Get an additional £100 off British Airways Holidays in the BA sale – TODAY only

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For just three days, of which today – Thursday 8th – is the last day, British Airways has knocked an additional £50 or £100 off British Airways Holidays prices in the BA January sale.

£50 extra discount on Flight & Hotel holidays to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £1000

£100 extra discount on Flight & Hotel holidays to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £2500

£100 extra discount on Fly Drive holiday bookings (14+ days) to the USA, Canada, South Africa & Australia

There are a couple of things worth remembering about BA Holidays:

It can occasionally be cheaper to book a holiday package rather than just flights. This is especially true with Fly Drive bookings. Nothing bad will happen to you if you don’t bother picking up your car, assuming you don’t need one.

British Airways Holidays bookings can be paid in instalments. For holidays under £999 (total for all passengers) you only need to pay a deposit of £150 in total. More expensive holidays only require a £300 deposit per booking. The balance is due 10 weeks before departure.

If you have a British Airways Premium Plus American Express, BA Holidays counts as British Airways spend and you receive 3 Avios per £1 spent

I am pretty sure – but I have never done this myself – that the balance can be paid off in small chunks using 3V cards from Tesco, generating 360 Avios (ie 150 Clubcard points) for every £50 of these gift cards you buy.

Details of these BA Holidays offers can be found here.

It is also worth noting that you can avoid the credit card fee by paying the deposit on a debit card (no fee on debit cards) and the final balance on a credit card.

How to earn Avios points from UK credit cards

How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (December 2021)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards. Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

British Airways BA Amex American Express card

British Airways American Express

5,000 Avios for signing up, no annual fee and an Economy 2-4-1 voucher for spending ….. Read our full review

British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

25,000 Avios and the UK’s most valuable credit card perk – the 2-4-1 companion voucher Read our full review

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points, such as:

American Express Preferred Rewards Gold

Your best beginner’s card – 20,000 points, FREE for a year & two airport lounge passes Read our full review

The Platinum Card from American Express

30,000 points and an unbeatable set of travel benefits – for a fee Read our full review

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:

Capital On Tap Business Rewards Visa

The most generous Avios Visa or Mastercard for a limited company Read our full review

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus: