When is the next BA sale?
Aug 30, 2018, 6:49 am
#2416
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LAX was a £100 or so cheaper - didn't think it worth it
Aug 30, 2018, 7:06 am
#2417
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From the T&Cs:
e. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow to Austin, Washington, New York (John F. Kennedy), Los Angeles, Miami, Accra, Abuja, Lagos, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Seychelles, Durban, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sau Paulo, Santiago, Nassau and Grand Cayman is available for selected outbound travel dates between 5 September 2018 and 31 August 2019.
Both of your destinations are not in the sale, it appears.
e. Travel in Club World from London Heathrow to Austin, Washington, New York (John F. Kennedy), Los Angeles, Miami, Accra, Abuja, Lagos, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Seychelles, Durban, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sau Paulo, Santiago, Nassau and Grand Cayman is available for selected outbound travel dates between 5 September 2018 and 31 August 2019.
Both of your destinations are not in the sale, it appears.
As always, please don't make the mistake of thinking that there is a sale only when (or where) the airline says there is a sale.
Aug 30, 2018, 7:10 am
#2418
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 94
I'm mostly looking for YYZ 29th May to 3 June or 12th to the 17th June. I did see a very small price decrease on F but not on CW. Maybe Black Friday or Christmas than 
Aug 30, 2018, 7:16 am
#2419
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BA Holidays seems to be working well. Priced independently with BA and Hotel, our possible destination came out at £7,280 ex-LON. Same thing with BA Holidays is £5,148 ex-LON and a rather pricey £5,672 ex-JER. May be able to abate that with some Avios, hopefully ... the Flight + Hotel wants an extra £323 for transfers!!
Aug 30, 2018, 7:19 am
#2420
Join Date: Sep 2016
Programs: BA Gold, Emirates, Etihad
Posts: 33
I just managed to bag a couple of these for my GF and I .... Then figured I could really earn some brownie points by getting an internal Finnair flight to Rovaniemi and see if we can catch the northern lights for a night or 2... Picked one up for a shade over £100pp so pretty pleased with that... T3 CX lounge again then! I haven't been gold that long, but all my bookings at the moment seem to be out of T3, I'm still awaiting the delights of the First Lounge/CCR!
Aug 30, 2018, 7:45 am
#2421
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: living near Malaga
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Slighly annoyed with this sale for purely selfish reasons, pulled the trigger last Thursday on a BA Holidays booking to Hong Kong for my 40th Birthday, and have now seen in the sale its reduced by £300 for the trip and some added enhancements to the hotel such as free room upgrade...
Is it worth ringing BA and being cheeky :-) (Tongue firmly in cheek
Ahh well you love and learn...
Is it worth ringing BA and being cheeky :-) (Tongue firmly in cheek
Ahh well you love and learn...
Aug 30, 2018, 7:46 am
#2422
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 973
Been hoping for a sale to AMM - but still showing the same as checked 2 weeks ago £250 one way in pleb
Aug 30, 2018, 7:51 am
#2423
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,153
Sometimes there are the prices in 'non-sale' periods there really are some bargains to be had. Back on topic away to look at W fares for next year, maybe even try the INV routing as it's only a few hours away.
Aug 30, 2018, 8:09 am
#2424
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Couldn't agree more - don't be fooled into thinking that banner on the homepage means you'll get a bargain - yeah some great CE fares, but the best fares are often silently matching other airlines and utilising other starting points. People expecting to get longhaul J for around £1k exLHR and are then disappointed when they don't citing, worse sale ever etc etc !!
Aug 30, 2018, 8:22 am
#2425
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rb211.
Aug 30, 2018, 8:31 am
#2426
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I just managed to bag a couple of these for my GF and I .... Then figured I could really earn some brownie points by getting an internal Finnair flight to Rovaniemi and see if we can catch the northern lights for a night or 2... Picked one up for a shade over £100pp so pretty pleased with that... T3 CX lounge again then! I haven't been gold that long, but all my bookings at the moment seem to be out of T3, I'm still awaiting the delights of the First Lounge/CCR!
Aug 30, 2018, 8:32 am
#2427
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Glasgow and Asia
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Aug 30, 2018, 8:34 am
#2428
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Boston, MA
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Posts: 208
There seem to be relatively few ex-USers active here. I have never noticed a pattern for an ex-US sale - and IME they tend to be less frequent and less lucrative (for PAX) than the ex-EU sales. Prices did drop quite a bit a month or so ago (at least from West coast starting points) and while we're still quite a bit above the ex-UK CW price I don't think there's too much room for improvement. A mild "sale" is the best we can hope for right now I think; I hope I am incorrect on that and something more "exciting" is forthcoming. But don't hold your breath!
rb211.
rb211.
Aug 30, 2018, 9:28 am
#2429
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Sheffield, UK
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I paid £350 as a WT+booking plus some more so don’t fancy losing £350 at this stage
I was only being cheeky.. so might give them a call and see what they say
Aug 30, 2018, 9:29 am
#2430
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Stupid phone and duplicate posts.