BA Holidays Pay with Avios: 33% Boost Ends Tonight

British Airways Holidays is offering a 33% uplift on Pay with Avios when used as part payment on a package holiday - and the deadline is tonight at 23:59. The offer covers holidays departing between 5 January and 30 September 2027, giving you a solid window of travel dates to target. If you have a healthy Avios balance sitting idle, this is one of the better chances to squeeze more value out of it.

Normally, Avios used as part payment on a BA Holidays package are worth less than you might expect. BA's own example shows 57,000 Avios taking £228 off a package, which works out at roughly 0.4p per Avios. That figure varies by booking. During this promotion, British Airways Club members get 33% more value per Avios, which lifts the rate to roughly 0.53p.

One thing to note up front: this offer does not apply to Christmas or New Year travel. If you were hoping to use Avios to reduce the cost of a festive getaway, you will need to look elsewhere - the eligible travel window begins in January 2027.

Using BA's example as a rough guide, 57,000 Avios would normally take £228 off a package. With the 33% boost, the same 57,000 Avios would take roughly £303 off, which is around £75 extra for free. Scaled to other balances, using the same 0.4p baseline, the picture looks like this:

Before you book, it is worth comparing the cash saving with what the same Avios would buy on a flight. Our how many Avios for a flight tool gives you a quick benchmark.

The steps are straightforward. You need to be logged in to your British Airways Club account and book directly through the BA Holidays section of the British Airways website. When you reach the payment screen, you should see the option to use Avios as partial payment - this is where the boosted rate applies.

You do not need to pay entirely with Avios - the Pay with Avios feature works as a partial payment, reducing the cash amount you owe. That makes it accessible even if your balance doesn't cover the full cost of the holiday.

The headline figure of 33% more value is real, but there are some important constraints. First and most pressingly, this offer expires tonight - if you miss 23:59 on Tuesday 13 October, the standard value returns.

Second, the eligible travel window runs from 5 January to 30 September 2027 only. Any Christmas, New Year, or October half-term 2027 travel does not qualify. If those peak periods are what you had in mind, you will not be able to use this boost.

Third, this is specific to BA Holidays packages - not standalone Avios flight bookings, not hotels booked separately, and not Avios redemptions through the main BA flight search. You need to book a qualifying package through BA Holidays for the uplift to apply.

Finally, the Pay with Avios partial payment feature has a minimum and maximum Avios usage per booking. You may not be able to use your entire balance in one go, so check the payment page for the specific limits at the time of booking.

It is a limited-time promotion where British Airways Club members get 33% more value per Avios when using them as part payment on a BA Holidays package. BA's own example puts the standard value at roughly 0.4p per Avios, so the boost takes that to roughly 0.53p.

The offer expires tonight - Tuesday 13 October - at 23:59. After that, Avios revert to their standard value on BA Holidays bookings.

Holidays departing between 5 January 2027 and 30 September 2027 are eligible. Travel over Christmas, New Year, and beyond September 2027 does not qualify.

Yes. You must be logged in to a British Airways Club account to access the Pay with Avios feature on BA Holidays, and you need at least 1,000 Avios in your account.

If you have Avios to use and are open to a package holiday in the first nine months of 2027, this promotion is worth acting on today. The 33% boost is a useful lift on what Avios are normally worth on BA Holidays, particularly if award seat availability is frustrating for you. The catch is the tight deadline: you need to book before 23:59 tonight. Before you search, our how many Avios for a flight tool is a handy benchmark.

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