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British Airways has launched a new luxury flight sale. It is also offering some good savings on BA Holidays packages which include a First or Business Class flight. Details are here.

There are some genuinely good deals here. We’ve started to track British Airways sale fares and these fares are generally lower than we’ve seen recently with some all-time low deals to be had too.

On some routes you can book as far in advance as 3rd October 2021.

British Airways luxury sale

All of the flight and holiday deals can be found on the British Airways website. We’ll explain later why booking via BA Holidays may be a better deal.

You must book before 3rd November. Travel dates vary by destination – visit the sale website and scroll down to the T&C’s at the bottom to see the full list.

British Airways luxury sale

What are the Club World business class flight deals?

There’s some very strongly discounted fares to be found to the US and particularly Canada. Whilst travel is clearly heavily restricted in the short term, many routes can be booked at these fares for well into 2021.

We recommend using the Low Fare Finder tool on ba.com to see which months these fares are available.

Flights in Club World to Seattle, for example, are more than £200 cheaper than any other sale in the past 18 months. Here’s our pick of the best deals:

  • Austin £1,391
  • Charleston £1,486
  • Denver £1,391
  • Los Angeles £1,593
  • New York £1,186
  • Orlando £1,473
  • Philadelphia £1,249
  • Phoenix £1,491
  • San Diego £1,491
  • San Francisco £1,489
  • San Jose £1,491
  • Seattle £1,382 (£200 cheaper than any previous sale in the past 18 months)
  • Tampa £1,566
  • Toronto £1,273

Latin America and the Caribbean have some extremely attractive fares, with all-time low deals compared to previous sales:

  • Buenos Aires £1,980
  • Cancun £1,490
  • Grand Cayman £1,591
  • Grenada £1,400
  • Kingston £1,196
  • Lima £1,595
  • Port of Spain £1,545
  • Providenciales £1,558
  • Punta Cana £1,195
  • Rio de Janeiro £1,780
  • San Jose (Costa Rica) £1,396
  • Sao Paulo £1,780
  • St Kitts £1,496
  • St Lucia £1,355
  • Tobago £1,499

There are also some attractive Middle East and Africa fares:

  • Cape Town £1,980 (almost £1,000 cheaper than in previous sales)
  • Dubai £1,480
  • Durban £1,987
  • Johannesburg £1,780
  • Mauritius £1,645
  • Muscat £1,591
  • Tel Aviv £991 (cheapest sale fare ever!)
British Airways First Class luxury sale

And in First Class ….

There’s a good selection of First Class routes to North America for under £2,000, which isn’t something you see too often:

  • Austin £1,794
  • Boston £1,789
  • Charleston £1,971
  • Chicago: £1,789
  • Miami £1,989
  • Nashville £1,889
  • New Orleans £1,894
  • New York £1,593
  • Philadelphia £1,794
  • San Francisco £1,889
  • Seattle £1,789
  • Toronto £1,693

And more. Outside of North America you’ll find:

  • Cape Town £2,780
  • Johannesburg £2,580
  • Kuala Lumpur £2,679
  • Mexico City £2,089
  • Mumbai £2,082
  • Santiago £3,280
  • Sao Paulo £2,984
  • Singapore £2,628
  • Seychelles £2,331
  • Tel Aviv £1,391

Get an even better deal with BA Holidays

There are also some good deals over at BA Holidays, assuming you are happy to package a hotel with your flight.

We’ve mentioned this before, but you can make substantial savings when you book a flight + hotel deal with BA Holidays. For example, in the Luxury Sale the Club World flight price to Dubai starts at £1,480 pp. However, if you book Club World flights and 3 nights in a hotel in Dubai via BA Holidays, packages start from £1,325pp.

Some headline Club World deals are:

  • St Lucia from £1,479 per person in June – seven nights at the 4* Marigot Beach Club & Dive Resort & Club World return flights
  • New York from £1,299 per person in May – four nights at the 4* DoubleTree by Hilton New York Times Square West & Club World return flights
  • Orlando from £1,699 per person in May – seven nights at the 4* DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando & Club World return flights
  • Mauritius from £1,899 per person in June and July – seven nights at the 4* Solana Beach Resort & Club World return flights
  • Antigua from £1,999 per person in May and June – seven night, at the 4.5* Royalton Antigua & Club World return flights
  • Barbados from £1,649 per person in June – seven nights at the 4* Radisson Aquatica Resort & Club World return flights

Remember that you don’t need to pay now when you book a BA Holidays package. You just pay a deposit and can settle the balance up to five weeks before departure.

You also earn an extra 1 Avios per £1 when you book BA Holidays packages. This is on top of the standard Avios you receive from the flight and the double Avios you would receive if you pay with a British Airways Premium Plus credit card.

The only downside is that flights booked as part of a BA Holidays package do not earn anything in the BA On Business SME loyalty scheme.

Remember you are covered by Book With Confidence

British Airways recently removed the booking deadline for its ‘Book With Confidence’ coverage. That means that all new bookings are covered until further notice.

The new policy waives the change fee for new bookings made from 3rd March for travel until 31st August 2021.  You will have to pay any difference in fare, however.

Alternatively, you can exchange the value of your ticket for a Future Travel Voucher valid until 30th April 2022.  Remember that, for bookings made purely with cash and with no Avios element, these vouchers now come as an eVoucher and can be used online without having to call British Airways.

You can read more about the Book With Confidence changes in our article here.

Conclusion

You can see full details of offers and fares in the Luxury Sale section of the BA website here. It is also worth using the Low Fare Finder tool on ba.com to track down destinations and fares and which months they’re available. The sale ends on 3rd November.

To maximise your miles when paying, your best bet is the British Airways American Express Premium Plus card which 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 double points – 2 per £1 – when you book flight tickets directly with an airline.

There are also some good short-haul deals in Club Europe. We will look at those in a separate article in a couple of days.


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:

Nectar American Express

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

American Express Platinum card Amex

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 card

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.)

Comments (73)

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  • Colin MacKinnon says:

    Edinburgh – LHR – Denver in the Easter holidays, just under £1500 in business with either BA (or United via New York or Lufthansa via FRA)

    In FIRST, just under £2,000 with BA.

    You can tell it’s tough out there!

    Still not so tough that I am cancelling my 50% avios fares to buy these.

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      Now see F at £1804 from GLA or EDI almost right through the year!

    • Anna says:

      Easter is now only 5 months away so things will REALLY need to speed up if travel to the US is to be a reality by then!

  • Tony says:

    I have just made a booking to Orlando (on BA Holidays), and then gone back to MMB. Is it just me, or their zero tier points on these bookings?

  • paul says:

    Giving money to BA for anything next year to anywhere is frankly a gamble. If you like to play black or red then greta go ahead but I predict rather a lot of moaning next year when vouchers are all that is available and fares have risen steeply

  • mr_jetlag says:

    I’ve got vouchers out my ears at the moment – tempting as these fares may be.

    • ChrisC says:

      Use your vouchers then!

      Reseach what flights you want then phone to use your vouchers as I think you can only use one online but more on the phone

    • John says:

      If you book something suitably expensive you can consolidate all your vouchers too

  • Derek Scott says:

    Has BAH gone back to balance due 5 weeks before departure? Over the Summer it was 3 weeks… I travel 3rd June and balance due by 13th May

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