Lowest ever BA Club Europe fares? Sale flights now from £119 return (tier points from 91p)

British Airways has decided to make deeper fare cuts as its September sale comes towards its end.

The headline deal is in Euro Traveller, where BA is promoting fares for under £35 each way. Last week I actually saw a one-way flight from Gibraltar to Heathrow for £14 which may be some sort of record.

These additional Euro Traveller discounts are available until 22nd September for travel up to 31st March. Your ticket can be turned into a Future Travel Voucher if you later decide not to travel.

Our real focus, however, is Club Europe.

There are some genuinely crazy Club Europe fares currently available. These are worth 80 British Airways Executive Club tier points return – and in some cases 160 tier points return.

Given that the requirements for status are currently reduced by a quarter (Bronze requires 225 tier points, Silver requires 450 tier points, Gold requires 1,125 tier points) you could earn status for very little money indeed. You would also get a few short breaks in the New Year too.

How cheap are the new Club Europe deals?

These are the examples given in the BA media release:

• Dublin £119 return
• Krakow £129 return
• Luxembourg £129 return
• Prague £149 return
• Vienna £149 return
• Nice £169 return

Here is a longer list which I have drawn from BA’s Low Fare Finder tool. I got these prices by doubling the one-way fares shown, although this often underestimates the cost of a return by £10 or so as one leg is often cheaper than the other.

These are destinations available for under £200 return. Historically, finding a Club Europe fare for under £200 was exceedingly rare.

• Aberdeen £164
• Alicante £142
• Amsterdam £160
• Athens £196
• Barcelona £144
• Bari £186
• Basel £136
• Belfast £188
• Berlin £156
• Bilbao £146
• Billund £122
• Bologna £148
• Bordeaux £170
• Brussels £152
• Bucharest £172
• Budapest £162
• Cologne £196
• Copenhagen £158
• Corfu £176
• Dubrovnik £190
• Dusseldorf £156
• Edinburgh £176
• Faro £154
• Florence £200
• Frankfurt £176
• Geneva £146
• Genoa £156
• Gibraltar £138
• Glasgow £152
• Gothenburg £142
• Hamburg £140
• Hannover £158
• Ibiza £182
• Innsbruck £162
• Inverness £122
• Istanbul £182
• Jersey £170
• Lanzarote £184
• Larnaca £192
• Lisbon £166
• Lyon £160
• Madrid £152
• Malaga £144
• Malta £164
• Manchester £180
• Marseille £154
• Milan £162
• Munich £160
• Naples £144
• Newcastle £170
• Nice £142
• Olbia £176
• Oslo £160
• Palma £140
• Paphos £198
• Paris £180
• Pisa £132
• Porto £142
• Prague £144
• Pula £194
• Reykjavik £154
• Rome £166
• Rotterdam £198
• Salzburg £144
• Sardinia £186
• Seville £144
• Sofia £146
• Stockholm £158
• Stuttgart £150
• Tirana £166
• Toulouse £154
• Turin £144
• Valencia £130
• Venice £144
• Verona £142
• Warsaw £136
• Zagreb £142
• Zurich £146

Remember that actual fares may be £10 or so higher, because the ‘low fare finder’ only shows the cheapest fare in either direction. Some routes have higher fares in one direction than the other.

What about 160 tier point routes?

Here are the cheapest routes which earn 160 tier points:

• Algiers £242
• Bucharest £172
• Catania £228
• Funchal £208
• Gran Canaria £204
• Istanbul £182
• Kalamata £274
• Lanzarote £184
• Malta £164
• Marrakech £205
• Paphos £198
• Preveza Lefkada £246
• Reykjavik £154
• Sofia £146
• Tenerife £204
• Thessaloniki £222
• Tirana £176

This Head for Points article lists all Club Europe routes which earn 160 tier points for a return flight.  Some routes on that last are currently suspended, however.

Can you really get 160 tier points for £146 via Sofia?

Out Saturday, back Sunday in late March. 24 hours on the ground to see the city. £144 return in Club Europe, earning 160 tier points. That is 91p per tier point. You’d also earn 3,800 Avios return as a Blue member. Tempting ….

If you want to travel sooner, Istanbul looks VERY interesting. There is no quarantine requirement, in either direction, when visiting Turkey and you will pick up tier points for under £1.20 each. You do NOT need to show proof of a negative covid test.

Club Europe sale fares are bookable until 30th September (eight days later than the economy deals) for travel, in most cases, up to the end of March. Saturday night or minimum stay requirements will apply.

Booking the majority of these routes clearly means taking a gamble that any particular route will open up and not require quarantine. If you’re prepared to take the risk, however, there are some very cheap tier points to be had here.

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