When is the next BA sale?
Apr 9, 2018, 7:05 am
#2191
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Apr 27, 2018, 6:34 am
#2192
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OK, so when is the next business class sale then? Looking to get sorted for my Autumn business trips and winding up our corporate travel agents with the £1000 saving off transatlantic J that I obtain when they try to quote full fare :-)
Apr 29, 2018, 6:47 pm
#2193
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Summer loads are just wide open. I have to imagine a big J and Y sale is imminent. Lots of days I looked at in July and August JFK to MAD, CDG and BCN were looking like sub 50% full in Y and sub 25% in J. For "peak season" that ian't great.
Apr 29, 2018, 10:33 pm
#2194
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I think I saw this last year and then when you take the flight it is packed to the gills with every seat taken, usually by a large group of (very noisy) students. I think BA is trying to offer expensive tickets with a long lead time and then some time close to the date drops to be the lowest price per the aggregators, capturing a lot of last minute purchases which could include travel agents booking groups.
Apr 29, 2018, 11:41 pm
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Unless you have access to internal data there's no way to know how full the flights are. Even the numbers available from Expert Flyer can be misleading. Seat maps alone are always a bad guide to loads and its worse for BA since seat selection isn't free. And I bet summer leisure travellers are especially unlikely to pay for seat selection.
May 1, 2018, 6:25 am
#2196
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I have booked my trip ( 2 adults and 2 childeren ) AMS-LHR-BKK for AUG 2018 total fare of 5097EUR = 4486GBP
Other airlines who are currently pushing sales ex AMS to BKK are TK , SWISS and LH
Other airlines who are currently pushing sales ex AMS to BKK are TK , SWISS and LH
May 1, 2018, 4:20 pm
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It's worth checking other countries as Australia currently has a BA sale on.
May 3, 2018, 3:58 am
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Just noticed that CW to Muscat has gone up by £250 across the board today. (Source BA Find Our Cheapest Flights)
I am expecting a sale at some point (hoped for today) based on Continental Clubs historic BA sales page.
Does anyone have any data on them putting the prices up so a reduction in an "imminent" sale looks better?
I am expecting a sale at some point (hoped for today) based on Continental Clubs historic BA sales page.
Does anyone have any data on them putting the prices up so a reduction in an "imminent" sale looks better?
May 3, 2018, 4:42 am
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Just noticed that CW to Muscat has gone up by £250 across the board today. (Source BA Find Our Cheapest Flights)
I am expecting a sale at some point (hoped for today) based on Continental Clubs historic BA sales page.
Does anyone have any data on them putting the prices up so a reduction in an "imminent" sale looks better?
I am expecting a sale at some point (hoped for today) based on Continental Clubs historic BA sales page.
Does anyone have any data on them putting the prices up so a reduction in an "imminent" sale looks better?
Redemption availability has also been significantly reduced.
May 5, 2018, 4:56 am
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There appears to be a sale now.
LHR BOS coming in at £1331 in J, a few days ago it was £2500. New York similar.
This was for Feb 2019 admittedly.
LHR BOS coming in at £1331 in J, a few days ago it was £2500. New York similar.
This was for Feb 2019 admittedly.
May 5, 2018, 6:25 am
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There does indeed appear to be a sale on - LGW to MCO return in September was 2700 business yesterday and is 1800 today.
Some flights were loaded earlier in the week but didn't get them booked in time for slow corporate travel agent...
Some flights were loaded earlier in the week but didn't get them booked in time for slow corporate travel agent...
May 6, 2018, 1:53 am
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Also seeing some good changes ... LHR-PHX in J for sub-£1,500 in Feb 19, and with the bonus of being a 747. 
May 6, 2018, 2:34 am
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May 6, 2018, 5:55 am
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Not a bad deal ... just finished booking JER-UK-PHX for 2 in CW for next Feb, with 2 weeks of SUV rental added. Total bill £3,282. Yes, as noted by BerksFlyer, these are Tuesday out and Tuesday return [as highlighted in Matrix].
Flights alone would have been £2,940 (£1,470 each).
Oh, and the Avis/BA car rental came down from £552 to £342 ... always worth doing both together if possible.
Flights alone would have been £2,940 (£1,470 each).
Oh, and the Avis/BA car rental came down from £552 to £342 ... always worth doing both together if possible.
May 6, 2018, 8:40 am
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Amex Travel still offering £1.7k in F