Fare alert: BA Amsterdam to Cape Town (Club World) for £1,113 return in Dec / Jan / Feb / March

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For some reason, Club World flights from Amsterdam to Cape Town are selling for €1275 (£1113) return on ba.com at the moment.

The ONLY dates I can find going out at this price during peak season are Thursday 6th December, Monday 10th December, Tuesday 11th December, Sunday 6th January, Thursday 10th January, Thursday 24th January, Thursday 21st February and Thursday 28th February. There is more in March – 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th etc.

Christmas Day outbound is available for an extra €300. This is the only cheap day over the festive period.

Coming back, there is a lot more flexibility.

You might be able to get the price down further by using BA Holidays, although this won’t be possible if your trip involves a Comair connection between Johannesburg and Cape Town. Find a cheap date where the flights work and then plug the same dates into the BA Holidays website here and see if adding a car or hotel brings the price down further.

Here is a screenshot showing €1,275 return in Business Class (click to enlarge):

Remember that you MUST fly to Amsterdam to pick up the first leg, otherwise your entire booking will be cancelled. Coming back, if you are on hand baggage you won’t – as a one-off offender – have any issues if you skip out at Heathrow. This won’t work if you have a checked case however.

If you don’t have a credit card with 0% foreign exchange fees, your best bet to maximise your miles when paying is with the British Airways American Express Premium Plus card. This earns double Avios (3 per £1) when you book at ba.com or via BA Holidays. You do not get double Avios if you book with the free British Airways American Express card.

Another option is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold which offers triple points – 3 per £1 – when you book flight tickets in a foreign currency, because it triggers both the ‘double points for airline spend’ and the ‘double points for foreign spend’ bonuses.

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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The Urbanite says:

7 Nov7 November 16:40

OT – I transferred some Clubcard points to BAEC today and got this email

We wanted to take the time to say “thank you” for turning your Tesco Clubcard points into Avios.

For every Clubcard point you collected on spending before 18 October 2018, we’re giving you a bonus 20% Avios, helping you get one step closer to your next holiday. Don’t forget you can use your Avios towards a part-payment of your next flight, or cabin upgrade.

Plus, for every £5.00 worth of points turned into Avios you’ll receive 2 entries into our prize draw to win an unforgettable holiday to Durban, including 2 return flights, airport transfers and a 7-night stay at a choice of 4* hotels. So, your next trip really could be closer than you think.
- LewisB says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 16:43
  
  I transferred £14.00 worth of CC vouchers a few days back to my BAEC, I had an email today about the prize entry, but I’ve not received one confirming the % bonus. Hmmm… My CC vouchers avios have been posted too, double hmmm…
- KevMc says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 17:03
  
  I have still not received my Xmas Saver vouchers as there was no record of my £360 top-up. I have sent them the CC receipt and they are now ‘investigating’
  
  …I think it may have happened because after topping up, I changed the account default back to ‘vouchers’. Has anyone else had a similar problem?
  - JD says:
    
    7 Nov7 November 17:48
    
    Yes. Mistake on our part. I did exactly the same. If you go on your points history you will find the payment. I’ve just had a letter through yesterday with a gift card. They’ve basically refunded the money. No bonus, no Christmas savers vouchers and if you read the t&cs it does tell you about this. Miffed!
    - EwanG says:
      
      7 Nov7 November 18:58
      
      Me too!
      Ah well, there’s always next year!
    - KevMc says:
      
      7 Nov7 November 20:05
      
      Ah, how annoying. I feel like a total idiot now! I guess I will know better for next year.
- Simon j says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 20:41
  
  I’ve received the same email but I can’t see small print for competition-permitted travel dates and which 4 hotels can the winner choose from. Also which class of travel are the flights? I assume Y and sadly I don’t think I could convince the other half to do South Africa in Y.
- Anna says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 22:00
  
  They really want people to go to Durban at the moment!
Lumma says:

7 Nov7 November 18:06

Is CPT 140 tier points each way? So bronze status gained in one trip? Assuming you fly the leg back to Amsterdam of course
- Matt says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 20:58
  
  160 TP each way
Aliks says:

7 Nov7 November 18:12

I’m looking on the screen at the moment –
EUR 1268.75 for flights AMS-LGW-CPT return out on 1st Dec, back on 17th Dec
Also worth noting that these flights will earn 25,878 Avios (for a silver member)

I didn’t realise BA flew LGW-CPT, but its tempting. . .
- Genghis says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 18:28
  
  On the 777 cattle truck. Give me a 744 anyday.
- ChrisC says:
  
  8 Nov8 November 03:19
  
  It doesn’t. You have to self transfer to LHR.
  
  The national express coach between LGW and LHR is efficient.
  - Genghis says:
    
    8 Nov8 November 06:10
    
    Started 2016
    https://headforpoints.com/2016/03/25/british-airways-cape-town-gatwick/
    - Zoggle says:
      
      8 Nov8 November 13:08
      
      It does as we did the trip in Feb this year. AMS-LHR-CPT then CPT – LGW- AMS £1178 each in club.
ED says:

7 Nov7 November 19:02

For those with checked bags might be worth considering coming into LHR and then flying out of LGW to return to AMS, would enable you to try out a different galleries lounge et al.
- ED says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 19:02
  
  Should of been etc
- Polly says:
  
  8 Nov8 November 09:53
  
  Or just hop home, not bother to go back to AMS at all. Handy, as there can be very heavy traffic on the M 25vcausing severe delays and missed flights…..
Marcw says:

7 Nov7 November 19:50

If anyone wants to sponsor me, I’m in!
The Original Nick says:

7 Nov7 November 19:55

I found last night AMS – BKK return with BA for most of March-April for around £1200 but forgot to post in bits.
Peter K says:

7 Nov7 November 20:08

It’d be another ticked off the continents visited list… ????
- Shoestring says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 20:21
  
  I’m not going to Africa.
  
  Morocco & Red Sea excepted!
  - Peter K says:
    
    7 Nov7 November 22:04
    
    I’ve heard Ethiopia is worth a visit ????
  - Shoestring says:
    
    7 Nov7 November 22:19
    
    Cultured place, safe these days! They’ll probably still kill you for $50 if you go to the wrong part of town so I’ll stick to the best continent in the world Europe and my SE Asia fave places & Aus/NZ
  - RollingEyes says:
    
    7 Nov7 November 23:16
    
    A whole bunch of stabbings in London the other day which were free. I wonder how safe Europe looks using your logic .
  - Louise says:
    
    8 Nov8 November 08:38
    
    Harry the offensive OAP bigot strikes again!!!!!! How many times have you changed your name now????? Woe betide you.
    
    Hear hear, @RollingEyes.
David says:

7 Nov7 November 22:33

Slightly OT – am I right in thinking that for BA cash bookings through the BA website there is a 24hr cooling off period with no charge for cancellations?

Thanks!
- ScienceTeacher says:
  
  7 Nov7 November 22:34
  
  Indeed. Do not cancel through the website or you might get stung with a fee. Phone up 🙂
  - Stuart says:
    
    7 Nov7 November 23:36
    
    I have cancelled flights online within the 24 hour cooling off period and been refunded by BA very promptly
    - Polly says:
      
      8 Nov8 November 09:53
      
      Plus 1