BA has launched a seat sale today which is offering up to £300 off a premium class ticket when using Avios as part payment. Using Avios in this was can be good value, as you earn more Avios (and Tier Points) as if you had paid for the ticket fully in cash.

The promotional rates are:

There do some to be a few reasonable deals in the offering, although they won’t attract many Tier Points, unless you can construct a decent number of connections. This is hard with BA and there are reports that recently BA are refusing to book flights with American Airlines flight numbers and insisting you book with the BA flight number. This cuts the number of Tier Points by 30%. Alternatively, you can use Google flights to create an interesting Tier Point routing but you won’t be able to part-pay using Avios in most cases.

The sale is on from 16 June – 12 July 2016. USA tickets are valid for travel outbound until 31 August 2016.

US Flights

The validity periods vary by destination and class of service:

Travel in Club Europe from London Heathrow to Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin (Berlin Tegel), Biarritz, Billund, Bologna, Brussels, Budapest, Paris (Charles de Gaulle and Orly), Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Rome (Rome-Fiumicino), Gibraltar, Gothenburg, Hanover, Hamburg, Istanbul, Kiev, St Petersburg, Milan (Milan-Linate and Milan-Malpensa), Luxembourg, Madrid, Munich, Pisa, Venice, Zurich, Oslo, Helsinki, Dublin and Geneva for selected outbound travel dates between 15 August 2016 and 11 December 2016.

b. Travel in Club World and First from London Heathrow to United States of America and Canada is available for selected outbound travel dates between 14 July 2016 to 31 August 2016. A full list of routes can be found at ba.com/sale

a. Travel in First and Club World from London Heathrow to, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Cape Town, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Moscow, Shanghai, Beijing, and Muscat is available for selected outbound travel dates between 01 May 2016 to 27 April 2017.

b. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow to Bangkok, Bangalore, Cairo, Chengdu, Chennai, Seoul and Hyderabad is available for selected outbound travel dates between 30 June 2016 to 24 May 2017.

c. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow to Sydney is available for selected outbound travel dates between 30 June 2016 to 31 August 2016

d. Travel in Club World and First from London Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo is available for selected outbound travel dates between 29 August 2016 to 24 May 2017.

e. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow operated by Iberia via Madrid to Santiago, Bogota, Panama City is available for selected travel dates between 24 June 2016 and 31 March 2017.

f. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow to Buenos Aires (Ministro Pistarini) Nassau and Grand Cayman is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 to 24 May 2017.

g. Travel in Club World from London Gatwick to Cape Town and Mauritius is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 and 24 May 2017.

h. Travel in Club World from London Gatwick to Orlando, Tampa and New York is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 and 24 May 2017.

i. Travel in Club World from London Gatwick to: Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Kingston, Port of Spain, Punta Cana, St Kitts, Tobago, St Lucia, Providenciales and Lima is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 and 24 May 2017.

j. Travel in Club Europe from London City to Dublin, Nice, Quimper, Amsterdam, Madrid, Venice, Zurich, Rotterdam, Geneva, Palma, Berlin and Alicante is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 – 31 October 2016

k. Travel in Club Europe from London Gatwick to Malaga, Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Dubrovnik, Dalaman, Friedrichshafen, Grenoble, Genoa, Geneva, Heraklion, Innsbruck, Jersey, Malta, Nice, Oporto, Pisa, Marrakech, Rhodes, Rome, Thessaloniki, Seville, Salzburg, Tenerife, Turin, Venice, Vienna, Valencia and Verona is available for selected outbound travel dates between 24 June 2016 –08 February 2017