Do I earn extra Avios if I book with BA Holidays?

Do you earn extra Avios if you book with BA Holidays?

BA Holidays are packaged by British Airways and normally include flights, car rental and sometimes hotel bookings.  In this article we’ll look at how many Avios you can earn if you book your trip with BA Holidays.

As well as earning Avios, British Airways Holidays can also save you money AND let you delay paying for your trip.

If you were planning on renting a car or booking a hotel for your holiday booking with BA Holidays can make a lot of sense.

Not only is it often cheaper to book both a flight and a hotel or car together rather than separately – since British Airways offers special air fares for ‘package’ prices – but you will also earn bonus Avios.

The BA Holidays home page says:

“As an Executive Club Member, you can collect 1 bonus Avios for every £1 you spend on flights and hotel and flights and car packages and hotels, cars and sightseeing when booked separately or added to a flight booking.”

There is another benefit too.  If you use a British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card to pay for your BA Holidays package, you will earn double Avios (3 per £1) from American Express.

And, of course, you will also earn Avios from your flights as usual.

This make BA Holidays a unique ‘triple dip’:

• 1 Avios per £1 given by BA Holidays

• 3 Avios per £1 given by American Express if you pay with a British Airways Premium Plus credit card

• standard Avios from your British Airways flight when you travel

Until 30th June 2025 it gets even better.  You will double tier points on your flights if you book a 5+ night ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package.  Your flights need to carry a BA flight number even if operated by another airline.  The double tier points will post within 14 days of your flight and will make it a lot to easier to gain or retain your British Airways Executive Club status.

Full details of the double tier points offer are here.

BA Holidays can ease your cash flow too

There is one other benefit of booking with BA Holidays.

You only need to pay a deposit now.  The balance is not due until 5-7 weeks before departure.

This essentially lets you turn a non-refundable flight into a ‘quite a lot refundable’ one!  If you change your mind about travelling, you simply do not make the final payment.  You WILL lose your deposit, of course, but this is a lot cheaper than losing your entire payment, which is what would happen if you had booked a ‘flight only’ trip with British Airways.

(This article is part of our ‘BA Q&A’ series which explains how British Airways Executive Club works.  You can see all of our ‘BA Q&A’ articles here. )

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (April 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.

SPECIAL OFFER: Until 12th May 2024, the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa card is offering a bonus of 30,000 points, convertible into 30,000 Avios. You must have a Limited Company to apply. Click here to learn more and click here to apply.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

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.

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