chiefwiggumpi

Is this just me or is this not really a great sale?

People might want to read this before they start to trawl destinations as i did and found prices not really much cheaper

http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_gb

TheArtfulDodger

Flights to SIN in December on WT don't seem to have changed at all

T8191

All relative, I guess. Some CW fares to the US seemed pretty good, and I'm content with the fare I got ...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21348967-post1904.html

colmc

It is variable. Certainly some noticeable differences in Y prices I've been checking lately ex-DUB (JFK rtn for €400 [in this case direct, via AA codeshare] vs €700, CPT/NRT for €700 vs almost €1000 with WT+ also having drops.

Now, where is calling me? At €400, NYC for a long weekend is a tempter

BApilotinsider

Thousands of discounted flights and hundreds of holidays are on offer in the British Airways September Sale, starting today (August 29). Over 160 worldwide destinations are on sale with savings of up to £2,158 in First, up to £780 in Club World, up to £381 in World Traveller Plus and up to £347 in World Traveller.

Running until 24 September for selected travel departures from September 3 2013 to August 18 2014, highlights include:

World Traveller (economy) to Johannesburg from £699 (saving up to £173)
World Traveller (economy) to Sydney from £849 (saving up to £347)
World Traveller (economy) to Lima from £657 (saving up to £264) including Iberia flights
World Traveller Plus (premium economy) to New York from £743 (saving up to £175)
World Traveller Plus (premium economy) to Honolulu from £972 (saving up to £381) including American Airlines flights
Club Europe (business) to Malaga from £349 (saving up to £153)
Club World (business) to Kingston, Jamaica from £1,249 (saving up to £780)
First to Barbados from £2,999 (saving up to £2,158)
Two night city breaks into Europe from £129 including flights and three star accommodation
Seven night holidays to Orlando from £499 including flights and three star accommodation
Three night city breaks to New York from £549 including flights and three star accommodation
Seven night beach breaks to Barbados from £549 including flights and three star accommodation
BA is also offering return economy flights to Moscow from £256 (saving up to £60), Abu Dhabi from £419 (saving up to £81), New York from £423 (saving up to £22) and Mumbai from £479 (saving up to £144).

Experience the new A380 and head to Los Angeles from £510 (saving up to £27) or alternatively Hong Kong from £569 (saving up to £108).

Take off in luxury and enjoy business class for less with prices to Cancun in Club World from £1,399 (saving up to £973). For the Caribbean, Club World flights to Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Punta Cana, St Lucia, St Kitts and Tobago all start from £1,799 (saving over £600). In the Indian Ocean, Mauritius and the Maldives in Club World start from £1,899 (saving up to £405) and Sri Lanka from £1,599 (saving up to £660). Across the pond, Tampa and Orlando in Club World start from £1,695 (saving up to £657) and Las Vegas from £1,999 (saving up to £699).

Return Club Europe (business) fares are also available from £229 to Jersey, £249 to Amsterdam and Zagreb, £279 to Barcelona, £299 to Alicante, Innsbruck, Rome and Geneva. Brussels, Dublin, Gothenburg, Hamburg and Rotterdam all start from £349.

There are also hundreds of great value holidays on sale including two night breaks to Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Nice, Pisa, Rome and Venice starting from £129 per person (all including return flights and accommodation). Fly-drive holidays are also available with seven nights to Malaga from £129 per person (including return flights and inclusive Avis car rental for the duration). Further afield, three nights in Dubai start from £479 per person (including return flights and accommodation) and seven nights, all-inclusive holidays are available to Cancun from £759 per person (including return flights and all-inclusive accommodation).

stifle

Do you get 140 or 210TPs?

haasha

All the AA TP runners are getting 210, IIRC.

chiefwiggumpi

Wow. That is good. I stand corrected.

Globaliser

There are sale fares in N, V and T classes valid for outbound travel up to and including 6 December, and from 24 December to 30 December inclusive.

Oddly, for the latter period the N fare with a 7 day AP is more expensive than the V fare with no AP. Looks like another filing glitch to me.

Bloomsbury

Is CW the 'proper' sale or are they just price-matching Virgin's USA sale at the moment? I'll hold off for a while if there's likely to be a full CW & F sale to follow.

Globaliser

I think that the CW sale fares are only on a smaller number of routes, so it could well be price-matching.

convair

Prices to the US have definitely dropped. I was looking at MFU return in club from London, for new year in New York. Two days ago it was over £1000 + 20k miles, today its £828 + 20k. I've just booked MFU return in 1st for £1512 + 40k (LHR-JFK, out in Dec, back in Jan), I can't be certain if its a reduction as I didn't check pre-sale, but it's not overpriced, especially as even if you don't have the miles, with the 30% extra miles purchase offer, and with 17290 miles earned for the journey, the remaining 22710 miles would cost me £290, hence an all cash price of about £1802 for LHR-JFK return in 1st, as against the cheapest advertised (sale period) return to JFK of £6200. Seems ok.

I'm an ex-GGL long term gold, now silver and retired, whose aim in life is to bleed down those avios points as slowly as possible, whilst maintaining silver status, hence my long term survival plan is based on flying several MFUs per year for fun, (where I typically win back half the miles used), with miles use supplemented by occasional purchases, and points topped up by an occasional LGW-AMS or similar return in club. This LHR-JFK in 1st gets me half way to next years renewal and burns few enough miles that I reckon I can continue flying long haul in club or 1st as often as I want for the rest of my life for a few hundred pounds per year plus the cost of WTP or the occasional sale-time discount club ticket. It seems to be working anyway. I stopped travelling on business in 2009, and still have my status, my miles, and more than enough long haul holidays in flat bed seats.

woodards

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Globaliser

This is a current sale fare, and it's one of the limited number of CW sale fares currently on offer (CW is not in general part of the current main W and Y sale.) It's been around now for quite a bit longer than the W and Y sale fares.

Importantly, this means that the rules are different. The "ticket by" date of the current CW sale fare is 2 September 2013. Travel dates are also fairly limited.

NordicMaster

I am planning a trip to OSL-BOS using the CW sale. I am planning to fly BA on the outbound leg (hopefully using UuA in F), but on the home bound leg I see that it is possible to try an AA 777 flight from JFK with a connecting domestic F flight from BOS for about the same amount of money as the CW sale.

1) Are CW sales fares eligable for UuA to F if there are available seats and

2) will flying AA and BA genrate the same amount of tire points and avios?