Cheapest BA Club Europe fares ever – from £114 return, for 80 tier points

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British Airways has launched some incredibly low Club Europe fares out of London Gatwick.

In fact, these are the cheapest Club Europe fares I have ever seen. Back in October 2015 BA ran a flash sale offering seats at £150 return, but these deals beat that.

The lowest fare on offer is, admittedly, a niche one. Nuremberg in Germany is £114 return for travel in late December to early January. Here is a screen shot to prove it (click to enlarge):

More mainstream destinations are also very cheap. Barcelona is £140 return in Club Europe from London Gatwick, for example.

The maths is compelling:

You get 80 tier points for the flight, so at well under £2 per tier point this is worth considering for no other reason than it is a cheap way to earn or retain status. As I note below, Catania is £215 return for 160 tier points.

Even a British Airways Blue member would earn 2,150 Avios for a return flight to Barcelona, so that is at least £20 of value coming straight back

You will get access to the impressive new British Airways Galleries lounges at Gatwick which we reviewed here

You will get the other benefits of Club Europe – fast track security (which works well at Gatwick), priority boarding, empty middle seat, a free meal and all the champagne you can get through

The best way to look at the available routes is via the Low Fare Finder tool on ba.com. Click here, select ‘Europe’ and select ‘Business’.

This is what I see for travel between January and April for under £200 in Club Europe. Remember that a 2-night minimum stay or a Saturday night may be required:

Alicante from £180 return
Amsterdam from £180 return
Barcelona from £140 return
Bilbao from £198 return
Bordeaux from £136 return
Friedrichshafen from £150 return
Geneva from £156 return
Genoa from £146 return
Innsbruck from £188 return
Limoges from £144 return
Luxembourg from £158 return
Lyon from £170 return
Malaga from £180 return
Nice from £180 return
Nuremberg from £114 return (late Dec / early Jan only)
Pisa from £196 return
Porto from £190 return
Rome from £186 return
Salzburg from £180 return
Seville from £170 return
Turin from £160 return
Venice from £180 return
Verona from £170 return

If you are after tier points, you should take a look at Catania in Sicily. This is a 160 tier points route and is selling for as low as £215 return in May, June and July. My article listing all of the 160 tier point Club Europe routes is here.

You should also have a look at the BA Holidays website here and do a dummy booking with a hotel or car hire added. You might find it gets even cheaper.

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

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British Airways BA Premium Plus American Express Amex credit card

British Airways American Express Premium Plus

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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

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The Platinum Card from American Express

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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:

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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: