When is the next BA sale?
Aug 28, 2019, 1:30 pm
#2836
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
I had it but it wouldn't let me book it! :-(
Last edited by CaroFos; Aug 28, 2019 at 1:37 pm
Aug 28, 2019, 1:43 pm
#2837
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: London
Programs: Sir Ratechaser Seigneur de la Patience d'un Saint (Mucci), BA Silver, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 2,570
Is it just me, or are flights for next Easter looking unusually expensive for this time of year? In years gone by I'd typically be looking at something to the Caribbean around about now (to get over my post-summer holiday depression), but WTP is coming out around £1500 for most destinations/dates in the school hols. Even WT (not going there) won't offer much change from £900 - and that's about the limit I'd go to for WTP with the hope of upgrading later on...
By comparison, 3 years ago I got a great deal CW to Cancun (one leg upgraded) for about £1100 plus some Avios each.
Is that sort of pricing a thing of the past... or am I just being impatient...?
By comparison, 3 years ago I got a great deal CW to Cancun (one leg upgraded) for about £1100 plus some Avios each.
Is that sort of pricing a thing of the past... or am I just being impatient...?
Aug 28, 2019, 1:47 pm
#2838
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 59
My hope for something to SFO in December isn’t looking good yet!
Aug 28, 2019, 2:34 pm
#2839
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Multiple
Programs: BAEC Gold, IHG Spire, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 285
INV-LAX in WTP for GBP 562 rtn as soon as November is pretty good. Especially given some generous availability in CW for Avios upgrades...
Aug 28, 2019, 9:13 pm
#2840
Join Date: Jul 2019
Programs: BA Blue, SPG Silver
Posts: 47
WTP to Tokyo in November for £1,000 via the JAL website - is this a good deal for WTP? Is it worth it?
Aug 28, 2019, 9:23 pm
#2841
FlyerTalk Evangelist, Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Plat, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 30,546
Aug 29, 2019, 1:34 am
#2842
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 443
There appears to be some price reductions in F fares.
From a quick glance looks like mostly Dec to March
From a quick glance looks like mostly Dec to March
Aug 29, 2019, 2:00 am
#2843
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 1,358
If this is BA’s latest attempt at a sale, I’ll be taking my business for 2020 to United. Their prices are better for anything I’m looking at ex DUB. The new Polaris lounges & cabin are better than any club world cabin (save for A350 which I haven’t flown) and with TK continuing to offer status match for BA Gold, it’s a no brainer
Aug 29, 2019, 11:20 am
#2845
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Berkshire
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Accor Plat, Pucci Fan Club
Posts: 1,779
Is it just me, or are flights for next Easter looking unusually expensive for this time of year? In years gone by I'd typically be looking at something to the Caribbean around about now (to get over my post-summer holiday depression), but WTP is coming out around £1500 for most destinations/dates in the school hols. Even WT (not going there) won't offer much change from £900 - and that's about the limit I'd go to for WTP with the hope of upgrading later on...
By comparison, 3 years ago I got a great deal CW to Cancun (one leg upgraded) for about £1100 plus some Avios each.
Is that sort of pricing a thing of the past... or am I just being impatient...?
By comparison, 3 years ago I got a great deal CW to Cancun (one leg upgraded) for about £1100 plus some Avios each.
Is that sort of pricing a thing of the past... or am I just being impatient...?
Aug 29, 2019, 12:13 pm
#2846
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Scotland
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 443
Still desperately hoping for cheaper flights to LAS in November, J or F.
Been silly prices for ages now
Been silly prices for ages now
Aug 29, 2019, 12:45 pm
#2847
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Sheffield, UK
Programs: Virgin Flying Club
Posts: 82
Was the sale not meant to drop last Thursday, and then today? No sign yet. I did have a google earlier and the last two years it appears to have dropped on August 31st
Aug 29, 2019, 12:53 pm
#2848
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 242
Most of the flights I've been looking at are on sale. VS starting to follow them too now.
Aug 29, 2019, 1:04 pm
#2849
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, Amex Cent, SPG Gold, IC Plat Amb, Hilton Diam(given it though I'd never stayed in a Hilton)
Posts: 333
Do they tend to follow the UK sale with a sale in Europe and if so, does anyone know what the time lag might be: looking for an ex-EU to the Far East and wondering whether to book now or wait out a few days?!
Aug 29, 2019, 1:44 pm
#2850
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kendal, Cumbria and Luzon
Programs: BA Silver, PR Elite, Avis Preferred Plus, PC Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 1,131
No sale from CX - indeed some of their pricing looks extortionate. W CGK to Aus was about £600 most of the first part of this year (not bad for 360 Tp) - currently an eye watering £1800
The Premium Fare thread prices listed ex Scandi to Asia shows prices for QR that you mostly can't book unless you accept an 8/10 hour twilight hour layover.
EF shows 9's in most QR cabins to Asia ex Scandi but the only remotely sensible prices are in Y..
Chances are at this rate Boris might blink first. LOL
The Premium Fare thread prices listed ex Scandi to Asia shows prices for QR that you mostly can't book unless you accept an 8/10 hour twilight hour layover.
EF shows 9's in most QR cabins to Asia ex Scandi but the only remotely sensible prices are in Y..
Chances are at this rate Boris might blink first. LOL