New BA Holidays Club World & Club Europe sale, and ‘flight only’ deals too

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British Airways Holidays has launched another Club World and Club Europe ‘flight and hotel’ promotion. This seems to be becoming the new way for BA to quietly slip excess flight capacity onto the market whilst keeping the actual price of the flights opaque.

Travel dates vary more widely this time. You need to book by 21st March.

Click here to take a look at some of the deals available with Club World and Club Europe flights.

These are the ‘lead in’ flight and hotel offers based on Club World flights:

Toronto – three nights at the 4* Chelsea Hotel Toronto, from £1,299 per person, travelling between 18th to 27th December
Tampa – seven nights at the 4* Holiday Inn & Suites Harbourside, from £1,599 per person, travelling between 1st May and 30th June
Punta Cana – seven nights at the 4* Occidental Grand Punta Cana Resort (all inclusive), from £1,499 per person, travelling between 1st May and 22nd June 22
Barbados – seven nights at the 4* Sugar Cane Club Hotel & Spa, from £1,899 per person, travelling between 1st September and 30th September
Mauritius – seven nights at the 4* Preskill Beach Resort, from £2,359 per person, travelling between 1st and 30th June
Dubai – three nights at the 4* Doubletree by Hilton Ras Al Khaimah, from £1,479 per person, travelling between 1st June and 21st June

Interestingly, this time there are Club Europe deals as well:

Seville – three nights at the 4* Precise Resort El Rompido Club, from £259 per person, travelling 1st to 30th September
Barcelona – three nights at the 4* Atenea Valles, from £289 per person, travelling 1st to 31st May
Malaga – seven nights at the 4* Princesa Solar, from £359 per person, travelling 1st to 31st May
Mallorca – seven nights at the 4* Globales America, from £569 per person, travelling between 1st and 31st October
Edinburgh – two nights at the 4* Holiday Inn Edinburgh, from £239 per person, travelling between 1st and 31st May

These prices are based on two people sharing.

As usual with BA Holiday you don’t have to pay in full when booking. Apart from a small deposit, you only need to pay the balance five weeks before departure.

Remember that you also earn a bonus 2 Avios per £1 for booking with BA Holidays on top of the Avios you will earn from the flights and from your credit card.

(One minor downside is that BA Holidays packages do not earn On Business points in BA’s small business loyalty scheme for the flights.)

The BA Holidays Club World and Club Europe promo page is here.

And flight only deals too ….

British Airways is also running some flight-only deals.

The best way to see what is available and when it is for is via the Low Fare Finder tool. This is a clever bit of the BA website which lets you see at a glance which months offer the cheapest tickets to any particular destination.

In truth, none of these deals are worth dropping everything for and heading out to the airport. Some of the Club Europe offers are attractive if you are in need of tier points, however.

These are the headline fares BA is promoting:

First Class

USA – New York from £2395, Boston from £2195, Philadelphia from £2395, Miami from £2495, Washington from £2495, San Fran from £2895 return
Canada – Toronto from £2194 and Vancouver from £2895 return
Middle East – Dubai from £2107, Muscat from £1772, Tehran from £2282

Club World

USA – New York from £1795, Chicago from £1895, Philadelphia from £1795, Miami from £1795, Las Vegas from £2495, San Fran from £2295 and Los Angeles from £2595
Canada – Toronto from £1594, Calgary from £1795 and Vancouver from £1895 return
Caribbean – Antigua from £1679, Bermuda from £1795, Barbados from £1679, Dominican Republic from £1295, St Lucia from £1679 and Tobago from £1679
Middle East – Dubai from £1495, Muscat from £1295 and Abu Dhabi from £1295
India – Mumbai from £1895, Hyderabad from £1767 and Chennai from £1795 return
China – Beijing from £1751 and Shanghai from £2295 return
Cape Town from £2995 return
Bangkok from £1759 return
Kuala Lumpur from £2045 return
Singapore from £2260 return

There are also a lot of Club Europe flight deals available. Some are well under £200. Looking at the BA Low Fare Finder I saw:

Bergen from £82 each way
Billund from £89 each way (Legoland!)
Brussels from £109 each way
Dublin from £116 each way
Granada from £110 each way
Inverness ~~from £66 each way~~ (deleted – ba.com displays this but it is a bug)
Luxembourg from £86 each way
Nantes from £99 each way
Paris from £99 each way
Rotterdam from £98 each way

…..and many more.

According to the BA press release I was sent “Bookings must be made between May 15 and June 3, 2014.” I guess that this isn’t true or we’ve all missed the boat.

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Fox99 says:

10 Mar10 March 18:05

O/T Have BA declared the amount of tier points that will be give for a UK domestic CE flight yet. I have booked one as part of a series of flights, it looks as though I am only getting 20. I was expecting 40 to be on a parr with flights into europe, that why I booked it. Currently on hold to BA to try and get an answer, 42 minutes I have been on, no answer yet. This might be quicker
Fox99 says:

10 Mar10 March 18:09

Further to above, as I sent it, I finally got an answer (50 minutes from asking on the dedicated help line!). It would appear a domestic CE flight will only attract 20 tier points, the same as fully flexible economy. Wish the information from BA was clear on that before I booked, I wouldn’t have bothered.
- N. Ford says:
  
  10 Mar10 March 18:52
  
  If it’s merely TPs you want to acquire and don’t care where you go, Tallinn is by far & away the best option (if you didn’t know already). 200 TPs for a total spend of less than £300! (this is either side of BA’s direct flights in May-September). I went three times in Jan to get my Silver card and have already booked five trips (just little night-stops, Oct -Feb inclusive) to help retain my soon-to-be Gold status. A beautiful old town, well worth seeing multiple times, even if the main aim is TPs!
  - Fox99 says:
    
    10 Mar10 March 19:52
    
    It wasn’t a specific run just to gain TPs, its a flight i have to take, just thought I would try and get a little boost in support of preserving my silver next year. I do a fair bit of UK domestic, its a long drag to getting status from it. I had heard of the Tallinn run, however, when I looked at it, I could only get direct BA flights. Your message re the summer direct flights explains why. I might look into it again. I would like to get my wife into Silver for next year. Is Tallinn interesting? good food?
    - N. Ford says:
      
      10 Mar10 March 20:08
      
      Very interesting and rather beautiful. The Old Town, that is. I got rather fond it during my three visits on consecutive weekends, so it’ll be absolutely no hardship going back later in the year. Gorgeous atmosphere, amazing history and beautiful narrow cobbled streets, full of cosy restaurants, cafes and bars to suit all tastes. That experience, coupled with a near three-hour flight in Business on Finnair, on their amazing A350s (if you pick the right flights), then a half-hour shuttle south on a turboprop – reserve a seat at the back, which is where you board – and a single night in a sub-fifty quid hotel in or very close to the Old Town, equals a very enjoyable and cheap way to earn 200 TPs. Pay no more than £116 each way in Business and go for the shortest connection between flights. See you there!
    - Alan says:
      
      10 Mar10 March 20:50
      
      It’s lovely, definitely recommend. Went to seaplane museum and bastion tunnels today. A350 is fantastic, if you’ve got BA Gold then definitely go for the Cathay Pacific First Lounge on the way out! Hilton Tallinn Park treats Diamonds very well too, nice Exec Lounge. Standard of English is excellent, all very walkable although taxis & Uber cheap too.
  - Alan says:
    
    10 Mar10 March 20:47
    
    I’m in Tallinn just now, Old Town looking lovely this evening! Off on ferry to Helsinki tomorrow then flying back from there.
    - Anon says:
      
      11 Mar11 March 06:09
      
      Alan did you route via EDI?
      - Alan says:
        
        11 Mar11 March 06:58
        
        EDI-LHR-HRL-TLL 🙂 EDI-HEL direct is an option some days, but (a) not sure it is within the fare and (b) I wanted the A350 🙂 Sadly domestic connection through price way out so had to do RFS for that bit – it should be possible though.
- joelyp says:
  
  11 Mar11 March 09:40
  
  BA seem to be confused! I was told (after 15 minutes’ wait on the BAEC gold line) that it would be 40 TP for domestic CE each way. It had better be – I have booked five NCL-LHR returns on the basis of that, instead of taking the train!
  - Fox99 says:
    
    11 Mar11 March 10:32
    
    Well I spent 50 minutes on the BAEC help line trying to get an answer. In the end, having been given a range of clearly incorrect answers, he insisted at first I would get 60 per segment! I was told it will be twenty. My Manage my Booking is also saying 20. The BA website does not explicitly say, however, it does indicate that the tier points awarded will be the same as old UK business, which I believe was 20. What does your manage my booking say?
    - joelyp says:
      
      11 Mar11 March 15:42
      
      My manage my booking says 20 but BAEC told me that was because their systems had not yet been updated. Yes, Business UK is 20 points. They were very clear it would be 40 per segment!
      - Fox99 says:
        
        11 Mar11 March 18:07
        
        Well I hope your contact with BAEC was correct. To be honest, I have little faith in the person I spoke to, he did not seem to have a clue about it. I re-read the BA page re the new service, it’s written in a manner that leaves it open as to how many tier points you will get. It’s appalling that BA have not properly sorted this prior to accepting bookings. If you hear anymore, please do post it.
      - Joelyp says:
        
        13 Mar13 March 16:23
        
        Rang BAEC again, as did not want to keep my five domestic new CE bookings if not 40 TP per sector. Very helpful (!) staff member went off to check and confirmed all new CE domestic bookings would incur 40 TP. She admitted it was unclear what existing bookings which have been transferred to CE domestic would accrue in terms of TP. She also said she would report the lack of an update on the BA systems, for what that’s worth.
Darren says:

10 Mar10 March 19:32

O/T bit of a daft question but, when was the last Amex MR to Avios bonus and is there likely to be another soon.

I’m sure it’s one of those who knows questions, sorry.
- Rob says:
  
  10 Mar10 March 19:57
  
  3 years? They were every 6 months. There has not been ANY Amex to anyone bonus for, what, 3 years? I’m not counting the Etihad ones as they are promoted by Etihad and Amex doesn’t tell cardholders about them.
  - Yuff says:
    
    10 Mar10 March 21:57
    
    Not been an Etihad one for about 18 months for uk card holders 🙁
  - Darren says:
    
    11 Mar11 March 10:08
    
    Oh well, I won’t hold my breath then.
    
    SWMBO would regularly complete the transfer until I mentioned the possibility of a bonus and now holds out for the golden ticket. How to let her down gently?
  - Darren says:
    
    11 Mar11 March 10:09
    
    Oh well, I won’t hold my breath then.
    
    SWMBO would regularly complete the transfer until I mentioned the possibility of a bonus and now holds out for the golden ticket. How to let her down gently?
    
    Thanks
Fenny says:

10 Mar10 March 21:46

Barcelona in May is looking like a good idea. I was looking for options late May/early June and this may just fit the bill, ta.
Adam says:

12 Mar12 March 08:14

Is it just me but these BA long haul flight deals are the complete opposite of a desl. £1700 to Miami. I’d sooner pay £1200 from Dublin and get a cheap economy ticket there are back. I was getting prices of £1800 return from flight scanner via BA anyway.

Assuming they are going to have some very empty club world cabins if they don’t release so real promotions.