Deeply Discounted Biz Class
Jul 16, 2006, 10:20 am
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Deeply Discounted Biz Class
I have been flying LGW-ATL and have been paying just over 2,000GBP for a return ticket in Club World.
Recently in Krakow, a travel agent quoted 1600GBP for the same flights on BA - clearly a good deal....
...but are their other cities in Europe which are retailing these Club World seats cheaper?
...are their any know pit falls with these tickets?
Recently in Krakow, a travel agent quoted 1600GBP for the same flights on BA - clearly a good deal....
...but are their other cities in Europe which are retailing these Club World seats cheaper?
...are their any know pit falls with these tickets?
Jul 16, 2006, 10:21 am
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Originally Posted by ukblue
I have been flying LGW-ATL and have been paying just over 2,000GBP for a return ticket in Club World.
Recently in Krakow, a travel agent quoted 1600GBP for the same flights on BA - clearly a good deal....
...but are their other cities in Europe which are retailing these Club World seats cheaper?
...are their any know pit falls with these tickets?
Recently in Krakow, a travel agent quoted 1600GBP for the same flights on BA - clearly a good deal....
...but are their other cities in Europe which are retailing these Club World seats cheaper?
...are their any know pit falls with these tickets?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showp...4&postcount=49
And also the latest promo:
www.ba.com/travelshops
Last edited by krug; Jul 16, 2006 at 4:39 pm
Jul 16, 2006, 11:56 am
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Jul 17, 2006, 1:57 am
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Absolutely NO pitfalls with these tickets, except:
a) you MUST go to Milan, Krakow etc to do the first leg
b) you may - if you get a check-in agent who does not understand the rules - have a small row about whether you bags can be checked to London or Milan on the way back. But no-one on FT has ever lost this argument.
These fares are not just cheaper than London ones. They are easier to change or cancel AND you get more tier points and miles because of the extra leg.
a) you MUST go to Milan, Krakow etc to do the first leg
b) you may - if you get a check-in agent who does not understand the rules - have a small row about whether you bags can be checked to London or Milan on the way back. But no-one on FT has ever lost this argument.
These fares are not just cheaper than London ones. They are easier to change or cancel AND you get more tier points and miles because of the extra leg.
Jul 17, 2006, 2:13 am
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Originally Posted by Raffles
a) you MUST go to Milan, Krakow etc to do the first leg
Jul 17, 2006, 11:20 am
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Watch out for London HIF/HIP so make sure you stop for less than 24 hours in London.
Discounts tend to be best for those routes with competition.
Depending on what your routes are then sometimes opposite direction RTWs or circle fares can be better.
You could always go on a diet, and take yoga lessons and see if you fit into a DHL cargo box to fly more cheaply. Alternatively, join BA as cabin crew and you can fly on the mixed beach fleet off LGW to ATL and then some European cities as well, and get paid for it. Hey, they even have flat beds to sleep on for half the flight as well in the crew rest areas if they are not occupying the F seats....
Discounts tend to be best for those routes with competition.
Depending on what your routes are then sometimes opposite direction RTWs or circle fares can be better.
You could always go on a diet, and take yoga lessons and see if you fit into a DHL cargo box to fly more cheaply. Alternatively, join BA as cabin crew and you can fly on the mixed beach fleet off LGW to ATL and then some European cities as well, and get paid for it. Hey, they even have flat beds to sleep on for half the flight as well in the crew rest areas if they are not occupying the F seats....