Four special Avios offers for Executive Club members in the British Airways sale – worth it?

We published an article yesterday featuring our pick of the Club World deals in the new British Airways Winter sale, which is now live.

There are four Avios-based special offers running alongside the sale.  As always with such deals, you shouldn’t necessarily assume that they are good value.

Full details of these four offers can be found on the BA sale site here.

Here is my view:

Offer 1:  Get better value on certain routes using Avios part payment

What’s the deal?  Get improved redemption rates when you buy a cash ticket in the BA sale and use Avios to reduce the cost

What’s the catch?  It is only valid on San Diego, Boston, New York City, Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, Kuala Lumpur, Bahamas, and San Jose (Costa Rica) and only in World Traveller

Is it a good deal?  We are not big fans of ‘part pay with Avios’ because you are usually offered a rate well below our target Avios redemption value of 1p per point for large quantities.

A £350 test booking to New York brought up the following options:

£20 off for 1,600 Avios (1.25p per Avios)

£40 off for 4,400 Avios (0.91p per Avios)

£70 off for 9,300 Avios (0.75p per Avios)

The first one would be a no-brainer for me and I might be tempted by the 2nd option.  I doubt I’d accept 0.75p for 9,300 valuable Avios however.

This is a good deal if you are booking a qualifying flight (not very likely given the class and location criteria) and are offered the equivalent of 1p per point to ‘part pay with Avios’.  This will only be the case when using a very small number of points.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (October 2024)

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:

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

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.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital on Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

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

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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Platinum is increased to up to 80,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 80,000 Avios. You will receive 8 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 22nd October 2024, the bonus on American Express Business Gold is increased to up to 40,000 Membership Rewards points, worth 40,000 Avios. You will receive 4 points per £1 spent for the first three months, on up to £10,000 of spending. The card is FREE for your first year. Click here to read our full card review. Click here to apply.

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