easyJet's 30th Birthday Sale: 30% Off Flights for 30 Hours Only

Good news for anyone with European travel plans on the horizon – easyJet is celebrating its 30th birthday with one of the biggest flight sales we've seen all year. For just 30 hours (ending 3pm today, 11 November 2025), the airline is offering up to 30% off more than 300,000 seats to and from the UK.

If you've been putting off booking that winter city break or spring getaway, this could be the perfect opportunity to lock in some seriously good prices.

The sale covers flights departing between 18 November 2025 and 18 March 2026, which means you can book travel over the Christmas period, New Year, February half-term, and into early spring. With over 620,000 seats available across easyJet's network (including more than 300,000 from UK airports), there's decent availability across their route map.

The sale covers destinations perfect for winter sun (Canary Islands, Malta, Madeira), ski trips (Geneva, Lyon), city breaks (Amsterdam, Barcelona), and everything in between.

If you prefer the convenience of a package holiday, easyJet holidays is running a concurrent promotion. Use code SAVE30 at checkout to save £30 per person on packages over £600. This offer is valid until 11pm on 20 November 2025, giving you a bit more time than the flight-only sale.

Some package examples include:

All packages include 23kg checked luggage per person and beach holiday transfers, plus easyJet holidays' Ultimate Flexibility guarantee covering booking changes, refunds, and a best price promise.

This is genuinely one of the better easyJet sales we've seen. The 30-hour window is tight, but the breadth of destinations and travel dates makes it worthwhile if you've been planning European travel anyway.

What I particularly like is the inclusion of winter sun destinations at these prices. Flights to the Canaries, Malta, and Madeira for under £25 one-way from regional airports is solid value, especially given the travel dates extend into spring when the weather starts improving.

For ski trips, the Geneva and Lyon routes are worth considering if you're flexible with your dates. These airports provide excellent access to major ski resorts, and at £23.99 from several UK airports, you're looking at good value compared to winter ski transfer costs.

One thing to watch: these are base fares, so factor in seat selection, luggage, and other extras when comparing total costs. easyJet's add-ons can quickly add up, but if you're travelling light with just cabin baggage, the base fares represent excellent value.

For those of us who typically focus on maximising points and miles, it's worth noting that easyJet flights don't earn Avios or tier points with British Airways. However, at these prices, paying cash often makes more sense than using points for short-haul European travel.

For example, a return to Barcelona would cost around 9,000 Avios off-peak on British Airways (see our BA Avios calculator), plus roughly £35 in taxes per person. With this sale, you're looking at potentially under £50 return with easyJet. The maths clearly favours cash here, leaving your Avios for longer-haul redemptions where they deliver far better value.

If you do want to compare award prices across airlines, our Award Travel Finder tool can help you search for the best redemption options.

Here are my tips for making the most of this promotion:

1. Be flexible with dates: The best prices are often on midweek departures. If your schedule allows, flying Tuesday-Thursday typically offers better availability and pricing.

2. Consider regional airports: Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Glasgow all have competitive fares in this sale. Sometimes flying from a regional airport can be more convenient than trekking to London.

3. Pack light: If you can manage with just cabin baggage, you'll save on checked luggage fees. easyJet's cabin bag allowance is one small bag (45x36x20cm) that fits under the seat, which is tight but doable for short trips.

4. Use your credit cards wisely: If you have an Avios-earning credit card like the Barclaycard Avios Plus, you'll earn 1.5 Avios per £1 on these bookings. On a £100 flight booking, that's 150 Avios earned whilst still getting the cash discount.

5. Book return flights carefully: The sale covers departures until 18 March 2026, so make sure your return date falls within this window if you're booking a return journey.

It's quite remarkable that easyJet launched exactly 30 years ago today (10 November 1995) with its first flight from London Luton to Glasgow. That inaugural flight carried 122 passengers who each paid £29 – remarkably, when adjusted for inflation, today's fares are actually cheaper in real terms.

The airline's original marketing slogan promised fares "for the price of a pair of jeans," and founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou's vision of making air travel accessible to everyone has genuinely transformed how we travel around Europe. From that single leased aircraft in 1995, easyJet now operates over 350 aircraft across 1,000+ routes, carrying more than 100 million passengers annually.

Love them or loathe them, budget airlines like easyJet have democratised air travel. They've made spontaneous weekends away possible, turned city breaks into a normal occurrence rather than a luxury, and genuinely opened up Europe for millions of travellers. Not bad for three decades of flying.

This sale ends at 3pm today (11 November 2025), so you'll need to act quickly if anything catches your eye. Whilst we normally focus on maximising points and miles here at Smart With Points, sometimes the best value is simply a good old-fashioned cash sale – and this is one of those times.

For winter sun seekers, ski enthusiasts, or anyone planning a spring city break, there are genuine deals to be found here. Just remember to factor in all the extras when calculating your total cost, and consider whether you really need that window seat or if you can survive without checked luggage.

If you do book, I'd love to hear where you're heading. Drop me a message on Instagram or reply to this email – I'm always curious to see where readers are jetting off to!

Safe travels,

Jack