British Airways Holidays offering extra sale discounts if you book by 9th January

The article is sponsored by British Airways Holidays

The British Airways Holidays sale is on now and is running until 30th January. However there are additional sale discounts to be had on selected holidays if you book between now and 9th January.

If you had been thinking of making a booking – and remember that the double tier points offer is still running until the end of the year (see below) – this weekend may be the time to get it done.

The savings are:

• £300 extra discount with a minimum spend of £10,000 per booking (flight + hotel)
• £200 extra discount with a minimum spend of £5,000 per booking (flight + hotel)
• £100 extra discount with a minimum spend of £2,500 per booking (flight + hotel or flight + car)
• £50 extra discount with a minimum spend of £1,250 per booking (flight + hotel or flight + car)
• £25 extra discount with a minimum spend of £650 per booking (flight + car)

The sale includes both business and economy packages. You can find out more and book on the BA Holidays website here.

Remember that British Airways Holidays packages can often be cheaper than booking the flight alone, as you can see from the examples below.

Business Class holidays

Here are some examples of sale deals with Club World or Club Europe flights:

• Tokyo – seven nights at the 5* InterContinental Hotel Tokyo Bay from £3,579pp travelling on selected dates between 1st February and 29th February 2024 inclusive. Includes business class return flights travelling from London Heathrow and accommodation.

• New York – four nights at the 4* Kixby from £1,959pp travelling on selected dates between 1st July and 31st July 2024 inclusive. Includes business class return flights from London Gatwick and accommodation. (Discount rate applies when reserving the Lux King for 3 or more night’s stay).

• Sicily – seven nights at the 4* Mangia’s Seliunte Resort from £1,044pp travelling on selected dates between 1st September and 30th September 2024 inclusive. Includes business class return flights from London Heathrow and accommodation on an all inclusive basis.

• Cyprus – seven nights at the 5* Parklane, a Luxury Collection Resort Hotel & Spa from £1,114pp travelling on selected dates between 1st March and 31st March 2024 inclusive. Includes business class return flights from London Heathrow and accommodation with breakfast.

The above all include two checked bags at 32kg per person.

Economy holidays

There are some decent properties included in the Economy sale as well, such as:

• Malaga – seven nights at the 5* METT Hotel & Beach Bar Resort, Marbella from £884pp travelling on selected dates between 1st April and 30th April 2024 inclusive. Includes economy return flights and accommodation with breakfast.

• Rhodes – seven nights at the 5* Lindian Village – Curio Collection by Hilton from £604pp travelling on selected dates between 1st May and 31st May 2024 inclusive. Includes economy return flights and accommodation with breakfast.

Economy holidays include one checked bag per person at 23kg.

Both the Business and Economy holidays featured above must be booked by 9th January to secure the extra discounts.

You will receive DOUBLE British Airways Executive Club tier points

As we’ve written about before, one of the most attractive benefits for Executive Club members booking BA Holidays has been extended until the end of the year.

If you book a ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package for 5+ nights via British Airways Holidays, for travel completed by 31st December 2024, you will receive double tier points on your flights.

This is an exceptional opportunity to earn or retain British Airways Executive Club status. For example, take two Business Class 5+ night breaks in 2024 in cities earning 80 tier points each way (such as Malta or Athens), and you’d have 640 tier points. This gets you Silver status in Executive Club, getting you benefits such as lounge access and free seat selection when flying BA or a oneworld partner.

(Here’s the maths. Longer European routes earn 80 tier points each way in Club Europe business class – here’s a list compiled by HfP of cities which count. This means 160 tier points return, which is doubled to 320 tier points under this offer. Do two trips and you’d have 640 tier points. The qualifying level for Silver status is 600 tier points.)

There are two things to note about the double tier points offer:

• you must book flights which carry a British Airways flight number – codeshare flights are acceptable but only if your booking shows a BAXXXX flight number

• whilst your booking must contain at least five nights of hotel or car rental, your overall stay can be longer

Full details of the ‘double tier points’ offer can be found on the British Airways Holidays website here.

We ran this recent HfP article which covers the small print of the double tier points offer in detail, although the key points are the two listed above.

Why book with BA Holidays?

As well as making a saving on the cost of booking your flight and hotel separately (in some cases, a package may be less than a standalone flight!), there are some other important benefits when you book via BA Holidays:

• you only need to pay a deposit now with the balance not due until 5-7 weeks before travel – this is a real benefit compared to a ‘flight only’ booking where you need to pay upfront

• you earn 1 bonus Avios for every £1 spent at BA Holidays – for clarity, this is on top of the usual Avios earned from your flights

• you earn double Avios (3 per £1) on your payment to BA Holidays if you use a British Airways Premium Plus American Express credit card

• as we covered above, you can earn double tier points on your flights if you stay for 5+ nights

You can also use Avios now to pay or part-pay at BA Holidays – see our article here. You can part-pay with Avios alongside the extra savings available this weekend.

Remember that BA holiday sale deals must be booked by Tuesday to take advantage of the additional discounts.