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa
The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review
(Want to earn more Avios? Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)
Comments (75)