Sep 11, 2015, 3:46 pm
Last edit by: NWIFlyer
This 2015/16 thread is now closed. The 2017 thread is:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1818553-premium-fare-deals-j-f-2017-edition.html
FIRST CLASS - RTM/AMS/BRU to West Coast (SFO, SAN, YVR, SEA) starting at £2330... (just click on the book with American link to get the good price.
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Oneworld: Italy and various EU to New York in club €1250
CONSOLIDATED QR 2017 Travel Festival Fares
Current QR Sale Fares (yes, I did...)
QR/UL FRA-MLE via DOH+CMB: 1380€ RT across the board. 640 TP.
Switzerland/Italy/Sweden to East & West Coast USA in WTP (PE) €600/690 (3x Avios)
LHR-Asia/Oz for £1100/1500 on MH
Finnair J, ARN / GOT - BKK, 1150 GBP return (valid till Jan 9th)
TXL and Portugal to JNB for £1350/1450 on BA discussed from post 5021 onwards..
For promos to the US (often, but TP heavy routes in general) it is always a good idea to look at BA Tier Point Runs 2017 master thread. Current sales are often in the Wiki there.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1818553-premium-fare-deals-j-f-2017-edition.html
A collaborative collection and discussion of nice Avios-earning and TP-earning J & F premium fare deals. This thread is not for TP runs or published sales.
Some links to relevant threads can be found below.
Enjoy your Premium Experience.
Some links to relevant threads can be found below.
Enjoy your Premium Experience.
FIRST CLASS - RTM/AMS/BRU to West Coast (SFO, SAN, YVR, SEA) starting at £2330... (just click on the book with American link to get the good price.
)Oneworld: Italy and various EU to New York in club €1250
CONSOLIDATED QR 2017 Travel Festival Fares
Current QR Sale Fares (yes, I did...)
QR/UL FRA-MLE via DOH+CMB: 1380€ RT across the board. 640 TP.
Switzerland/Italy/Sweden to East & West Coast USA in WTP (PE) €600/690 (3x Avios)
LHR-Asia/Oz for £1100/1500 on MH
Finnair J, ARN / GOT - BKK, 1150 GBP return (valid till Jan 9th)
TXL and Portugal to JNB for £1350/1450 on BA discussed from post 5021 onwards..
For promos to the US (often, but TP heavy routes in general) it is always a good idea to look at BA Tier Point Runs 2017 master thread. Current sales are often in the Wiki there.
Premium Fare deals (J and F)
Dec 29, 2016, 3:52 am
#4906
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: UK
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Posts: 709
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Dec 29, 2016, 3:59 am
#4907
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: BHX
Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)
Posts: 7,343
Hello. Thanks for all comments and info on getting my mum to oz.. I think she's tempted by the MH fares but suspect she'll settle for biz all the way - throwing £800 at it to sit in first class for two legs of the journey will probably feel a little wasteful to her...
But my final question would be are any of the other Asian carriers worth looking at as I know absolutely nothing about any of them - or of course is it worth splashing for Singapore Ethiad or emirates and forgetting the avios and tier Points? (Rationale being MH is the 'scary' airline to the layman although we have discussed that of course they have planes flying day in day out without incident) ...
Finally, any idea how long the MH fares will last? Any urgency to book?
Thanks so much.
CF
But my final question would be are any of the other Asian carriers worth looking at as I know absolutely nothing about any of them - or of course is it worth splashing for Singapore Ethiad or emirates and forgetting the avios and tier Points? (Rationale being MH is the 'scary' airline to the layman although we have discussed that of course they have planes flying day in day out without incident) ...
Finally, any idea how long the MH fares will last? Any urgency to book?
Thanks so much.
CF
2) Most of us will have rather different priorities to your 80yr old mother. For me, £800 would be just over what I'd consider paying for MH F over J; mostly as I know I'll be making the same trip again 10x in the next 5 years and there will be plenty of other chances. Your mother may feel rather differently if this is a one-off trip.
3) Never underestimate the value of starting ex-UK over ex-EU. Don't forget you need to add positioning flights, likely an overnight hotel, risk of misconnect, etc. etc. £2k for a LON-OZ fare is cracking value in J.
That being said, the comment about the GCC3 is valid. EY will take you from LON-MEL for around £2750 at the moment, and given that they'll send a chauffeur to pick her up from her house and take her to the airport, then drop her off at the other end, etc. and their A380 J product is the best in the sky; it's a definite thing to consider.
As for EK... Don't forget if you can get it on a QF ticket and flight numbers, you can still earn Avios and TPs.
Dec 29, 2016, 6:12 am
#4908
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
1) Never wait for a fare if it suits your budget and purpose.
2) Most of us will have rather different priorities to your 80yr old mother. For me, £800 would be just over what I'd consider paying for MH F over J; mostly as I know I'll be making the same trip again 10x in the next 5 years and there will be plenty of other chances. Your mother may feel rather differently if this is a one-off trip.
3) Never underestimate the value of starting ex-UK over ex-EU. Don't forget you need to add positioning flights, likely an overnight hotel, risk of misconnect, etc. etc. £2k for a LON-OZ fare is cracking value in J.
That being said, the comment about the GCC3 is valid. EY will take you from LON-MEL for around £2750 at the moment, and given that they'll send a chauffeur to pick her up from her house and take her to the airport, then drop her off at the other end, etc. and their A380 J product is the best in the sky; it's a definite thing to consider.
As for EK... Don't forget if you can get it on a QF ticket and flight numbers, you can still earn Avios and TPs.
2) Most of us will have rather different priorities to your 80yr old mother. For me, £800 would be just over what I'd consider paying for MH F over J; mostly as I know I'll be making the same trip again 10x in the next 5 years and there will be plenty of other chances. Your mother may feel rather differently if this is a one-off trip.
3) Never underestimate the value of starting ex-UK over ex-EU. Don't forget you need to add positioning flights, likely an overnight hotel, risk of misconnect, etc. etc. £2k for a LON-OZ fare is cracking value in J.
That being said, the comment about the GCC3 is valid. EY will take you from LON-MEL for around £2750 at the moment, and given that they'll send a chauffeur to pick her up from her house and take her to the airport, then drop her off at the other end, etc. and their A380 J product is the best in the sky; it's a definite thing to consider.
As for EK... Don't forget if you can get it on a QF ticket and flight numbers, you can still earn Avios and TPs.
Dec 29, 2016, 6:25 am
#4909
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 834
Sorry. What is GCC3?
Dec 29, 2016, 6:26 am
#4910
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,532
Dec 29, 2016, 6:52 am
#4911
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 689
I looking for flights to MEL, if I can use GUF2 on BA sectors with early in the 3rd week of Jan when it expires. If I can't, I can push it out a week later, and then don't have to use BA, returning after the 9th of Feb.
Norway no longer looks like a good starting point ex EU to Australia, as earlier this year it was Nor 26k booking a week out including HKG and SIN stopovers. Looking now it is 40-56k.
Anyone had any luck with deals down to Oz recently? Thanks in advance
Norway no longer looks like a good starting point ex EU to Australia, as earlier this year it was Nor 26k booking a week out including HKG and SIN stopovers. Looking now it is 40-56k.
Anyone had any luck with deals down to Oz recently? Thanks in advance
Dec 29, 2016, 7:10 am
#4913
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,265
Dec 29, 2016, 9:10 am
#4914
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Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 12,271
Dec 29, 2016, 10:44 am
#4915
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,309
All
I had a question, which i have looked into, but thought if I could tap into the collective wisdom here to see if I missed something.
I need to go to India on 12 April to 23 April for a friend's wedding (apparently it is a five day job!) , +/- one day either way. Preference is Delhi, as the train is easiest where I need to go, but Mumbai would work. J or F. I am based in london.
Happy to do ex-eu, I have a joker if needed and also a GUF 1 I would really like to use.
So ignoring redemption availability (which I should be able to fix with the joker and switching a date).
I think if I want to travel F and use the GUF, the best i can do is the following Ex-EU.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
which might also enable me to use the BA 777 on a leg (or connection out to Madrid) which could be fun. Fine to overnight in MAD or London either way. This prices around the £1,400 mark on BA.
For J, I could also go finnair for less (I see circa 1170 GBP), or premium economy with the voucher or would consider Qatar. I have enough for an outright redemption but prefer to earn some tier points and ideally spend around £1k.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance. If this is too broad let me know. In essence I prefer an ex -eu J to travel F in the 787 to DEL with the voucher but wondered if I had found the best value.
I can of course give it a week or two to see if a sale pops up.
I had a question, which i have looked into, but thought if I could tap into the collective wisdom here to see if I missed something.
I need to go to India on 12 April to 23 April for a friend's wedding (apparently it is a five day job!) , +/- one day either way. Preference is Delhi, as the train is easiest where I need to go, but Mumbai would work. J or F. I am based in london.
Happy to do ex-eu, I have a joker if needed and also a GUF 1 I would really like to use.
So ignoring redemption availability (which I should be able to fix with the joker and switching a date).
I think if I want to travel F and use the GUF, the best i can do is the following Ex-EU.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
which might also enable me to use the BA 777 on a leg (or connection out to Madrid) which could be fun. Fine to overnight in MAD or London either way. This prices around the £1,400 mark on BA.
For J, I could also go finnair for less (I see circa 1170 GBP), or premium economy with the voucher or would consider Qatar. I have enough for an outright redemption but prefer to earn some tier points and ideally spend around £1k.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance. If this is too broad let me know. In essence I prefer an ex -eu J to travel F in the 787 to DEL with the voucher but wondered if I had found the best value.
I can of course give it a week or two to see if a sale pops up.
Last edited by Woodbinerich; Dec 29, 2016 at 11:37 am Reason: trying to get the link to work
Dec 29, 2016, 11:23 am
#4916
Join Date: Nov 2013
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 176
All
I had a question, which i have looked into, but thought if I could tap into the collective wisdom here to see if I missed something.
I need to go to India on 12 April to 23 April for a friend's wedding (apparently it is a five day job!) , +/- one day either way. Preference is Delhi, as the train is easiest where I need to go, but Mumbai would work. J or F.
Happy to do ex-eu, I have a joker if needed and also a GUF 1 I would really like to use.
So ignoring redemption availability (which I should be able to fix with the joker and switching a date).
I think if I want to travel F and use the GUF, the best i can do is the following Ex-EU.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
which might also enable me to use the BA 777 on a leg (or connection out to Madrid) which could be fun. Fine to overnight in MAD or London either way. This prices around the £1,400 mark on BA.
For J, I could also go finnair for less (I see circa 1170 GBP), or premium economy with the voucher or would consider Qatar. I have enough for an outright redemption but prefer to earn some tier points and ideally spend around £1k.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance. If this is too broad let me know. In essence I prefer an ex -eu J to travel F in the 787 to DEL with the voucher but wondered if I had found the best value.
I can of course give it a week or two to see if a sale pops up.
I had a question, which i have looked into, but thought if I could tap into the collective wisdom here to see if I missed something.
I need to go to India on 12 April to 23 April for a friend's wedding (apparently it is a five day job!) , +/- one day either way. Preference is Delhi, as the train is easiest where I need to go, but Mumbai would work. J or F.
Happy to do ex-eu, I have a joker if needed and also a GUF 1 I would really like to use.
So ignoring redemption availability (which I should be able to fix with the joker and switching a date).
I think if I want to travel F and use the GUF, the best i can do is the following Ex-EU.
https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#se...c=b;a=ONEWORLD
which might also enable me to use the BA 777 on a leg (or connection out to Madrid) which could be fun. Fine to overnight in MAD or London either way. This prices around the £1,400 mark on BA.
For J, I could also go finnair for less (I see circa 1170 GBP), or premium economy with the voucher or would consider Qatar. I have enough for an outright redemption but prefer to earn some tier points and ideally spend around £1k.
Any thoughts welcome. Thanks in advance. If this is too broad let me know. In essence I prefer an ex -eu J to travel F in the 787 to DEL with the voucher but wondered if I had found the best value.
I can of course give it a week or two to see if a sale pops up.
Dec 29, 2016, 11:32 am
#4917
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,309
I can only help you out on the EX EU bit,i do MAD - BOM 2 or 3 times a year,DEL is usually around the same price.£1400 is a non sale price,in the sale you can pick up MAD-BOM for around the £1050 mark and sometimes its cheaper to end in LHR,there hasn't been a sale for a while so I'm hoping there will be one very soon.
Dec 29, 2016, 12:15 pm
#4918
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: LHR
Programs: Accor PLT,Thai Silver, HH Dia, SPG Titanium (LT Gold), Aegean Gold, BA Silver
Posts: 5,120
Finair from BCN to DEL is currently £1171. BA PE MXP - BOM is £685. If you want a better flight EK is pricing £1283. These all for your dates.
Dec 29, 2016, 12:17 pm
#4919
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Posts: 46
Don´t know if this is a deal but I have been looking EX EU to MIA for a month or so now and found today ARN to IAD/JFK around 1600 euro and to LAX/SFO around 1800 euro.
Books to I and J
Books to I and J
Dec 29, 2016, 1:25 pm
#4920
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,309