hamburglar

Outbound flight
Tue, Mar 28

4:30 PM – 11:05 AM+1
San Francisco (SFO) – London (LHR)
British Airways 284 · Business Class · Boeing 747
Lie flat seat
Overnight flight
10h 35m
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi
Layover in London LHR1h 40m

12:45 PM+1 – 4:15 PM+1
London (LHR) – Rome (FCO)
British Airways 560 · Business Class · Boeing 767
Average legroom (34")
Often delayed by 30+ min
2h 30m
No Wi-Fi
No in-seat power
Return flight
Thu, Apr 6

8:05 AM – 9:55 AM
Rome (FCO) – London (LHR)
British Airways 551 · Business Class · Airbus A319
Average legroom (30")
2h 50m
No Wi-Fi
No in-seat power
Layover in London LHR1h 35m

11:30 AM – 2:35 PM
London (LHR) – San Francisco (SFO)
British Airways 285 · Business Class · Boeing 747
Lie flat seat
11h 05m
In-seat & USB power
On-demand video
No Wi-Fi

https://goo.gl/flights/OHyv

Full price is ~2700 minus the $400 aarp discount. The 10% Visa discount ends this year so that doesn't apply. Not as good as previous years' deals but it's something.

worldtrav

The AARP discount is for travel through March 31, 2017. Did you get it to price out with the April return?

Duke787

I had no issues pricing out the East Coast --> FCO version for next September with AARP so I assume you should be fine here too

Barkinpark

I am based in the San Francisco Bay Area. I travel to Europe for vacation yearly, usually in summer. I just wonder if this deal is good enough to get. Last October, thanks to another fellow forum member here, I got an awesome deal of about $1600 (w/ AARP disount in business class) per head from SJC to AMS and then ZRH to SJC. I have families in Zurich that I would like to meet.

This deal, however, does not allow for returning from ZRH and is several hundred $s more. On the other hand, business class fare discounts are hard to come by, esp. originating from the west coast. It seems like Star Alliance is not matching it, nor is this deal mentioned in travel blogs such as thepointsguy.com.

So, my dilemma is: should I grab this or not? Thanks very much.

frebay

I'd wait until the 2k BA J fare comes around for west coast. Happened the last 3 years in a row.

Barkinpark

Thanks, frebay. When did this fare sale happen? Also, did it apply for summer travel? I did see a BA J fare sale several months ago, but it was for travel up to March/April 2017, if my memory is correct.

355F1

I got 3 PHX-Europe $1600 BA J fares last October for summer 2016 travel.

I don't know if they are going to do it this year because by this time last year they had already thrown down two flash sales, both around Sep/Oct, I think.

ManFactSpendLA

It was oct 15 last year!

Barkinpark

Fare back to 3K even with AARP discount.

Kacee

The thread title should state the fare, not the fare less some discount.

Even when it was available, this was a $2700+ fare. Which is not a bad deal, but it was not a $2300 fare.

frebay

I believe it was Oct purchase for July travel. Such a great deal, if that shows up again, I'm going to buy 3 trips.

SFflyer123

I agree. Many of us can't take advantage of the AARP discount, so it's not relevant for us. Perhaps the discount fare can be put in parentheses and the regular fare put as the title?

erik123

Full a.i. price should be quoted with any discounts in parenthesis.

brodielayne

Why can you not take advantage of it? You can sign up for AARP at any age and get the discount.

SFOPeter

You can sign up for AARP online for $12 and then buy the BA ticket thru the AARP portal. It's the only way many of us on this forum purchase ex-US BA tickets so I don't think it's that off to put it into the topic.