Hi guys it's Chris here from Some Bloke Who Travels a Lot and today I am going to show you how to get a
British Airways Gold Card for under £ 3000 . Now this video could also be titled how to get a
BA Silver Card for under a £1000 . If you have watched my videos on the BA Executive Club
and what a Gold Card is all about and have come here to see how you get one for under
£3000 just hang on for a minute or so well I briefly explain to those that haven't.
OK let me give you a brief synopsis of the BA Gold Card but if you want more details on
it click on the link in the description below or on the screen now. I have also made videos covering
all levels of the Executive club difference between Tier points and Avios and have a new
video coming soon of how I went from Silver to Gold in just two crazy weeks flying around Europe .
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But to summarize the Silver and Gold cards have some great benefits that make flying with BA
that extra bit special no matter what class you are flying in. With Silver you get free seat
selection at the time of booking business class check in priority security, business class lounge
access, priority boarding and additional baggage allowance. You also get 50% bonus Avios points
on every booking you make. With Gold you get all the same as Silver
plus you get these benefits, First class check in, First class lounge access, vintage champagne time.
100 % more Avios points bonus and more flights are available to you in reward flights.
Now the great thing about all the benefits of Silver and Gold is you get all these benefits
even if you're flying an economy. So if you say flying from economy London to Manchester
it's no problem you can pop in the First class lounge for a glass of champagne and a light supper
before the flight. I also noticed that since I hit Silver status, iIhaven't as yet flown with
my Gold Card due to Covid that I received more paying upgrade opportunities and a couple of free
upgrades. OK so it all sounds good how do you get one ? Well for Silver you require 600 Tier points
that need to be collected in one 12-month period and for Gold you require 1500 Tier points
again collected in a 12-month period. I have made a video about collecting Tier points
but basically you collect Tier points with every British Airways flight alongside your
Avios points for example London to Madrid in economy will earn you five points. Five points !!
How on earth am i going to get 1500 points ! that's 300 flights it's nearly one a day
or you could fly long haul in First class london to Singapore in First will get you 240 points for
about two and a half to three thousand pounds. Hang on you said three thousand pounds ? That is going
to be nearly 20 000 pounds ! Well hold on to your hats, there is a third way. Certain British Airways
flights offer 160 points 80 points each way for a business class flight. Now there is approximately 20
destinations mostly in Europe offer this double bonus and because they are not always that popular
you can pick them up for the price of a normal 80 tier point business return flight.
So for example London to Madrid business return will give you 80 Tier points in September
for 320 pounds. London to Malta business return will give you 160 tier points on the same date
for 250 pounds. Now I certainly recommend getting a Silver card for the benefits and at 600 points
that's just four weekend breaks in a 12-month period. Then for the rest
of that year and the next year you have full Silver benefits no matter what class you fly in.
I think if you're planning travelling a lot in the future,say for your retirement
or a sabbatical getting a card the year before will make your experience so much better.
So let's get on with the job let's have a quick look at a Gold Card schedule in 2021
and see if we can do 10 great short breaks for under 3 000 pounds now hopefully this will give
you some ideas and inspiration to plan your trip. You will also find a link in the description
below to my video and a blog of all the 160 tier point destinations and also the uk airports you
can fly from to those destinations okay let's get started. Anyone fancy Malta for a few days
now my first port of call when i'm looking to book some British Airways flights
is to go to their cheapest flight search page now this is not always the easiest
link to find on the BA website so yes I've put a link in the description below
I think it's a really great tool you just enter the chosen destination you're interested in
the class you wish to travel in and it will give you the cheapest prices for the forthcoming months.
Now I think I said earlier Malta so let's see what BA is offering for 2021 well BA is offering
148 pounds each way and Valletta is as good as anyway to start our Gold Card chase so let's
book it now. On my Gold Card chase this year Bucharest was probably my favorite destination
a must-see is the People's Parliament as are the bars and restaurants of the old town. Now I went in
March and i think I was lucky with the weather but let's make sure we can enjoy the city in Spring.
May sounds good to me and only 139 pounds each way that's still under our 300 pound per trip budget .
Marrakech, got to be one of the greatest destinations for winter sun hunters
flights hotels dining all represent great value and at three and a half hours
to four from the UK it really is hard to beat. Now this is a weird one on the BA website
Marrakech is listed as a return flight price not each way so at the cost of the extra five pounds
a booking in March let's go in March then we can be sure we are sitting by the pool.
Now another of my Gold Card chase destinations was Tirana in Albania. Yep you heard correctly Albania.
Now I'm sure you can see clearly why Albania is high on my list as a Tier point destination,
at less than 220 pounds for a return business class flight ! Now I was there in March and the
people I met told me i must come back in summer so what the heck lets splash out 8 quid ( £8 ) and enjoy
some summer sun in Tirana. As you start looking through the list you see that the Balkans are
very well represented on the Tier point list and although I haven't been to Sofia I'm putting it
on the list as it's on my list for 2021 and again it can be booked for under 220 pounds. However I
fancy some Spring sunshine so let's go in April at 234 pounds and who knows maybe I will see you there.
Another place that's on my list for 2021 is Athens . I can't believe in all my travels I've never been
to Greece and as a huge history geek never been to Athens well fingers crossed I'll make it in 2021.
But Athens is always one of the pricey 160 Tier Point destinations
so I think I'm going to go as late as i can with a March booking at 400 pounds return.
Now back to one of my favorite destinations of 2019 Istanbul. traveling into continental by a
ferry on the Bosphorus for less than a pound is a pretty cool way of spending an afternoon.
Now i'm confident you'll get the weather in May so let's splash the extra two quid ( £2 ) and we'll go then.
I don't know how it happens but year in year out i always seem to find myself in Madeira for a
couple of days who knows maybe it's the pastéis de natar or possibly the fact it's Spring all year
round. So for 314 pounds let's kiss those February blues goodbye and have a couple of days in Funchal
Now i'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse, Sicily in April business class return
for only 260 pounds. I've never been, but at that price for the Med you've got to be crazy to not
whack up those 160 tier points. I also have a plan to visit Reykjavik in 2021 but I only plan to fly
home from there. My outward journey is planned by ferry from Denmark however if you don't have a
week to spare to get there you can get business class return tickets for 356 pounds in April.
Well there you go British Airways Gold Card for under 3 000 pounds it can be done.
and let's not forget 10 great short breaks to some pretty amazing destinations. Now if you've any
questions please do ask away in the comments below and if you're planning a Silver or Gold card chase
yourself let me know the destinations you pick. I'd love to hear from you you can also find videos of
my travels to many of the destinations featured in this video on the channel links of course in the
description below and if you fancy seeing what adventures I get up to with my new BA Gold Card
over the coming few years do consider subscribing to the channel and ring the bell then You Tube
will tell you when I publish a new video. Thank you very much for watching and happy travels.