Earning tier points on holidays

Tier points are the points that you earn to move through the membership tiers of The British Airways Club and unlock more benefits, such as priority check-in and lounge access.

Your Club membership starts at the Blue tier, and if you earn enough tier points in each collection year between 1 April and 31 March, you can progress to Bronze, Silver or Gold.

Find out more about earning tier points, or more about our membership tiers.

As a Club member, you'll collect Avios and earn tier points.

Avios is the loyalty currency of The British Airways Club and our partners. You'll collect Avios on flights and holidays bookings. Once you’ve collected enough, take to the skies and spend your Avios on flights, discover incredible hotels or experience unforgettable adventures.

Tier points are the points that you earn to move through the membership tiers of the Club and unlock more benefits. Unlike Avios, tier points can’t be spent on rewards and they expire at the end of each tier point collection year on 31 March.

A qualifying holiday is any “Flight + Hotel” , “Flight + Car” or “Flight + Hotel + Car” booking made with British Airways Holidays in one transaction, where only one total price is shown and prices of the elements such a "flight" and/or "hotel/car" aren't shown.

You can see how many tier points you'll earn when you search for a holiday on ba.com. Any applicable extra tier points earned on the flight elements won't be included in the quotes.

After you've travelled, you can see the tier points you've earned, including extra tier points, on the statement in your account. These will appear 14 working days after you return from your trip.

Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people on the booking. Infants under two will not earn tier points.

The total eligible spend for bookings made in a currency other than GBP will be converted to GBP using the OANDA rate of exchange, calculated on the date the booking was made.

You must add your Club membership number every time you book a holiday with us. 

Tier points earned from a British Airways Holidays package take 14 working days, after you’ve completed your trip, to credit.

If after this time, your tier points still aren't showing, you can make a claim using our missing Avios and tier points form.

British Airways Holidays tier points awards don't apply to any British Airways flight bookings where the hotel or car is added to a booking in a "Shopping Basket" with individually priced flight and hotel and/or car components or when added in Manage my Booking after the flight has been booked.

British Airways Holidays tier points awards do not apply to "Shopping Basket" bookings which include individually priced flight and hotel and/or car components, or when added in Manage my Booking after the flight has been booked.

The total cost of the holiday package will be divided equally among all individuals on the booking, excluding infants, regardless of whether they are staying for the full duration or only using one element of the holiday package.

If they're included in the hotel element of the holiday package, the tier points will still be awarded to all eligible passengers on the booking, even if flights were booked separately.

You can only earn tier points for those travelling, regardless of who made the booking or paid for the holiday package.

Tier points will be evenly split between the number of people, excluding infants, on the booking and awarded 14 working days after the trip is complete.

Yes, you'll earn tier points based on the total cost of your holiday package (excluding any charges payable at the accommodation) before the saving using Avios was applied.

The total eligible spend for bookings made in a currency other than GBP will be converted to GBP using the OANDA rate of exchange, calculated on the date the booking was made. The amount converted to GBP will be used to calculate your tier points.