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British Airways has 10%-50% off Avios redemptions on flights to, from, or through London.
This sale requires ticketing by 11/21 and is valid for travel from 11/7/19-4/30/20.
Economy and Premium Economy tickets are 50% off, while business and first class tickets are 10% off.
Typically you want to avoid using Avios to fly BA as the fuel surcharges can be ridiculous, but those surcharges have been lowered in coach and with this deal there can be some worthwhile uses, especially if you only need a one-way ticket.
If you book a one-way flight to London with this sale you can also use miles with another airline to fly back from anywhere in Europe to US with lower taxes and no fuel surcharges. Note that London’s APD tax only applies for departures from London and not for connecting in London. It also doesn’t apply to kids 15 and under in economy.
You can currently earn up to 100K Avios with the British Airways Visa Signature® Card. You’ll earn 50K bonus British Airways Avios for opening and spending $3,000 in 3 months. You’ll earn another 50K bonus Avios for spending an additional $17,000 in 12 months.
British Airways Visa Signature® Cardholders get 3 rebates per year for taxes and fees on one-way or round-trip BA flights from the US. The rebate is capped at $200 in business or first class or $100 in economy or premium economy. The credit is per reservation, so you’ll want to book passengers on separate reservations to maximize the benefit. The rebate will be capped at $200 in business or first class or $100 in economy or premium economy.
Sample one-way redemptions (Fuel surcharges are typically less when booking one-way):
- JFK or Boston to London: 6.5K Avios+$93 Economy, 13K+$253 Premium Economy, 45K+$628 Business, 61.2K+$828 First.
- London to JFK or Boston: 6.5K Avios+$225 Kids Economy or $325 Adult Economy, 13K+$447 Premium Economy, 45K+$576 Business, 61.2K+$576 First.
- Los Angeles or Miami to London: 8,125 Avios+$93, 25K+$253 Premium Economy, 67.5K+$628 Business, 61.2K+$828 First.
- JFK to Tel Aviv via London: 11.5K Avios+$234, 23K+$284 Premium Economy, 73,125+$472 Business, 89,325+$659 First.
- Tel Aviv to JFK via London: 11.5K Avios+$207, 23K+$207 Premium Economy, 73,125+$260 Business, 89,325+$260 First.
- JFK to Amsterdam or Paris via London: 10.5K Avios+$107, 17K+$227 Premium Economy, 52,750+$642 Business, 68,950+$642 First.
- Amsterdam to JFK via London: 10.5K Avios+$208 Economy, 17K+$208 Premium Economy, 52,750+$333 Business, 68,950+$333First.
- Paris to JFK via London: 10.5K Avios+$213 Economy, 17K+$258 Premium Economy, 52,750+$334 Business, 68,950+$334 First.
- London to Tel Aviv: 5K Avios+$96 Kids Economy or $197 Adult Economy, 10K+$318 Premium Economy, 28,125+$336 Business, 38,250+$336 First.
- Tel Aviv to London: 5K Avios+$58, 10K+$58 Premium Economy, 28,125+$66 Business, 38,250+$66 First.
Want to earn Avios?
- You can transfer AMEX or Chase points to Avios at a 1:1 ratio or Marriott points to Avios at a 60K:25K ratio. Currently you can also get a 35% bonus for transfers from Marriott to Avios.
AMEX cards with transferable Membership Rewards points to Avios include:
Chase no annual fee cards with transferable points if you, a spouse, or an additional user have one of the premium cards above:
- Chase Freedom Card
- No annual fee, 15K points signup bonus, earn 5 points per dollar in rotating categories.
- Chase Freedom Unlimited® Card
- No annual fee, earn 3 points per dollar everywhere on up to $20K in spending during your first year, then earn 1.5 points per dollar everywhere.
- Chase Ink Business Unlimited Card
- No annual fee, 50K points signup bonus, earn 1.5 points per dollar everywhere.
- Chase Ink Business Cash Card
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- No annual fee, 50K points signup bonus, earn up to 5 points per dollar.
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Marriott cards with transferable points to Avios include:
- Chase Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Consumer Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Business® American Express® Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Brilliant™ American Express®Card
- Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card
- Here is a comparison of all Marriott cards.
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32 Comments On "Save 10%-50% On Select British Airways Avios Redemptions! Fly NYC-London For Just 6.5K Avios Or NYC-Tel Aviv For 13K Avios!"
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BA.com is showing me 16,250 and $258 taxes
Ah 10% to 50% off
Over $500 surcharges for ORD-TLV round trip.
That’s why I wrote to book one-ways.
Tried that too. About $70 less.
You could always be under 15
You sated “JFK to Tel Aviv via London: 11.5K Avios+$156”
well there is an old bug on the BA site making it display different tax amounts on the initial search result page, but once you continue on to the next page the tax amount raises, in this case of NYC-TLV it goes up to $234.1 unfortunately…
Indeed, fixed.
Anything from Mia?
Yes, read the post?
Or try any city for yourself on their site.
Lon-tlv 5k
Added, thanks.
all going through Amman on RJ… no thanks
Nope. This is all via London.
Some are via other European cities, I saw tix via Mad.
i only have a handful of avios in my account. can i transfer chase rewards points (I ave a sapphire reserve card) into Avios? If I transfer 50,000 points, would I get 75,000? does this make sense to do?
No, it transfers 1:1.
You can travel with cash or by booking with CSR points for $340 round trip jfk to London that’s less than just the taxes on round trip with points.
True, though that’s a light ticket. No bags, seat assignment, etc.
As I said, if you only need a one-way this is a great deal.
I picked some random dates (leaving 12 Jan, returning 23 Jan) and found that a standard economy seat is 23000 Avios plus $346. Booking with cash, it’s $413, including one checked bag. Certainly 23000 Avios are worth more than $67.
Considering this sale is 6.5K Avios each way, not sure what you’re searching for.
Either way, not every day will be a deal.
Sorry, I wasn’t clear. I searched for JFK-TLV. As you say, it’s 11.5K each way, or 23K RT.
Can I book to Israel and stop over in London for a day?
Yes.
Can you stop over for longer? 3-4 days?
Answering my own q, checking a few dates shows increase to fuel surcharges of $130.
“JFK or Boston to London: 6.5K Avios+$93 Economy”
Not seeing it. Best I’m seeing is 6.5K Avios+$280 or thereabouts.
I stand corrected! I was looking primarily at spring break.
Economy plus or premium economy is 50 % off?
Almost all NYC-LHR-TLV arrive at 3.55am 🙁
Hey dan, I booked a flight for my son to come back for a month for pesach and paid with Avios. Any chance they would refund the Avios I overpaid, now that they have this deal?