News: two lounges reopen to British Airways passengers, BA Holidays Green List sale

News in brief:

Two UK lounges reopen to British Airways passengers

On Thursday we published an article looking at which British Airways lounges are open, which are closed and which have been permanently shuttered and ripped out.

By coincidence, two of the lounges on the list have now started to re-admit British Airways passengers after the airline decided to pay up.

Effective immediately, you can enter the lounges at Jersey (which has some BA branding but is actually independent) and Belfast City (recently taken over by Aspire, pictured below) again. You need to be flying in British Airways Club Europe or have relevant British Airways or oneworld status.

Our review of the airport lounge in Jersey is here. Our coverage of the original opening of the British Airways lounge at Belfast City is here – but it is now merged with the Aspire lounge at Belfast City reviewed here and which is next door.

Enjoy the new Green List with a discount on a British Airways Holiday

British Airways Holidays has launched extra discounts to the countries added to the travel Green List this week – see here.

The offer applies to travel to Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Ibiza, Madeira, Malta, Mallorca, Menorca and Turks & Caicos.

You must book by 30th June and travel by 30th September.

You will save:

• £300 on a flight + hotel booking with a total cost of £10,000+
• £200 on a flight + hotel booking with a total cost of £5,000+
• £100 on a flight + hotel or flight + car booking with a total cost of £2,500+
• £50 on a flight + hotel or flight + car booking with a total cost of £1,000+
• £25 on a flight + car booking with a total cost of £500+

You can book and see the full terms on this page of the BA Holiday website.

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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.