Mileage Run Deals - OpenSkies NYCAMS - Business $1609 RT all-in!!!!

OpenSkies have just introduced some incredible sale fares from NYC to AMS -- $1609 r/t all-in in Biz (fully-flat bed), $1155 r/t all-in in Prem+ (traditional J seat)! Great fares are also available ex-AMS (€1199 r/t all-in in Biz, €849 r/t all-in in Prem+), and from NYC to Paris, too. Sale ends Friday, Sept. 12.

Click here (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080909/nytu068.html?.v=101) for the PR.

Can't seem to find the $1609 as mentioned in the article. The best I'm seeing is a "Limited Offer in Biz" - NYC-AMS @ $1,191 OW

edited...OK, I see them....You have to click through that screen and the price changes. Thanks. :)

can u accrue on OW?

Any restrictions re min / max stay, change of dates?
What kind of equipment they're flying?

What kind of equipment they're flying?757's

757's

Oh, so no chance to u/g to F, I guess ;)
Still a great fare though, it'd be nice to see some of that from the West Coast.

Oh, so no chance to u/g to F, I guess ;)
Still a great fare though, it'd be nice to see some of that from the West Coast.

Um, Open Skies is an all-premium airline -- just J and F!

can u accrue on OW?

One can earn BA miles, not OW.
757 is kind of loud, but service is nice.

See:

http://www.gadling.com/2008/07/08/gadling-flies-open-skies/
and
http://www.gadling.com/photos/open-skies/906006/

Make sure you get the pre departure dinner. Yum.

Um, Open Skies is an all-premium airline -- just J and F!

Nope...all E+ and J. They removed the Y/E- seats (http://www.wanderingaramean.com/2008/08/openskies-new-route-and-fewer-seats.html) based on demand for the E+ service.

When I use the BA "miles earned" calculator with OpenSkies it shows 0 points earned even when I enter Biz for the JFK-AMS route. Yet it says on the OpenSkies that you can earn BA miles. Can someone point out specifically how to find what miles can be earned on what flights?

...the BA lounges? i went to the OS website but couldn't find this info.
Thanks!^

...the BA lounges? i went to the OS website but couldn't find this info.
Thanks!^

In a short answer...no.

And to previous poster: openskies allows BA miles earnings, but since it is not part of OW, cannot earn on OW 'partners'.

tb

In a short answer...no.

And to previous poster: openskies allows BA miles earnings, but since it is not part of OW, cannot earn on OW 'partners'.

tb

Really? No lounge access?

Where do you eat the pre-departure meal?

Lounge access is only for BIZ (first) pax. Prem + gets no lounge outbound.

In Orly (inbound), Prem + gets access, but lounge isn't as nice.

Um, Open Skies is an all-premium airline -- just J and F!

Sorry, but you have it wrong. OpenSkies is an all premium airline, but not J and F. They have 2 cabins, one called BIZ which is a BA flat bed. The 2nd cabin is called PREM+ and is a product type that doesn't really exist anywhere else. It's a seat similar to what other airlines sell as business class for a lot less money.

Suggest you take a look at their site

can u accrue on OW?The flights can be booked on ba.com on the BA codeshare [at the same sale price, I should add] - while I have no experience on OpenSkies, with all other BA codeshares on other airlines I have ever flown over many years (inc. numerous ones operated by non-OW carriers) they count as BA flights and so have posted (on my QF FF account) as any other BA flight would.

It depends on your FF programme rules, but certainly the QF FF T&Cs make it clear that as long as a flight is booked on the BA flight number it will earn miles and Status Credits, no matter who the actual carrier is.

I have seen nothing that says that OpenSkies will be any different, but it might be worth checking on the BA forum / anywhere else here where people have tried this... as they say, YMMV ! ;)
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Bump... sale ends tomorrow!

Now the big question - which are the best seats?