Get extra discounts with BA Holidays sale bookings this weekend

BA Holidays is offering extra discounts this weekend if you book a ‘flight and hotel’ or ‘flight and car’ package in the current British Airways sale.

These packages can often be great value for money.  British Airways increasingly appears to be using these packages as a way of selling excess flight availability to the leisure market without having to cut the headline prices of the flights themselves.

Here are the restrictions for these additional discounts:

Booking dates: 29th June – 4th July 2017

Travel dates: 29th June to 30 June 2018

And here are the discounts:

Flight & Hotel packages:

£50 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £1,250

£100 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £2,500

Flight & Car packages:

£25 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £600

£50 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £1,250

£100 extra discount to any destination for bookings with a minimum spend of £2,500

Click here to check out the full details on the BA Holidays website.

The main British Airways sale continues until 11th July.

I wrote a long analysis on the best deals here so I won’t repeat myself.

In general the deals are not as good as we have seen in other recent sales, with only Kingston and Punta Cana – at under £1,200 – offering stand-out value.

For two people travelling, the current SWISS sale from London – bookable until 3rd July – offers some fantastic 2-4-1 deals as I discussed here and is well worth exploring.

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 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 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.)