Last Updated: 20 Feb 2024
Non-essential foreign travel has returned, albeit under a new traffic light system. But hey! At least we’re heading in the right direction after four months out. And owing to Covid-19 events, traditional vacation destinations such as France, Spain, and Greece did not make the first green list. Instead, the May 17 green list features a roster of some alternative destinations that are just as appealing. Portugal offers sandy beaches, wonderful food & wine plus world-class golf courses. However, somewhere else caught the eye of our team.
As a British Overseas Territory and the first nation to fully vaccinate 100% of its adult population, Gibraltar is a great option for a summer vacation this year. Be warned, British Airways airfares are rapidly growing in price, especially in early June and through the school holidays. So, we decided to explore how you can get to Gibraltar on BA for less, using Avios points for flights and Reward Flight Finder. Without further ado, let’s gear up for the Summer by explaining how to fly to Gibraltar with reward flights.
Using Reward Flight Finder
Since its inception in 2014, Reward Flight Finder has helped thousands of people in finding reward seat offers. Our reward flight search engine finds available reward seats, and shows you, on a single screen, the seats you can redeem for points in each open cabin class for the coming year.
You'll get to see how many points you'll need for a one-way or return ticket, as well as how many seats in economy, premium economy, business class, or first class are open.
Log in and Choose your parameters
Input your departure location and Gibraltar as the destination, cabin class, and the number of seats, CLICK SEARCH and we'll check BA for current availability. We’ve selected all classes for two passengers.
Calendar view: Select your date ranges
Our Calendar view will show you all possible upcoming dates to your desired destination based on the parameters you previously input. There's no need to sift through BA.com for hours.
If your preferred date is available, book with the airline, online or over the phone. As you can see, our outbound for Economy & Business class will cost 7500 & 15000 Avios points, respectively. With the same amount for our inbound flights.
Create a Flight Alert
If your preferred dates are not available, or there aren’t enough available seats for your group, this is where our Flight Alert functionality comes in very handy.
For the purpose of this example, we’ve selected an outbound date range from 1st - 3rd of June and an inbound data range from 6th - 9th of June.
We create an alert by clicking CREATE ALERT. You’ll be notified once a reward seat becomes available within your date ranges. Reward seats are released at any time, day or night.
Receive Notification and Book!
Reward Flight Finder checks for reward seats once a day in our Bronze (free) package, by the hour in our Silver Package (£2.99 a month) and instantly with our Gold package (£4.99 a month)
Please note, you’ll need to log in or sign up to set up an alert. We only send alerts when seats are released.
Voila!
It’s that simple. With Reward Flight Finder you’ll get to make the most out of your Avios points for your BA reward flights and you’ll always be in the know when they pop up, 12 months a year!