British Airways Black Friday sale 2022

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British Airways has finally launched its offers for Black Friday 2022 and if you were waiting for (or hoping for) some good premium cabin airfare deals, prepare to be disappointed. If you’ve been waiting to book a package or holiday deal, there may be something for you in what follows.

Key to know

• For all the deals, you need to book by midnight (UK time) on 29 November 2022
• The valid travel dates and general conditions of sale vary by destination and by cabin class so there’s no one general rule that covers all the fares and holidays in the sale. Make sure you read the terms for your chosen destination(s) carefully (on the sale page) before you book.
• Promotional travel must be booked, ticketed, started and finished in the UK.
• British Airways Executive Club members can earn double Tier Points on holidays (flight + hotel or flight + car) of at least five nights for travel up to 30 September 2023.

Link to the sale page

The deals

The British Airways website may lead you to believe that there are some “deals” to be found for flight only bookings, but having had a look at what the Low Fare Finder tool is showing, I can’t see a single premium cabin fare that that I would consider to be a particularly good “deal”. In fact, most fares appear to be more expensive than they were a few weeks ago.

If you’re going to look for a genuine deal, you’re going to have to sift through BA’s holiday promotions.

Save up to £300 on worldwide holidays

Nothing complicated here…

• Save £300 when you spend £10,000 or more on flights + hotel accommodation
• Save £200 when you spend £5,000 or more on flights + hotel accommodation
• Save £100 when you spend £2,500 or more on flights + hotels or flights + car
• Save £50 when you spend £1,250 or more on flights + hotels or flights + car
• Save £25 when you spend £650 or more on flights + car

Example holidays per BA:

Barbados – Seven nights, at the 4.5* The Crane from £1149pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 June – 30 June 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation with breakfast.

St Lucia – Seven nights, at the 5* Landings Resort and Spa from £1319pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 June – 30 June 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation with breakfast.

Dubai – Five nights, at the 5* Sofitel Dubai The Palm from £899pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 June – 30 June 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation on Half Board board basis.

Mauritius – Seven nights, at the 4* Tamassa from £999pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 June – 30 June 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation with breakfast.

Link to BA holidays search

USA holidays

These are the example holidays that BA is promoting:

• Boston – Flights + 3 nights hotel from £549 pp
• Chicago – Flights + 3 nights hotel from £589 pp
• Dallas – Flights + 5 nights hotel from £869 pp
• Los Angeles – Flights + 5 nights hotel from £599 pp
• Miami – Flights + 3 nights hotel from £529 pp
• New York – Flights + 3 nights hotel from £499 pp
• Orlando – Flights + 7 nights hotel from £489 pp
• Phoenix – Flights + 5 nights hotel from £939 pp
• San Diego – Flights + 5 nights hotel from £699 pp
• San Francisco – Flights + 5 nights hotel from £779 pp
• Tampa and the Gulf Coast – Flights + 7 days car hire from £459 pp
• Washington – Flights + 3 nights hotel from £699 pp

More specifically…

Washington, D.C. – Three nights, at the 4.5* Viceroy Washington, DC from £699pp, travelling on selected dates between 9 January – 7 February 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Boston – Three nights, at the 4* Boston Park Plaza from £549pp, travelling on selected dates between 9 January – 7 February 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Chicago – Three nights, at the 4* Millennium Knickerbocker from £589pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 February – 28 February 2023 inclusive. Includes World Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Link to the sale page

European city breaks

These are the example holidays that BA is promoting:

• Amsterdam flights + 2 nights hotel from £179 pp
• Barcelona flights + 2 nights hotel from £149 pp
• Dublin flights + 2 nights hotel from £129 pp
• Nice flights + 2 nights hotel from £129 pp
• Prague flights + 2 nights hotel from £129 pp
• Venice flights + 2 nights hotel from £149 pp

More specifically…

Prague – Two nights, at the 3* Hotel Pav from £129pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Heathrow or London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Dublin – Two nights, at the 3* Academy Plaza Hotel from £129pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Nice – Two nights, at the 3* So’Co by HappyCulture from £129pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Heathrow Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Link to the sale page

European beach holidays

BA’s example deals…

• Algarve flights + 7 nights hotel from £219 pp
• Cyprus flights + 7 nights hotel from £319 pp
• Madeira flights + 7 nights hotel from £359 pp
• Malaga flights + 7 nights hotel from £219 pp
• Malta flights + 7 nights hotel from £219 pp
• Tenerife flights + 7 nights hotel from £299 pp

More specifically…

Algarve – Seven nights, at the 4* Quinta Pedra Dos Bicos from £219pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Heathrow or London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Malta – Seven nights, at the 4.5* Solana Hotel and Spa from £219pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Malaga – Seven nights, at the 3* Los Amigos Beach Club by Diamond Resorts from £219pp, travelling on selected dates between 1 January – 31 January 2023 inclusive. Includes Euro Traveller return flights from London Gatwick Airport, 23kg luggage allowance and accommodation.

Link to the sale page

Save up to £400 on select all-inclusive holidays

Flyers can save up to £400 per booking on holidays in select AMR Collection hotels (now part of Hyatt) in Cancun and the Dominican Republic when they travel between 1 December 2022 and 20 October 2023 inclusive.

Link to deal

Bottom line

The British Airways Black Friday sale is now live but from a premium “flight-only” point of view, it appears to be a big, dull, dud.

Various promotions are being offered for flight+hotel and flight+car bookings so it may be worthwhile sifting through those to see if anything jumps out (especially as the double Tier Point promotion is still alive) but, overall, it’s hard to get excited about this sale.