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ENDS SUNDAY: Get 20% off ALL British Airways flights to May 2022 in an Olympic flash sale

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Timed to coincide with the opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, British Airways – Official Airline Partner of Team GB and Paralympics GB – has launched a flash sale.

You can save 20% off all flights booked between now and midnight on Sunday.

Full details of the sale are on this special page of ba.com.

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How does the sale work?

The sale is only available to British Airways Executive Club members.

What this means is you must log in to your BA account before you start to book, or the code will be rejected.

The discount is only available on trips which begin in the UK.

You need to use the following promotional codes when booking:

  • TeamGB1 for short haul flights – £100 spend needed
  • TeamGB2 for long haul flights – £300 spend needed

Obviously the codes only work when booking at ba.com or via a British Airways call centre.

There is a slight niggle in how the codes work looking at reports. If you have a child on your booking, and the child ticket is under £100 / £300 even though the adult tickets are not, you cannot use the code. This seems a bit weird to me – surely it would have made more sense to allow the discount on the adult tickets and just ignore the child tickets?

Is the discount off the base fare or the full fare?

Impressively, it is off the full fare. This means that you are getting a 20% discount on the taxes, fees and charges too.

Can I use ‘part pay with Avios’ as well?

No. The ability to reduce the cost of the flight with Avios disappears once you have input the discount code.

Are all flights and classes included?

You get the discount on all British Airways operated and marketed flights, including BA CityFlyer services from London City and Southampton.

It will not work on codeshare partners such as Loganair or flights on franchise partners such as Comair.

All travel classes are included except First Class.

Can you use a Future Travel Voucher?

Looking at the comments below, yes.

This means, of course, that you could refund an existing flight (the voucher usually appears immediately) and then rebook, assuming you save money.

What are the travel dates?

You must fly between 1st August 2021 and 25th May 2022. This seems surprisingly generous as it includes Christmas, February half-term for ski trips and Easter 2022.

Full details of the British Airways flash sale and the small print are on ba.com here.

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Comments (110)

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  • John Caribbean says:
    23 Jul23 July 12:29

    Assume no issues using this with FTV, so potentially can cancel and rebook?

    • Tim says:
      23 Jul23 July 13:08

      I don’t think voucher codes can be used alongside vouchers. Could be wrong.

    • Eric the Half a Bee says:
      23 Jul23 July 13:19

      No issues at all; I’ve just used the code + FTV.

      • Rich says:
        24 Jul24 July 09:05

        I’m assuming you had your refund issued as an e-voucher rather than a FTV? FTVs seem to only be accepted over the phone.

  • Jimmy says:
    23 Jul23 July 12:36

    Rob any word on whether its worth waiting to book reward flights over the next few days?

  • Stuart says:
    23 Jul23 July 12:44

    Was looking at flights this morning, £1600, now £2200 before discount…looks like the 20% off is an actual 10% rise!

  • E says:
    23 Jul23 July 12:47

    Just saved a bit over £50 by requesting the FTV and rebooking immediately. Thanks.

    • John Caribbean says:
      23 Jul23 July 12:48

      FTV issued straight away?

    • geoff says:
      23 Jul23 July 13:56

      Did you request FTV online or by phone?

    • ChrisC says:
      23 Jul23 July 14:56

      30 for me over 2 flights but I also changed dates so all good in my book

    • Angad Singh says:
      24 Jul24 July 12:22

      How long does it take for the ftv to come? Did u cancel your existing booking online or on the phone?

      • Magic Mike says:
        25 Jul25 July 22:02

        Cancelled online, FTV came through in less than 5 minutes, rebooked online.

        This is the second time I’ve done this and my flights are now 35% cheaper than originally. 🙂

  • John Caribbean says:
    23 Jul23 July 13:12

    One or more passengers will not benefit from TeamGB1 as their individual ticket price is less than the minimum spend of per person.

    Even though it worked on a dummy booking a few minutes ago, I’ve now got this. Total is over the£100 a person as well

    • John Caribbean says:
      23 Jul23 July 13:14

      Actually it’s not for a child…

      • John Caribbean says:
        23 Jul23 July 14:13

        Got it sorted, but there’s some quirk in the system. Customer Services were a great help

        • Sam says:
          23 Jul23 July 14:20

          Do I need to call? I’m looking at 2 adults, 1 youth, 1 child – the flight price is a mere £50 per person on a domestic – so obviously well over £100 minimum spend for the 4 of us, but i’m getting:

          ” “One or more passengers will not benefit from TeamGB1 as their individual ticket price is less than the minimum spend of per person.””

          As an error message?

          • John Caribbean says:
            23 Jul23 July 14:23

            It’s £100 a skull I think. I didn’t get it for the child (£90), just the adults (£120 each)

  • Leo says:
    23 Jul23 July 14:17

    What happens if you cancel a booking which was, itself, paid for using cash and 3 FTVs? Do you get a single FTV to use of the sale rebooking?

    • ChrisC says:
      23 Jul23 July 14:58

      I’ve always got a single FTV even if I used multiple ones to pay for it,

  • Kevin says:
    23 Jul23 July 14:21

    The code appears not to work for any payments made in currencies other than GBP, ie. non uk departures.

    • Rob says:
      23 Jul23 July 14:55

      The rules do say that …

      • Ls says:
        23 Jul23 July 15:12

        So it’s not ALL BA flights then is it.

        • Rob says:
          23 Jul23 July 15:35

          That’s like trying to argue that some BA flights have tickets selling for under £100 which are excluded, so it isn’t on all flights ….

          The flight you tried to book IS available with the discount, it’s just that you need to book it as a return leg and not an outbound leg.

  • Jamie says:
    23 Jul23 July 14:26

    Has anyone noticed that BA direct flights to Sydney are no longer bookable? It is always a connection even into 2022?

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