Weekend day trip fares
#332
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I'm looking at tomorrow and some of the fares are still available (VIE anyone?). I'm looking after the children tomorrow, but I'm not sure Mrs LA will be happy if I take them for a day trip somewhere!
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Marketing just seems to have made it more difficult to find them (in addition to the statement that these fares are no longer on offer, which is not true).
For example, although you can find both the fares and G class availability using EF, and pricing on ba.com matches that, ITA will not work as a search tool because it can't see the G class availability. If you de-select the availability search in ITA, the pricing tool works perfectly well (although as usual it can't price an HBO fare).
#335
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You can still use ITA as a sort of shortcut to this, though. Search for (say) a round-trip to VIE and all airports within 1000 miles, on a certain date on which you're interested, limited to BA G class. Untick the box for the availability check. This should show you all the destinations to which there are valid G class day trip fares filed. Then use EF to go through all the destinations in which you might actually be interested, to see whether there is any G class availability on that day.
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I am just completing my Madrid day trip and loved every minute of it. All was very easy, I even managed to get into WTP for ET fare on the 767 outbound! If they come back, or you can find them hidden away, I would highly recommend doing one and Madrid is an easy option - if anyone wants any tips just ask.
Funnily enough, I need to fly to EDI tomorrow short notice for the day and have managed to get the 45 pound each way fare that they advertised as the daytrip fare there - and this is to travel tomorrow so they are still out there! As a comparison, I looked last night to do an overnighter and the price was nearer 400 pounds!!!
a slightly burnt person (Madrid was chuffing hot today) who swapped to an earlier flight home which is now delayed
aks120
Funnily enough, I need to fly to EDI tomorrow short notice for the day and have managed to get the 45 pound each way fare that they advertised as the daytrip fare there - and this is to travel tomorrow so they are still out there! As a comparison, I looked last night to do an overnighter and the price was nearer 400 pounds!!!
a slightly burnt person (Madrid was chuffing hot today) who swapped to an earlier flight home which is now delayed
aks120
Last edited by aks120; Jun 28, 2014 at 2:47 pm
#339
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Because:-I don't know why, but it can't. So you can only use it as a tool for finding the destinations to which G class fares have been loaded - but that is a good start for searching.
#340
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I am just completing my Madrid day trip and loved every minute of it. All was very easy, I even managed to get into WTP for ET fare on the 767 outbound! If they come back, or you can find them hidden away, I would highly recommend doing one and Madrid is an easy option - if anyone wants any tips just ask.
Funnily enough, I need to fly to EDI tomorrow short notice for the day and have managed to get the 45 pound each way fare that they advertised as the daytrip fare there - and this is to travel tomorrow so they are still out there! As a comparison, I looked last night to do an overnighter and the price was nearer 400 pounds!!!
a slightly burnt person (Madrid was shuffing hot today) who swapped to an earlier flight home which is now delayed
aks120
Funnily enough, I need to fly to EDI tomorrow short notice for the day and have managed to get the 45 pound each way fare that they advertised as the daytrip fare there - and this is to travel tomorrow so they are still out there! As a comparison, I looked last night to do an overnighter and the price was nearer 400 pounds!!!
a slightly burnt person (Madrid was shuffing hot today) who swapped to an earlier flight home which is now delayed
aks120
We are in Geneva airport at the moment waiting for a slightly delayed flight home. We've had a lovely day too!
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...was at Geneva airport yesterday evening as well, waitng on a delayed flight back to London (BA 737). Had a lovely day in Geneva. Small world!
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