BA offers deals and discounts on select flights throughout the year (Image: British Airways)
The best British Airways deals can slash the price of BA flights and package holidays – offering you huge savings on your next short trip, long-haul flight, winter getaway, or summer holiday.
Although their biggest deals only happen every so often, the airline and its package holiday arm BA holidays do spotlight great deals to certain destinations or from select airports throughout the year. And though their January sale has come to an end, there are still plenty of discounts and offers available.
That means savings on flights and holidays spanning both short- and long-haul routes, as well as package holidays and city breaks.
We’ve got all the details on the latest British Airways deals below, as well as some answers to commonly asked questions about the airline. Scroll down for everything you need to know, or click the links to jump to the relevant section.
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British Airways has some great deals on short-haul flights, with prices starting under £40 each way for select routes. In fact, right now you can get flights to Europe for as little as £26 each way on selected routes. Express.co.uk has independently searched some of the best deals on flights to Europe right now, and selected just a few of our favourite offers:
British Airways has flights on offer to over 100 destinations across the UK and Europe. You can visit the British Airways website to see all of the latest deals.
All deals are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to change.
British Airways offers long-haul routes around the world to destinations across Latin America, the Caribbean, South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Far East and Australia. Right now, the only sale British Airways is running is its business class sale – but even if you don’t want to fly in business class, the airline still has plenty of flights on offer, to destinations including US, the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Customers can snap up some long-haul routes for less than £400, but as is often the case, the best deals and cheapest prices do tend to go first.
Standard fares include a generous 23kg checked baggage allowance on top of your hand baggage allowance, plus you can choose your seat for free from 24 hours before departure. Passengers on long-haul routes also receive food, beverages and snacks.
Express.co.uk has independently searched the sale to find some of the best offers on long-haul flights, and rounded up a few of our favourites:
All prices are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to availability.
British Airways has kicked off its business class sale with amazing savings of up to £500 off seats in Club World and return flights in Club Europe from £254 to select destinations. The offer also extends to holidays booked through British Airways’ package holiday arm – British Airways holidays.
However, as is often the case with British Airways deals, it won’t be around for long with just two weeks to snap up a saving. The offer is running from now until March 19, 2024.
You can find our full guide to the latest sale, with long-haul, short-haul and package holiday deals on offer here.
British Airways Club World seats offer space to dine, sleep, work and relax (Image: British Airways)
Some of our favourite deals from the sale include:
Whether you’re looking for a winter holiday to start the year or are setting your sights on the summer months next year, British Airways Holidays has plenty of destinations on offer.
British Airways Holidays is offering seven-night holiday packages to European Beach destinations including Dalaman in Turkey from £299 and Paphos in Cyprus from £300, which is equivalent to roughly £42 per day including return flights, accommodation and, in some cases, breakfast.
There are also package holidays to the US and the Caribbean under £600, and city breaks for less than £180.
But as is often the case, the best deals and cheapest prices do tend to go first.
All prices are accurate at the time of writing but are subject to availability.
BA has flight and holiday deals to global destinations including St Lucia (Image: Getty Images)
British Airways package holidays allow customers to choose between flight and hotel or flight and car, however, transfers and car hire can be added on to flight and hotel deals for an extra cost. Passengers are also permitted a luggage allowance of one 23kg hold bag per person.
Holidays can be secured with a deposit of as little as £60 with the option to pay the balance in instalments. In most cases, the deposit amount is not refundable if you decide to cancel your booking. However, some exceptions apply if you have chosen a fully flexible airfare as part of your package.
British Airways holidays are ATOL protected and covered by the airline’s ‘Customer Promise’. This includes a dedicated 24-hour holiday helpline for any issues while you’re away, a guaranteed refund if British Airways has to cancel and the option to cancel for a refund if your holiday is impacted by a major travel restriction before departure.
British Airways offers seasonal deals to customers throughout the year (Image: Getty Images)
British Airways Executive Club members have been able to spend Avios points on flights for some time, but as of February, the airline has allowed the option to pay for holiday packages using the member point system too.
Holidaymakers can now choose a flight and hotel package, with the option to add on a rental car, with British Airways Holidays and use their points towards the total price of a holiday when booking.
Avios points can be earned by using the British Airways American Express Credit Card, travelling with Uber, converting Nectar points and shopping on the British Airways Avios eStore.
The member perk can be accessed at check-out, where customers will be given nine different Avios payment options at the check out to decide how many points and how much cash they want to spend.
In some cases, this could be as little as £1.
There are also a range of Avios offers in place for customers to reduce the price of their ticket even further as part of British Airways’ big annual sale. Executive Club Members can book trips to Orlando or New York starting from 123,300 per person, with no cash addition, or a seven nights B&B stay in Tenerife from 79,500 Avios per person.
BA operates hundreds of both short and long haul routes (Image: British Airways)
Regardless of what ticket type you have purchased, all customers are permitted to carry one piece of hand luggage as well as a small personal item onboard. You can see our full guide to British Airways’ luggage allowance (and tips and tricks to help make the most of it) here.
However, any hand or hold luggage which exceeds the limit will be checked into the hold. This item can be added to a checked luggage allowance for passengers who have a hold bag included in their ticket type.
Passengers who do not have checked luggage included in their ticket, or those whose hand luggage item goes above the checked luggage weight allowance, may face additional charges.
For passengers travelling on long-haul routes, hold luggage is typically included in the ticket. However, there is an exception to this for passengers travelling on a hand luggage-only booking. Hand luggage-only bookings can be purchased for both long and short-haul routes.
The weight and size allowance for hold luggage also varies depending on the ticket and cabin type.
Below we have listed the British Airways checked baggage allowance per ticket type. This applies to all flights except those travelling to and from Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and connecting journeys between India and USA, Bermuda or Canada.
To find out exactly what luggage allowance your flight permits, visit the British Airways baggage information page.
British Airways has two main flight hubs in the UK offering domestic and global flights. The airline is based at London Heathrow Airport and operates from its home terminal T5, as well as Terminal 3.
From Gatwick Airport, the airline departs from the South Terminal. British Airways also offers flights to the UK and Europe, as well as its Business Class only service to New York, from London City Airport.
However, the airline does operate domestic flights to and from its main hubs across a number of UK airports, including:
