BOOK NOW: more British Airways Caribbean flights for 2023 loaded and open for Avios

British Airways has just loaded a number of new flights to the Caribbean for next Spring and Summer, and Avios availability is wide open.

The new flights are from bith Heathrow and Gatwick and included the Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos.

BA launches new direct services to Trinidad and Tobago

British Airways has launched five new weekly services to the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

The good news is that three of these flights will be a direct service from Gatwick to Port of Spain, the capital, on the island of Trinidad. The remaining two services will be to Tobago, via St Lucia.

Gatwick to Port of Spain (POS)

There are three flights per week, on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. The outbound leaves Gatwick at 09:30, landing in Port of Spain at 13:40 The return leaves at 15:40 landing in Heathrow at 05:15 the following morning.

Here is the availability for two Club World seats as at 1pm on Wednesday, via seatspy.com. All four Club World seats are open on virtually every flight. Obviously seats are available in World Traveller Plus (2) and Economy (6) too.

Gatwick to Tobago (TAB)

If you’d rather to go Tobago you can do that too, via a new one-stop route via St Lucia.

Even though the route is a tag to the St Lucia flights, British Airways has opened up full Avios availability all the way through (London to St Lucia to Tobago).

Flights operate on Tuesdays and Fridays, departing Gatwick at 11:35 and arriving in Tobago at 17:10, following a 1 hour stopover in St Lucia.

On the return, flights depart Tobago at 19:10, stop in St Lucia for an hour and then continue to Gatwick, arriving at 10:25 the following morning.

Availability is equally wide open as for the Port of Spain flights. Club World is 150,000 Avios per person peak and 125,000 Avios per person, return, off peak. Taxes are around £750 in Business.

Gatwick flights feature the old Club World

Note that, as these flights are operating from Gatwick, they will come with the older yin-yang Club World seat and not Club Suite that is available from Heathrow.

BA increases Bahamas flights from Heathrow

In addition to the new routes to Trinidad and Tobago, British Airways has also increased its services to Nassau in the Bahamas.

The additional flights are on Wednesday and Sundays in April, May, increasing to four additional services per week in June with varying dates. Here is a screenshot from SeatSpy:

Flights depart at Heathrow at 10:15 and arrive in Nassau at 14:35. On the return, they depart Nassau at 21:50 and arrive at Heathrow 11:15 the following morning.

Club World is 150,000 Avios per person peak and 125,000 Avios per person, return, off peak. Taxes are around £750 in Business.

Note that these flights operate from Heathrow. By April, British Airways should have completed its roll-out of Club Suite across the 777 fleet.

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos extended into the summer

A few weeks ago, we wrote about the addition of new flights to Turks and Caicos over the Winter schedule.

It now looks like BA has extended this flight into the Summer. As before, the flight will operate from Heathrow as a tag-on to the flights to the Bahamas (Nassau), although the timings have shifted a bit.

There are two flights per week, on Thursday and Sunday. The outbound leaves Heathrow at 10:15, landing in Turks & Caicos at 16:00. The return leaves at 18.05, landing in Heathrow at 11.15. Here is the availability from SeatSpy:

Club World is 150,000 Avios per person peak and 125,000 Avios per person, return, off peak. Taxes are around £750 in Business.

All flights can be booked on the British Airways website here.

---

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.