British Airways Holidays launches new Luxury Holiday Sale

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• Ash says:

  2 Nov2 November 07:42

  No double tier points if you book a BA flight using BA holidays starting from a non U.K. airport. HfP needs to be stating this fact!

  • Rob says:

    2 Nov2 November 08:34

    As we don’t really have any readers outside the UK, I think not. US is now included.

    • NorthernLass says:

      2 Nov2 November 09:45

      The rules have been tweaked quite a bit recently, e.g. must be a UK resident, only one departure from the UK counts for double TPs. Have a good read of the Ts and Cs and take a screenshot before you book in case they change again!

      • Rob says:

        2 Nov2 November 09:51

        No, you can depart the US too. You see different T&C if you access the page from the US.

        • Ash says:

          2 Nov2 November 10:26

          I think the double tier points topic deserves a separate article by HfP. It is not as straightforward as it appears. The comments above demonstrate this. As an example I booked a BA marketed flight with a BA flight number starting and returning Dublin. BA Holidays stated it would be eligible for double tier points. It was not…. So clarification would help as headline statements made by HfP about double tier points when booking thru BA Holidays are not accurate in all cases.

        • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

          2 Nov2 November 11:19

          But the T&Cs have been tweaked and they now state

          1. A “Qualifying Booking” is a British Airways Holidays booking that meets all of the following criteria:

          a) The booking must be for a British Airways Holidays Flights + Hotel or Flights + Car or Flights + Hotel + Car package.

          b) The booking must be made by a UK resident.

        • Rob says:

          2 Nov2 November 12:01

          BA has no idea where you live. Whether they mean your BAEC account must be UK domiciled is a different question of course.

        • Hilda M says:

          2 Nov2 November 18:15

          US page states must be booked by US resident 🙁

    • czechoslovakia says:

      2 Nov2 November 18:25

      Feeling unloved now…

    • WorldTraveller says:

      3 Nov3 November 09:57

      You have plenty of readers in mainland Europe and UAE, FYI. You might not see as much traffic from Middle East specifically because people tend to use VPNs in those countries for whatsapp and other apps and could be selecting UK and US as their countries.

  • Skywalker says:

    2 Nov2 November 11:30

    @Ash

    “BA Holidays stated it would be eligible for double tier points. It was not….”

    The BAH double TP offer has never been eligible for holidays starting outside of the UK

    Irrespective of what any HfP article headlines or states, it is BA’s Ts and Cs that will win out and should always be checked/saved at the time of booking.

    In any case, you might want to check @Rob’s article of 2021:

    https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/08/28/british-airways-holidays-double-tier-points/

    Clearly states the catches of this offer, midway the article 😉

• ianM says:

  2 Nov2 November 08:13

  Query on the double tier points, I’m silver through a similar BA Holiday last year until Aug 24, should I do the double points trip for another Silver run before August – or wait until after August, I am guessing the latter, so I’ll go down to Bronze briefly then another 2 years of Silver?
  Thanks

  • Rich says:

    2 Nov2 November 08:16

    The latter, after your membership year ends (no need to wait until card and therefore benefits expire) – but I guess the main thing for most people is going on holiday when you want, to where you want!!

• Joshua Critchley says:

  2 Nov2 November 10:31

  High prices will keep the Tesco types away from premium cabins. Rather interesting I’d say!

  • Ali B says:

    2 Nov2 November 14:33

    Says the count of no account. One normally finds people who talk that way aren’t where they want to be in life and are feverishly Tring to keep up with the Jones’.

    Grow up!

• Richard says:

  2 Nov2 November 11:07

  Would I be able to do a double tier points holiday with a club flight from Edi to LHR and a 5 day car hire? Would let me fly down and work at/visit relatives and earn the 160 TPs? In other words can I take a holiday within the UK? 🤔

  • ianM says:

    2 Nov2 November 12:14

    If BA Holidays do that trip then why not. Have you searched already?

  • Richie says:

    2 Nov2 November 13:40

    You aren’t leaving the UK so it’s a no.

    • PhatGit says:

      2 Nov2 November 17:06

      Did a MAN to LHR and a night at the Sofitel last year as a separate booking before a reward flight and both SWMBO and I got double tier points. Could be a BA IT screw up of course as also got single tier points for the return leg after we were moved to a later flight!

    • NorthernLass says:

      2 Nov2 November 18:16

      I don’t think you have to actually leave the UK, just depart from here, which you would be doing on a domestic flight.

  • Budva says:

    2 Nov2 November 21:15

    Uk holidays are included

• Lesley says:

  2 Nov2 November 12:52

  I’m looking to book a business class holiday to Europe to get double tier points in order to retain silver status. I’m finding it incredibly frustrating trying to establish where BA fly to from Heathrow, coming from Edinburgh getting to Gatwick is a pain and would probably mean coming down the day before departure. Any pointers on how to search for H’row destinations only.

  • Stu_N says:

    2 Nov2 November 16:43

    I use Google Flights for initial search. You can set it to OneWorld only and Business and price up flight-only – you can set dates and leave destination blank or vice versa, and use the total journey time filter to exclude very long connections if you wish. It also flags change of airport very clearly.

    Connections at London City are also worth considering; while there is no lounge, the rest of the passenger experience is so much more pleasant.

    • Lesley says:

      8 Nov8 November 12:53

      Thanks Stu, very helpful I’ll give that a go.

• Kevin says:

  2 Nov2 November 13:34

  Two points.

  1. I’ve done several random dummy bookings just now and it also seems there is little or no increase in price when you connect from other parts of the UK into LHR for the transatlantic part of the trip to the US. This really is “free” Tier Points. You could drive or fly to NI, Scotland or the North of England if you are keen on gaining the extra 80 tier points.

  2. I expect to see other airlines following BA with these types of deals directed towards those on high incomes. Bookings for long haul economy flights from UK/Ireland/Europe are down quite a bit. It’s £288 return to fly from Dublin to New York next week! You even have a choice of carriers – Delta, Air France or American.

• Wollhouse says:

  2 Nov2 November 15:16

  for the car hire, it looks like you only need 5 nights hire within your booked dates, not the entire period. “the hotel/car element of the package must be for a minimum of five nights within the flight travel dates for travel before 31 December 2024.”

  but also, that they’re perhaps cracking down on not collecting the car?

  e) The hotel/car element of the package must be used i.e. hotel occupied and or car rental hired for the full booked duration.

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