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Old Jan 29, 2017, 3:53 pm
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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 for that can be found below.


Also in 2017: Enjoy your Premium Experience.

Oneworld: Italy and various EU to New York in club €1250
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)

Update August 4th 2017:
QR: TUN-DOH-KUL return (J), ~£1000, 560TP
QR: TUN-DOH-JNB return (J), ~£1111, 560TP
QR: VCE-DOH-BKK return (J), ~£1242, 560TP
QR: HEL-DOH-BKK return (J), ~£1321, 560TP [AVAILABLE - BOOKING 23AUG17 ONLY - FOR GBP1217]
MH: KUL-PER return (J), ~£664, 280TP
BA/AA: LHR-MIA-PTY return (J), ~£1300, 560TP
BA: MXP-LHR-DXB return (J), ~£1150, 360TP
BA: AMS-LHR-BKK return (J), ~£1300, 360TP
BA/IB/AA: MXP-LHR/MAD-JFK return (J), ~£1700, 360TP
BA/AA: INV-LHR-ORD return (J), ~£1300, 360TP
QR/UL: FRA-DOH-CMB-MLE return (J), ~£1351, 640TP
AY: OSL-HEL-BKK return (J), ~£1200, 360TP
AY: ARN-HEL-BKK return (J), ~£1300, 360TP
BA: HEL-LHR-BRU-LHR-HEL (J) ~£580, 240TP




Expired
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.. (expired 1st Feb)
CONSOLIDATED QR 2017 Travel Festival Fares
LHR-Asia/Oz for £1100/1500 on MH

FIRST CLASS - RTM/AMS/BRU to West Coast (SFO, SAN, YVR, SEA) starting at £2330...(Expired 1st Feb)

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.

Please use http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...are-deals.html for WT or WTP deals.

Here is a link to the original Premium Fare Deals thread.

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Old Jul 22, 2017, 2:05 pm
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Originally Posted by florens
I have just found a quite good fare to Panama exLHR:

£1,389 in J from LHR to PTY via MIA in November:

https://www.google.ch/flights/#searc...LHR0BA206;sc=b
Panama Immigration and Security took and hour (in total) when I landed last week. Mid-Afternoon but only about 4 booths open for foreigners. Families with kids and those in wheelchairs were moved to the front of the line.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 5:37 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
You used to be able to do it on an exEU to Hawaii when the babybus was 210 TP and AA domestic first earned 210/60.

DUB-HEL-LHR/LCY-JFK-PHX-HNL-PHX-JFK-LCY/LHR-HEL-DUB would have earned 40+80+210+210+210+210+210+210+80+40=1500 in one trip.
Any idea where to look for the best price for this trip of trip for August? Most websites (BA, AA, Expedia etc... all limit multiple city routes to only 6 cities)
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 5:39 am
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Originally Posted by crestwood
Any idea where to look for the best price for this trip of trip for August? Most websites (BA, AA, Expedia etc... all limit multiple city routes to only 6 cities)
Use the Matrix booking tools, or phone up.

One option - https://bookwithmatrix.com/

I prefer this, but a bit more technical know-how is needed. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28359539-post438.html

Last edited by dougzz; Jul 23, 2017 at 5:47 am Reason: Added info, and a second option.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 5:40 am
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Any decent fares around to DOH for next April? I'm starting out in DUB but can position
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 5:43 am
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Originally Posted by crestwood
Any idea where to look for the best price for this trip of trip for August? Most websites (BA, AA, Expedia etc... all limit multiple city routes to only 6 cities)
Note this routing only nets 1080 TPs these days
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 6:04 am
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Originally Posted by andymcdonnell
Any decent fares around to DOH for next April? I'm starting out in DUB but can position
In economy I am afraid but CDG/AMS/MUC to DOH via LHR is around £390 return.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 6:06 am
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Originally Posted by polochick
Note this routing only nets 1080 TPs these days
At present it's not a good TP earning rate either.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 7:02 am
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Originally Posted by dougzz
At present it's not a good TP earning rate either.
So what do you recommend as a good TP run currently and what TP can be earned with the recommendation?
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 7:20 am
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Compared to a couple of years ago, it's much harder to find premium routings at bargain prrices.

Back then £1.00/TP was achievable (with luck and decisive action) and £1.25/TP fares were widely available. Nowadays, you're doing well to achieve £1.50/TP

The only 2 I can think of at present are OTP-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK-PHX from AA or CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX--HNL/KOA/OGG on BA...

It's thin pickings out there !
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 8:24 am
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Originally Posted by Fitch
The only 2 I can think of at present are OTP-LHR-HEL-LHR-JFK-PHX from AA or CAI-LHR-JFK-LAX--HNL/KOA/OGG on BA...
These two options above won't let you earn more than 1200 TP maximum per trip
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 8:29 am
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Originally Posted by dougzz

I prefer this, but a bit more technical know-how is needed. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/28359539-post438.html
GOod lord - you need a Pure Math or something jolly clever degree to understand that!! :-(
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 9:57 am
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Originally Posted by CaroFos
GOod lord - you need a Pure Math or something jolly clever degree to understand that!! :-(
It may be easier if you read the wiki in the main thread:

ITA-Matrix-PowerTools - Userscript for Orbitz/DL/UA/AA/BA/CZ/IB/LA/LH/LX/TK

It is a little technical but you do not need to be a web developer.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by Jase76
It may be easier if you read the wiki in the main thread:

ITA-Matrix-PowerTools - Userscript for Orbitz/DL/UA/AA/BA/CZ/IB/LA/LH/LX/TK

It is a little technical but you do not need to be a web developer.
Absolutely, it really does make it simple to use a variety of booking choices. It's really a cut and paste job following some instructions. Use Chrome, copy the entire script, Ctrl-a then ctrl-c then when you have the fare displayed ctrl-shift-j, paste in the script and press enter, you should then see some booking options appear. Use the thread mentioned and give it a try, it's a brilliant tool.

Last edited by dougzz; Jul 23, 2017 at 10:27 am Reason: Added more info.
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 10:22 am
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Originally Posted by NA-Flyer
So what do you recommend as a good TP run currently and what TP can be earned with the recommendation?
The best I found in August as originally asked was €3600 for 1080TP, €3.33 per TP is expensive. I know there's overlap but all of this is better in the TP thread than the premium fare thread.

Last edited by dougzz; Jul 23, 2017 at 1:53 pm Reason: Spelling correction
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Old Jul 23, 2017, 11:11 am
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Originally Posted by CaroFos
GOod lord - you need a Pure Math or something jolly clever degree to understand that!! :-(
Or just do this instead: http://armouredminds.com/dev/powertools/
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