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Old Feb 18, 2016 | 2:53 am
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For some reason, fully-flex business class seats seem to be cheap from Prague at the last minute.

Still not *that* cheap but it seems to be a good place to start.

In general, the two key techniques are:

1. Use ITA matrix far and wide - I would suggest

LHR, DUB, CPH, SVG, GOT, PRG, KRK, AMS, BRU, LUX, DUS, BCN, MIL, NCE, HEL
as your starting point and adjust accordingly for schedules.

Add /ALLIANCE ONEWORLD and/or have LHR as the change point to focus on BA and AA-operated flights.

2. Add a hotel or car to see if that opens cheaper bucket availability, although this tends to work better in WTP or WT.

3. WTP on a day flight isn't so bad.

Searching specifically on Saturday 27th to Friday 4th, the best I can then do is GOT - LHR - IAH - LHR - DUB for £2,169.
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