'i got £2 return flights with british airways using credit card'

A HOLIDAYMAKER HAS SHARED HOW SHE SAVED ON HER EUROPEAN GETAWAY BY USING HER CREDIT CARD TO BOOK HER FLIGHTS 10:41, 20 May 2025Updated 11:22, 20 May 2025 A holidaymaker has claimed she

booked return flights to Tenerife for just £2 thanks to her credit card reward points. The savvy saver named Abbi regularly talks about her personal finances on her TikTok @abbitalksmoney.

In one video, she shared: "I've just come back from a five-day holiday in Tenerife, and the flights cost me just 50p each way. These were British Airways flights from London

Gatwick, which included 23kg bags, and this was all thanks to my British Airways American Express card." The British Airways American Express Credit Card enables people to collect

Avios, the loyalty currency of The British Airways Club. These points can be used to pay for reward flights or reduce the cash price of flights. Other ways to collect points include booking

British Airways flights, hotel stays, and car hire. The British Airways website explains that European reward flights are available from £1 and 18,500 Avios, or from £100 and 50,000 Avios

for longer flights. Abbi said she saved for years to accumulate her points. "For a couple of years now, I've been using a British Airways credit card, pretty much just for big

items like fuel, things for our house, and booking holidays, but all things I'm going to be spending on anyway. I use the free card so I don't have any fees, but there are paid

credit cards," she explained. "Everything I spend on my card earns me Avios points, and I've built up almost 40,000 points." Article continues below Once she had

accumulated her Avios, she also used a companion voucher she had earned. Abbi said: "It's essentially a buy one get one free deal, but with flights. So I booked return flights for

both my friend and I to Tenerife from London Gatwick (...) and it came to 27,500 Avios points and £2, so £1 each for the return flights." The American Express website explains:

"You get a Companion Voucher when you spend £15,000 each membership year on the Card. You can use your voucher to either take a companion with you on the same flight and cabin or, if

travelling solo, get a 50% discount on the Avios price you pay for your flight." Responding to Abbi's video, someone replied: "That's amazing." Another viewer

commented: "Amex and avios is a game changer. I got business class flights from Tokyo to London £80 plus 80k points." Someone else suggested Abbi could have found another deal that

would offer better value for points, but she was happy with her results. "We just wanted to put as little towards it of our own money as poss!!" the holidaymaker explained.

Citizens Advice shares information for people applying for a credit card. The website says: "If your application is accepted you will be asked to sign a credit agreement. This is a

legal document which sets out what you and the provider are agreeing to. Article continues below "The credit agreement includes details such as how much you can borrow, how much and

when to repay, the interest rate and charges that can be added, your rights and responsibilities under the agreement and any other conditions that apply to it. Always try to read the small

print so you know exactly what you are agreeing to."