As per my post #146 I think I may have found a fare but does this fare allow the check bag x1 as OW sapphire? Also is the IB phone line fairly straightforward for booking this type of fare as google says call only. Not a bad deal in Y at £373 each return if possible! https://goo.gl/flights/yx136 |
@rockflyertalk, I have spent the past few days trying to find flights to the USA (a much more complicated itinerary than yours though [looking for LHR-NYC-BOS-SFO-LAX-NYC-LON]) for two weeks in February next year and I keep being scuppered by the Basic Economy tickets. Google Flights shows it nice and cheap (£299 per person at times), but then when I go to book, it is £500 per person when it is no longer a basic economy fare. (see my recent thread How to avoid Economy Basic in ITA) where some of my woes are documented.
I have to admit, I have been completely trying to avoid Economy Basic as I want to be able to check a bag (Mrs Wilsnunn cannot pack light) and pick my seats (especially if I end up on an AA flight as I find the option for MCE seats great as these are sometimes (on US domestic flights) including the Premium Economy seats. |
Originally Posted by wilsnunn
(Post 30481536)
I have to admit, I have been completely trying to avoid Economy Basic as I want to be able to check a bag (Mrs Wilsnunn cannot pack light) and pick my seats (especially if I end up on an AA flight as I find the option for MCE seats great as these are sometimes (on US domestic flights) including the Premium Economy seats.
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Originally Posted by lcylocal
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Have you tried looking for a flight and car deal through BA Holidays? Price can often be near the Economy Basic fare but with checked bag. |
Just booked LHR to SYD for £1533 in WTP for July next year on the AA website. Plenty of 1 stop options on AA website. I am going through PHX on the way out and SFO on the way back. Not the quickest way to get to SYD but price and a few extra TPs are welcome.
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Ouch £1550 in Y+ Would you consider starting in Europe for £600 more and going business return on Qatar? https://www.google.co.uk/flights/#fl...11*.GBP.215611 |
Originally Posted by IntVic
(Post 30501936)
Just booked LHR to SYD for £1533 in WTP for July next year on the AA website. Plenty of 1 stop options on AA website. I am going through PHX on the way out and SFO on the way back. Not the quickest way to get to SYD but price and a few extra TPs are welcome.
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Originally Posted by flashware
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So what is the actual routing then? That doesn't make much sense.
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
(Post 30501960)
Ouch £1550 in Y+
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, "ex-EU" is not the answer to every question. |
Originally Posted by Globaliser
(Post 30504597)
Meanwhile, back in the real world: £1,550 is a very good price for premium economy from London to Sydney and back.
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A random spot from an EF fare listing: LHR-JNB-LHR in WT+ for £219 + TFC.
Using ITA or ba.com, it's easy to get the next fare up in the ladder, which is £447 + TFC = ~£902 (or £936 after APD goes up). That's not a bad fare these days for JNB, and something at that level also looks to be available to CPT. I couldn't immediately see how to get the lower JNB fare, but if it's possible to do it, then that would total something like £674 for JNB, which would be a real bargain. |
Originally Posted by Globaliser
(Post 30521964)
A random spot from an EF fare listing: LHR-JNB-LHR in WT+ for £219 + TFC.
Using ITA or ba.com, it's easy to get the next fare up in the ladder, which is £447 + TFC = ~£902 (or £936 after APD goes up). That's not a bad fare these days for JNB, and something at that level also looks to be available to CPT. I couldn't immediately see how to get the lower JNB fare, but if it's possible to do it, then that would total something like £674 for JNB, which would be a real bargain. Pilot37 |
Originally Posted by Globaliser
(Post 30504597)
Meanwhile, back in the real world: £1,550 is a very good price for premium economy from London to Sydney and back.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, "ex-EU" is not the answer to every question. |
Originally Posted by Pilot37
(Post 30522057)
The Black Friday sales had 2 x WTP return LHR-JNB for £1,300 total which was very good IMO, but after playing with it quite a bit to try and get CPT legs added on plus GUF it to CW, the difference between it and the AMS -CPT fare wasn’t enough to justify the GUF usage.
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
(Post 30522066)
I get that - but for a leisure traveller - who is not so restricted by time I suspect plenty might pay an additional £500 / £125 per sector to go from WT+ to lie flat.
But £1,550 LHR-SYD-LHR in premium economy is definitely not "ouch" territory. It's actually closer to "wow". |
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