May 21, 2013, 12:18 pm
Last edit by: Sykes
- Fare feels too good to be true? Don't call the airline!!!!!!
- Double check that the fare is actually in Business or First as some online search engines or OTA's confuse booking classes on some airlines.
- Post as many details as possible about the First / Business fare, including fare class, fare basis, one-way / roundtrip, sales channel, sample dates & total price, including taxes.
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- Refrain from posting fare requests or engaging in off topic debates such as fare trends, specific aircraft configuration or visa requirements
- The deeply discounted international fares discussed here are almost always specific to a certain country of origin, so don't ask if it works in reverse (e.g. a SFO-LHR-SFO fare usually won't work LHR-SFO-LHR). Domestic fares more commonly work in reverse.
- Last, but not least, Don't call the Airline!
Good Deal Premium Fares 2013
Sep 15, 2013, 12:08 pm
#1801
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Gold MM, UA Club Lifer, MC Lifetime Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 325
Thanskgiving Fare
Just bought a Thanksgiving Business fare on UA:
11/29 BOS-IAH-FRA-VIE
12/02 VIE-FRA
12/03 FRA-IAH-BOS
$1985.90 ai; Total PQMs (including 50% P class bonus)--21,988
Surprised I could route through Houston from Boston to Vienna.
Taking LH A380 on return.
11/29 BOS-IAH-FRA-VIE
12/02 VIE-FRA
12/03 FRA-IAH-BOS
$1985.90 ai; Total PQMs (including 50% P class bonus)--21,988
Surprised I could route through Houston from Boston to Vienna.
Taking LH A380 on return.
Sep 15, 2013, 12:15 pm
#1802
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAX
Posts: 177
Careful with this if you're crediting back to UA, as P on LH no longer earns the 50% bonus on UA as of September 1.
Sep 15, 2013, 12:16 pm
#1803
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Houston
Programs: UA LT GS 4.2 MM, AA Gold 1MM, HH Lifetime Diamond, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 394
Beware no 50% P bonus for the LH flights.
Sep 15, 2013, 12:51 pm
#1804
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
Sep 15, 2013, 2:23 pm
#1805
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Paris, France
Programs: A3*G, Accor ALL Gold
Posts: 597
EY also has a good fare to BKK from Cairo : 920 euros.
Sep 15, 2013, 3:08 pm
#1806
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Gold MM, UA Club Lifer, MC Lifetime Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 325
Sep 15, 2013, 5:51 pm
#1807
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
Posts: 4,099
Found what I think is a pretty interesting fare out of JFK over Thanksgiving ...
11/25 (or 11/26) JFK-LHR
11/29 DUB-JFK
$1417 AI RT on DL, booking into Z. About $850 or so is fuel. The return leg can be from other destinations:
LIS $1448
BCN $1514
MAD $1519
BSL $1537
GVA $1539
BRU $1544
11/25 (or 11/26) JFK-LHR
11/29 DUB-JFK
$1417 AI RT on DL, booking into Z. About $850 or so is fuel. The return leg can be from other destinations:
LIS $1448
BCN $1514
MAD $1519
BSL $1537
GVA $1539
BRU $1544
Sep 15, 2013, 6:53 pm
#1808
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 45
Thanksgiving
PHL-FRA/MUC $1444 Biz class by US Airways. Slightly higher for other EU destinations.
PHL-FRA/MUC $1444 Biz class by US Airways. Slightly higher for other EU destinations.
Sep 16, 2013, 12:02 am
#1809
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: BWI
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 36
Phl-pos aa/ua
PHL-POS AA/UA roundtrip has sub $800 fares from Sept thru Dec, maybe later. Just booked on united.com PHL-IAH-POS-EWR-CLE-PHL (all in P, last segment in Y) for $790. (found on ITA)
Last edited by meowmix3001; Sep 16, 2013 at 12:03 am Reason: ITA
Sep 16, 2013, 11:36 am
#1810
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 371
MAD-LHR-KUL-MEL Biz One way £1247
I'm in the middle of one of these (took a stopover in KUL) and it may help someone out given the extortionate fares originating in Oz. I usually do a miles redemption back to the UK and book one way Biz from Europe for my annual trip.
I can only get this to work for MEL through Kayak which then links to ebookers or expedia.
Doesn't seem to be any set dates, best to do a +/-3 day search.
Books into 'C' so full Biz miles for Enrich or other OW FF's.
Stopover in KUL permitted....approx. an extra £40 - use the multi city function on the day you find the £1.2k fare, and this should carry through.
LHR-KUL leg on A380.
Any Q's let me know.
I can only get this to work for MEL through Kayak which then links to ebookers or expedia.
Doesn't seem to be any set dates, best to do a +/-3 day search.
Books into 'C' so full Biz miles for Enrich or other OW FF's.
Stopover in KUL permitted....approx. an extra £40 - use the multi city function on the day you find the £1.2k fare, and this should carry through.
LHR-KUL leg on A380.
Any Q's let me know.
Sep 16, 2013, 12:04 pm
#1811
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere above the Mason-Dixon
Programs: DL Ham Samich
Posts: 1,661
Found what I think is a pretty interesting fare out of JFK over Thanksgiving ...
11/25 (or 11/26) JFK-LHR
11/29 DUB-JFK
$1417 AI RT on DL, booking into Z. About $850 or so is fuel. The return leg can be from other destinations:
LIS $1448
BCN $1514
MAD $1519
BSL $1537
GVA $1539
BRU $1544
11/25 (or 11/26) JFK-LHR
11/29 DUB-JFK
$1417 AI RT on DL, booking into Z. About $850 or so is fuel. The return leg can be from other destinations:
LIS $1448
BCN $1514
MAD $1519
BSL $1537
GVA $1539
BRU $1544
Sep 16, 2013, 12:06 pm
#1812
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
Posts: 4,099
Just checked and still seeing this on ITA. To be clear, the outbound leg to Europe has to be JFK-LHR for this fare to work. The other destinations would be open jaw return legs (so, say, JFK-LHR and then BCN-JFK is $1514).
Sep 16, 2013, 12:17 pm
#1813
Join Date: May 2006
Location: SAN
Programs: Lots of faux metal
Posts: 6,424
Sep 16, 2013, 12:28 pm
#1814
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
Posts: 4,099
Sep 16, 2013, 2:40 pm
#1815
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: NYC
Programs: AA Explat / UA Silver
Posts: 600
Just booked BOS-JFK-LHR-ORD-BOS on AA for $1868 in I. Availability getting tight.