'I booked £2 return flights to Tenerife with British Airways using credit card'

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

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.

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Other ways to collect points include booking British Airways flights, hotel stays, and car hire. The 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."

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 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.

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.

"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."