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, 3:21 pm
#4921
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 160
If you need the tier points, starting the finnair flight from agp gets you 140tp in business rather than the 40tp from bcn. Fares are the same or cheaper.
Last edited by tc69; Dec 30, 2016 at 1:26 am
Dec 29, 2016, 3:30 pm
#4922
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club, easyJet and Ryanair
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: UK/Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR)
Posts: 15,924
Dec 30, 2016, 2:51 am
#4924
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: BA GGL, FB Platinum, Delta Nothing, HHonors Diamond, IAG Gold Ambassador, Ritz Silver, SPG Gold
Posts: 100
Any interesting J or F fares to SYD out there right now, (ex-EU or ex-UK?) Haven't seen one talked about in awhile.
Dec 30, 2016, 3:09 am
#4925
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: 7,328
Dec 30, 2016, 3:48 am
#4926
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Dublin
Programs: EI AC Silver, BAEC Gold
Posts: 369
I am looking at booking a trip ex Dub for Sept and am seeing €3K on CX, €3.4K on QR and €3.5K on EY and EK, BA €4.4K Not sure to book the CX or hold and see if QR offer any decent deals closer to the Dub launch. MH ex LHR is also very tempting.
Dec 30, 2016, 3:57 am
#4927
Join Date: Jul 2016
Programs: BA GGL, FB Platinum, Delta Nothing, HHonors Diamond, IAG Gold Ambassador, Ritz Silver, SPG Gold
Posts: 100
Dec 30, 2016, 3:58 am
#4928
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: The Hague, NL
Programs: GMLFL, Life 2.0 - Mucci Premiere Classe & des Chevaliers Toulousiens
Posts: 22,911
Dec 30, 2016, 4:00 am
#4929
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,308
Probably old hat to any experts on ex EU, but i did call BA to try to understand what was possible on the BA only fare (i.e. MAD - DEL ) at around £1400 and to share information. What I learned that makes it a bit more interesting:
1. You can get a valid connection by travelling on the 777 BA plane the day before, delaying the outbound LHR -DEL a day with no price change.
2.The fare allows stopovers both ways for no fee, and the taxes are unchanged if you put the final leg some way into the future (i haven't tested it rigorously but I pushed it out to November 2017 at the same price)
3. The price is also the same with a number of 80 tier point destinations including TFS for the final leg.
Also noting that Madrid is the right place to be to get the LAN MAD-FRA route and the next weekend from my trip is a bank holiday - I am going to have a play around and see if I can make a mini-tier point run for friday-monday of the weekend after. Thanks to all.
Last edited by Woodbinerich; Dec 30, 2016 at 4:02 am Reason: clarification
Dec 30, 2016, 4:05 am
#4930
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Dublin
Programs: EI AC Silver, BAEC Gold
Posts: 369
Dec 30, 2016, 4:08 am
#4931
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 708
Have been looking at some options for Japan in Sepetember - having seen the exEU to HKG thread have considered the BUD-LHR-HKG rtn (£1.3k ish - pros include CX A350) as well as the cleverly routed AMS-LHR-HKG/HKG-BKK-KUL-LHR-AMS (£1.4k - pros include BA A380 & 787) - earning 360TPs and 440TPs respectively. QR have ARN-DOH-HKG rtn for more (£1.6k pros 787 both legs) but earning 560TPs.
All of these would require a reward connection in HKG - not too much of a chore given the fact my favourite lounge in the world is based there!
CX are offering AMS-HKG-CTS - which would get us to (albeit far North) Japan and earn 560TPs for £1.6k.
I'm torn and wondering whether to bite the bullet now or wait. Bird in the hand and all...
Any advice (or possible fares I've overlooked) much appreciated ^ TIA
All of these would require a reward connection in HKG - not too much of a chore given the fact my favourite lounge in the world is based there!
CX are offering AMS-HKG-CTS - which would get us to (albeit far North) Japan and earn 560TPs for £1.6k.
I'm torn and wondering whether to bite the bullet now or wait. Bird in the hand and all...
Any advice (or possible fares I've overlooked) much appreciated ^ TIA
Dec 30, 2016, 4:09 am
#4932
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,499
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Probably old hat to any experts on ex EU, but i did call BA to try to understand what was possible on the BA only fare (i.e. MAD - DEL ) at around £1400 and to share information. What I learned that makes it a bit more interesting:
1. You can get a valid connection by travelling on the 777 BA plane the day before, delaying the outbound LHR -DEL a day with no price change.
2.The fare allows stopovers both ways for no fee, and the taxes are unchanged if you put the final leg some way into the future (i haven't tested it rigorously but I pushed it out to November 2017 at the same price)
3. The price is also the same with a number of 80 tier point destinations including TFS for the final leg.
Also noting that Madrid is the right place to be to get the LAN MAD-FRA route and the next weekend from my trip is a bank holiday - I am going to have a play around and see if I can make a mini-tier point run for friday-monday of the weekend after. Thanks to all.
Probably old hat to any experts on ex EU, but i did call BA to try to understand what was possible on the BA only fare (i.e. MAD - DEL ) at around £1400 and to share information. What I learned that makes it a bit more interesting:
1. You can get a valid connection by travelling on the 777 BA plane the day before, delaying the outbound LHR -DEL a day with no price change.
2.The fare allows stopovers both ways for no fee, and the taxes are unchanged if you put the final leg some way into the future (i haven't tested it rigorously but I pushed it out to November 2017 at the same price)
3. The price is also the same with a number of 80 tier point destinations including TFS for the final leg.
Also noting that Madrid is the right place to be to get the LAN MAD-FRA route and the next weekend from my trip is a bank holiday - I am going to have a play around and see if I can make a mini-tier point run for friday-monday of the weekend after. Thanks to all.
Dec 30, 2016, 8:52 am
#4933
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Programs: BA Gold/OWE, several MUCCI, and assorted Pensions!
Posts: 32,145
Microsopically useful, but we've just managed to get DUB-OGG in August at just over £3k for 2, Bus/F with AA. Desperately small availability, though, and seemed to change daily/hourly.
Strangely, either AA [on-line] nor BA [Gold Line] could find what we'd found on Matrix, but bookwithmatrix.com managed to fix it for us.
Strangely, either AA [on-line] nor BA [Gold Line] could find what we'd found on Matrix, but bookwithmatrix.com managed to fix it for us.
Dec 30, 2016, 10:21 am
#4934
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAGGL, A3G, Accor Gold, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond, LHW Sterling
Posts: 1,308
Dec 30, 2016, 3:25 pm
#4935
Join Date: Jun 2010
Programs: IC Amb :-(, UA silver, BA Gold, SPG Plat, A-Club Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 913
Microsopically useful, but we've just managed to get DUB-OGG in August at just over £3k for 2, Bus/F with AA. Desperately small availability, though, and seemed to change daily/hourly.
Strangely, either AA [on-line] nor BA [Gold Line] could find what we'd found on Matrix, but bookwithmatrix.com managed to fix it for us.
Strangely, either AA [on-line] nor BA [Gold Line] could find what we'd found on Matrix, but bookwithmatrix.com managed to fix it for us.
Looking for roughly these dates for 2 pax also.