Club World from £495 + 30,000 Avios – exceptional British Airways Black Friday deals

Links on Head for Points may pay us an affiliate commission. A list of partners is here.

My attempts to make Black Friday go away by putting my fingers in my ears and going ‘nah nah nah nah’ (a trick I picked up from my 4-year old) have failed as the articles today show. The good news is that British Airways is running a fantastic Club World deal over the Christmas period which makes it well worth pulling out your credit card.

Full details are on ba.com here – but they do not tell the whole story.

Last year BA offered Club World flights for £1,007 return over Christmas. This year the prices are higher and the range of destinations is narrower – you won’t be getting any deals to South Africa this year, for example.

However, there is one twist this year which makes the deals far better than in 2014. You can use ‘part pay with Avios’, at a hugely advantageous rate, to discount your ticket even further.

Here are the discounts available. Note that these savings only apply to departures from the UK.

£700 off for 30,000 Avios
£350 off for 15,000 Avios
£260 off for 11,250 Avios
£175 off for 7,500 Avios
£105 off for 4,500 Avios
£35 off for 1,500 Avios

Here are the destinations and prices for a Club World return flight in the Black Friday sale, assuming you redeem the maximum of 30,000 Avios. Add back £700 to get the headline ‘cash only’ price.

Toronto £597 + 30,000 Avios
Chicago £649
Vancouver £683
Calgary £683
Washington DC £689
New York £685
Boston £689
Miami £698
Las Vegas £1,120
San Francisco £1,149
Los Angeles £1,163
San Diego £1,189
Seattle £1,189
Dallas £1,189
Phoenix £1,189
Chennai £494
Delhi £495
Bangalore £495
Mumbai £495
Hyderabad £515
Dubai £573
Bahrain £695
Chengdu (China) £501
Hong Kong £800
Kuala Lumpur £895
Seoul £2,135
Sydney £2,197

You will definitely earn Avios and tier points for your flight even though you have used ‘part pay with Avios’.

Here are the travel rules:

Book by Monday 30th November
Travel outbound between 21st December and 3rd January
Travel inbound before 10th January

There are also some good deals available out of Dublin. I will take a look at these tomorrow, although the downside of the Dublin fares is that you cannot use ‘part pay with Avios’ to reduce them.

You can see full details of the British Airways Black Friday deals here.

PPS. There are also Black Friday deals on World Traveller and World Traveller Plus fares as well. You can use part-pay with Avios to reduce these even further with discounts of up to £200 available. This means, for example, a £400 return flight to Boston can be booked for as little as £200. Details here.

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:

British Airways Accelerating Business American Express

30,000 Avios sign-up bonus – plus annual bonuses of up to 30,000 Avios Read our full review

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.

(Want to earn more Avios? Click here to visit our home page for our latest articles on earning and spending your Avios points and click here to see how to earn more Avios this month from offers and promotions.)

Category

British Airways and Avios

This article is closed to new posts. Discussion continues in the HfP Forums.

James67 says:

27 Nov27 November 05:38

Just curious, does anybody know if we can part pay a fare with avios and then subsequently upgrade it using avios?
- Idrive says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 05:51
  
  Being ignorant about it i would say why not! 😉 make a booking and cxl within 24hrs if you want to try;-)
  Going to try on of the lounges in T4 now. Let’s see!
  - James67 says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 06:28
    
    Good point, will. do that if/when suitable dates become available. I’ll need to check the maths though, just remembered UuA is now very expensive.
- Ceri says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 08:05
  
  I’d be really interested in the answer to this too…I need to travel back after 10th January so the initial deal doesn’t work for me. But…could use avios to discount a Premium Economy ticket then upgrade to Club maybe…?
  - James67 says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 08:54
    
    Even if we can do it, it may no longer be a good deal because the UuA is now very expensive and the part pay with avios is not usually as good as in this promotion. It needs a few different factors to fall into place together. On the plus side we would get 100% of flown miles back and also tier bonuses.
- Kai says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 12:05
  
  You can. I just did (Club World -> First).
  - James67 says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 12:09
    
    Thanks Kai, unfortunately I cannot use it this time but hopefully in the future.
  - Polly says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 12:24
    
    V g to know Kai…we have a NYC one from the last promo for next summer, so might try the home leg..
- bigjc says:
  
  28 Nov28 November 12:01
  
  I just booked for Dubai in Club. When I tried to upgrade with Avios it give me a message that I’m already travelling in First so upgrade not possible.
  
  BA selling class is ‘I’ so maybe it’s a low grade booking?
  - Umberto says:
    
    30 Nov30 November 13:36
    
    Have same problem. It is telling me, already travelling first class :P.
  - Umberto says:
    
    30 Nov30 November 15:48
    
    This could be due to the fact that on the flight you booked there isn’t a first class option?!?
Simon Davis says:

27 Nov27 November 07:19

“Your attempts to make black Friday go away” … and then a heap of gumpf about black Friday. If you didn’t want to encourage this Americanism you could have just dropped the term from the rest of the mail?
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 07:45
  
  But then I wouldn’t be ranking on Google for Black Friday searches today 🙂
Pooja says:

27 Nov27 November 07:22

Fantastic deal ! Anyone knows what happens if I book now and need to change the date or sector , will I still benefit from the deal and only pay the penalty fee and price difference
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 07:44
  
  No, you pay the price applicable on the date you make the change – which will be a lot!
  - Pooja says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 09:37
    
    Thanks Rob.
    Just reading the T&C on BA’s website and it states
    offer finishes 23:59 GMT on 30 November, so why not plan ahead and book your next holiday now.
    Travel dates: All travel must be commenced and completed between 26 November 2015 and 31 October 2016
    http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/offers/terms-and-conditions/cash-and-avios-tcs-black-friday?clickpage=executive-club–spending-avios–part-payment–index&kmtag=c&ban=||BC|1|CTA1|||||CampID||||L2|||||||
chris says:

27 Nov27 November 07:31

For those with a visa Shanghai is coming up ~ £1394 (before using points for a discount)
Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

27 Nov27 November 07:52

Looks to me like the increased part-pay rate is valid for flights through to 31st Oct 16 and not all of the destinations listed above. Am I reading the T&Cs wrong?

http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/offers/terms-and-conditions/cash-and-avios-tcs-black-friday?clickpage=executive-club–spending-avios–part-payment–index&kmtag=c&ban=||BC|1|CTA1|||||CampID||||L2|||||||
- Mark says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 08:01
  
  That’s true, but I think you can only combine it with the discounted Club fares til early January
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 08:28
  
  It does seem to work on all destinations despite the list on that page!
davef says:

27 Nov27 November 07:57

Tons of stuff out there with longer dates. MAN-SFO via LHR is pricing £220+15k miles in WT up to the end of March at least (and earns 3055 avios back)
- davef says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 08:02
  
  Man-ord on AA may/june pricing at £371 +15k.
Pogonation says:

27 Nov27 November 08:45

Anyone managed to get it to work from any EU airports?
Simon says:

27 Nov27 November 10:24

I can only find KUL for £1196 in Club with the discount. Has anyone been able to find it for £895?
thanks!