Advice pls for wifes 40th – Mauritius & Sri Lanka on 241 & Avios

[General Kenobi]

Hi all. Im new to this so please help me out with your expert advice. I would like to take my wife and kids to Sri Lanka and Mauritius for her 40th in 2027/28. I would like to fly us all first class (x2 adults and x2 children). To do this i have started saving Avios via Amex BA Card and im on course to earn my first 241 voucher in October this year. I believe they are valid for two years and so i plan on having x2 241 vouchers available to me by the time i book (on track to earn my 2nd voucher in Sep 2026). We are planning on going about March/April 2028. Im looking for advice on if this is doable, will i be able to use both vouchers for my family, has anyone got any idea how many AVIOS/Cash i might need to pay too and how do i maximise my chances of booking the first class seats we are looking for. Any advice is well received, as well as any suggestions on the destinations too (are we going right time f year, any suggestions on where to stay etc). I was also thinking i might be able to use my AVIOS to book hotel too, is this possible (will have about 300,000 points by then).

[BBbetter]

The outbound flight date must be before the voucher expiry date. The voucher you earn in 2025 cannot be used for flight in 2028. If you must fly in March 2028, you need to book in March 2027 and trigger vouchers between April 2026 and March 2027.

While BA does fly to Mauritius, it doesn’t fly to Srilanka. You might have to book a short haul flight from other nearby airports that BA fly to, for example BLR, MAA, HYD etc. Many of these routes do not have first class and even if they do, a maximum of 2 first class seats will be released for Avios redemptions which will be taken up quickly as soon as they are released.

[Whatsthepoint]

Unfortunately, there are a few issues with your plan.
1. I’ve been to both. If BA does fly first class to Mauritius (I thought it didn’t) you’re highly unlikely to get 4 first class redemption seats.
2. According to flight connections, there are no direct flights from Mauritius to Sri Lanka
3. There are no direct flights back with BA from Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Airlines is an Avios partner but you can’t use 241. You could connect via a middle east hub e.g. Dubai or Doha

You could use BA to Mauritius in Club World, work out how to get from Mauritius to Sri Lanka, then connect via an Indian hub using BA from Mumbai or Bengaluru, but it sounds like a faff. The Maldives and Sri Lanka work better together but it’s another ‘unicorn’ route, like Mauritius, where you’ll need to get the seats as soon as they come out 355 days ahead.

[Garethgerry]

BA to mauritius is Gatwick old ying Yang business no first.

[LD27]

We were looking at flights to Mauritius recently and the only one world airline flying there is BA. The closest airports we could find with one world flights were Cape Town, Jo’burg and Nairobi (all have BA flights) plus a number of airports in India, Dubai and KL. I think it’s about 3.5 hours flying time from South Africa. We had looked at flights to Sri Lanka as well, but there were none.