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

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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.)

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Rick says:

27 Nov27 November 10:40

If this offer stacks with the 25,000 bonus Avios points for transatlantic crossings, then by my reckoning: a £1,400 Club World fare to Vancouver would cost: £1,400-£700 = £700, plus if BA gold, you’d receive 18,566 Avios points [worth £185?] net too. Effective cost £515 ish.

Avios calculation: 23,566+25,000-30,000 =18,566
- Amo says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 11:58
  
  Seems like that offer isn’t available to those of us in the UK?
- David says:
  
  8 Dec8 December 21:05
  
  Rick, are you Europe based in BAEC terms, or UK based BAEC account?
  
  Curious to know if you get the bonus.
Clive says:

27 Nov27 November 12:46

Ahh thats why I saw NYC for just over £100 yesterday
Adam says:

27 Nov27 November 15:32

A Huge Thank you Rob. Once again you have saved me a small fortune! I had to book a trip to Miami in Jan/Feb and the cheapest business tickets I could find were over £2,600 and with this promo managed to get it for £699 + the Avios.
H4P is the gift that just keeps on giving!
Jenny says:

27 Nov27 November 15:46

Quick question- I’m considering going to India in Jan- but plans may yet changer. The tickets are only about £200, plus the avios- would I get the avios and the tax back if I were to cancel?

If so, it’s not a bad deal!
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 16:10
  
  You wouldn’t get anything back, I am pretty sure.
  - Jenny says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 16:47
    
    Aaah, okay. Thanks for letting me know.
Richard says:

27 Nov27 November 17:22

Rob, Where did you get KUL for £895? I need to plan a trip there and I get it pricing up at £1195. Thanks, Richard
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 18:50
  
  KUL is BA’s £1595 less £700, which is what BA.com had as their base price last night on the BF web page.
Jon Connell says:

27 Nov27 November 19:02

Or, if you have to travel in school holidays, 700 quid off 3 grand, so still pretty awful for a poor business class service. Grumpy.
Tom says:

27 Nov27 November 19:40

I tried Vegas and before payment page it stated I could save “up to £200” only by part paying with Avios, am I doing something wrong?
- Rob says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 19:54
  
  WT and WTP is £200 max
  - Tom says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 20:04
    
    Was definitely a CW booking, and in fact I tried it again – same thing! Any ideas?
    - Tom says:
      
      27 Nov27 November 20:32
      
      So looks like it’s a BA app and Mobile Site issue, when I force my iPhone to go to the desktop site and make the same booking, I get the £700 for 30,000 – interesting. Shame I booked 4 non refundable CW rtn flights for this route only a couple of weeks ago!!
Liz says:

27 Nov27 November 20:45

OT does BA offer cash and points for Avis car hire. I know car hire is not a great redemption but I just worked out our car hire next year is going to be a crazy £670 for 15days because there is a $300 surcharge for picking up in one USA state and dropping off in another. I know Avios.com does this but their price is about £50 more than BA.
- Mark says:
  
  27 Nov27 November 22:24
  
  Surely you must be able to get a better deal than that by shopping around!?! Try the comparison sites on http://www.moneysavingexpert.com
  - Liz says:
    
    27 Nov27 November 23:30
    
    Still all round the same price – it’s the $ 300 surcharge for dropping off at a different state – our next 4 USA trips will all be long fly drives across different states. Any advice would be appreciated!
    - Lady London says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 02:39
      
      It depends on your direction of travel and time of year, but in the past month or so Hertz was practically giving you the car if you drove the vehicle one way from New York or near, to Florida. ‘From” and :”To” states to qualify for these deals were listed. They were pretty close to peanuts cost. So that they could position their cars for the holiday season, I imagine. I’ve heard it works in the spring in the other direction as well.
    - Ian says:
      
      28 Nov28 November 08:21
      
      I believe national do not charge.
      
      However I always use Hertz as much cheaper than Avis or anyone else.
      - Liz says:
        
        28 Nov28 November 16:55
        
        Hertz was coming out at £1100! Will have a look at National – thanks. We are starting in Chicago and finishing in Texas.
      - Liz says:
        
        28 Nov28 November 17:01
        
        Just tried National and they are charging $400 one way fee! It gets worse!!