A couple of weeks ago British Airways had
an amazing flash sale 
for flights from Spain to Costa Rica, so I booked one!
This is going to be my first attempt to do a Live trip report, so apologies in advance! This is also going to be my first ever attempt to a long haul (almost) back-to-back. I guess if I survive this trip, the next step will be to take the DUB-HEL-LHR-PHL-LAX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LHR-HEL-DUB back-to-back with 90 minutes spare time for a swim in the ocean
Big thanks to
IAkH who first posted this fare in
Premium Fare Deals,
Lefly and
crazy8534 who posted it in BA's
Premium Fare Deals and
henkybaby who helped me to find a right price when I thought the fare was already gone! Big thanks guys! ^
Itinerary
15-JUL, 15:55 LGW ✈ ALC 19:40 BA2638, A319, CE - positioning flight
16-JUL, 00:30 ACL ✈ LGW 02:00 BA2637, A319, CE
16-JUL, 11:20 LGW ✈ SJO 15:25 BA2237, B772, CW
17-JUL, 07:00 SJO ✈ MIA 11:54 AA1204, B738, C
17-JUL, 17:05 MIA ✈ LHR 06:40 BA206, B744, F - UuA'd, my first
First on BA
18-JUL, 19:10 LGW ✈ ALC 22:45 BA2632, A320, CE
18-JUL, 23:30 ALC ✈ LGW 01:05 BA2629, A320, CE
Trip cost: €730 (£617) + £55 + 15000 avios (£150 discount) + 25000 avios (UuA)
Trip earnings: 38476 avios + 480 tier points - so roughly
£1.4/TP!
I was thinking of a longer stay in Costa Rica taking advantage of this generous sale, but could not decide when, etc... so decided to do a quick back-to-back trip. At the time of booking it sounded like a brilliant idea, but now it's making me a little bit stressed. Foolishly decided to go for a departure from ALC, which I thought would be an easy one to do a b2b, turns out it's not an easy one. Glad I allowed more time on the departure... but return with 45 minutes connection at Alicante may be a bit tight!
Wish me good luck!
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