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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Aug 5, 2017, 2:46 am

#1021

PIKnic

Join Date: Jan 2015

Location: Scotland

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 363

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyfly

I'd rather go via LAX than the direct JFK-LAS

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

I was trying the options for that but the price seems to shoot up unless you have an overnight in the route from what I have found so far.

Aug 5, 2017, 2:56 am

#1022

Tafflyer

Join Date: May 2012

Location: Munich, Algarve, Sussex or S.F Bay Area

Programs: Mucci, BA Gold, A3*Gold, AA Plat, HH Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Marriott Plat

Posts: 4,164

You can also do that via LCY and the baby bus.

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

Aug 5, 2017, 6:16 am

#1023

JMurray

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: BRU

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 518

Anyone found anything decent to MIA October time. Best I can find is circa £1,300.

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

Aug 5, 2017, 7:59 am

#1024

Cymro

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Gloucestershire

Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,201

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMurray

Anyone found anything decent to MIA October time. Best I can find is circa £1,300.

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...c=b;a=ONEWORLD

That definitely counts as decent, I'm afraid. I can knock off £15 by departing from Warsaw but that and more will go onto the positioning flight.

Don't forget the option of back-to-back the night before with AMS - you can do the 1800 out and the 2145 back from LHR to keep costs down (and do the same on your return if you need to be in work!)

Aug 5, 2017, 9:06 am

#1025

mikeyfly

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Join Date: May 2014

Location: UK

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 12,266

CAI-HNL £1,147 now next spring / summer. This has come done from more recent times?

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...CAI1BA155;sc=b

Aug 5, 2017, 11:01 am

#1026

Tafflyer

Join Date: May 2012

Location: Munich, Algarve, Sussex or S.F Bay Area

Programs: Mucci, BA Gold, A3*Gold, AA Plat, HH Gold, IHG Plat Amb, Marriott Plat

Posts: 4,164

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyfly

CAI-HNL £1,147 now next spring / summer. This has come done from more recent times?

https://www.google.co.uk/flights/?f=...CAI1BA155;sc=b

Great price but that's not enough to entice me to CAI right now, I'm afraid.

Aug 5, 2017, 12:35 pm

#1027

deboyzoned

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Join Date: Jul 2013

Location: UK

Programs: BAEC GGL, HH DIAMOND, AVIS Presidents Club, Karahi Express

Posts: 1,229

Good price for 840 TP, what would be even better if you could include an east coast to west coast segment .... an extra 280 TP ... 1120 TP ��

Aug 5, 2017, 3:24 pm

#1028

NA-Flyer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: ORD

Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT

Posts: 8,659

Quote:

Originally Posted by deboyzoned

Good price for 840 TP, what would be even better if you could include an east coast to west coast segment .... an extra 280 TP ... 1120 TP ��

You can even score up to 1280 tier points if you manage to play around with the fare

Aug 5, 2017, 3:33 pm

#1029

nufnuf77

Join Date: Feb 2014

Location: ±38,000 feet

Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat

Posts: 6,428

Quote:

Originally Posted by NA-Flyer

You can even score up to 1280 tier points if you manage to play around with the fare

No you can't easily on that fare, as it only allows 1 transfer in Europe on AA fare (so can't make it on AA £1111 fare).

Can get 1280TPs only on BA base fare, but the surcharges are higher so we are talking £1300-ish for that.

Aug 5, 2017, 4:55 pm

#1030

haroon145

Join Date: Aug 2011

Posts: 509

Quote:

Originally Posted by nufnuf77

hi any links for the 1280 tps please? I can't find anything that works out like that. Thanks

Aug 5, 2017, 8:48 pm

#1031

nufnuf77

Join Date: Feb 2014

Location: ±38,000 feet

Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat

Posts: 6,428

Quote:

Originally Posted by haroon145

hi any links for the 1280 tps please? I can't find anything that works out like that. Thanks

widely available if you do ita search. cai-lhr-hel-jfk-lax-hnl rt

Aug 5, 2017, 9:49 pm

#1032

walkingtall

Join Date: Feb 2012

Location: Jakarta

Programs: BA GGL, GA PLAT, SQ Gold

Posts: 527

Wonder if someone could help or offer advice

Mid September i am looking to go - CGK/KUL/BKK (any) - LHR- LAS-LAX-CGK

Need about 4 days in London, couple each in LAX and LAS

Dont mind buying two tickets either ex EU or CAI for the US trip

I have been looking on Google but the cheapest i come up with is around £6k

I can get the Asia-Europe for around £2k but the US trip is coming up a lot more

Thanks in advance

Aug 6, 2017, 12:15 am

#1033

NA-Flyer

Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: ORD

Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT

Posts: 8,659

Quote:

Originally Posted by haroon145

hi any links for the 1280 tps please? I can't find anything that works out like that. Thanks

I was thinking of the following routing:
CAI-LHR-CDG-ORD-MIA-LAX-HNL and backward. I think you have to use a TA to arrange for you such booking.

Aug 6, 2017, 1:00 am

#1034

nufnuf77

Join Date: Feb 2014

Location: ±38,000 feet

Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat

Posts: 6,428

Quote:

Originally Posted by NA-Flyer

I was thinking of the following routing:
CAI-LHR-CDG-ORD-MIA-LAX-HNL and backward. I think you have to use a TA to arrange for you such booking.

This should not work on the cheap AA fare, as it only allows 1 European transit. Also both AA and slightly more expensive BA fare only allow 2 US transits.

Hence this is a NO GO.

Aug 6, 2017, 3:52 am

#1035

Cymro

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Gloucestershire

Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond

Posts: 6,201

Quote:

Originally Posted by walkingtall

I'd do it all on one ticket.

Might be one for a travel agent with those flight numbers but it can be done for £50 more with BA flight numbers. It's an I-class sale fare that allows stopovers - the full fare code is ISALEMS.

It does mean that you do LAX-KUL eastbound, which is nearly 50% further. I've no idea what that would do to your jetlag - good or bad. Edit: in the circumstances this might be a good case for the afternoon departure from LAX and a long layover in London - you'll be tired by the time of your flight to KUL but jetlag in London could be the same as adjusting to KL time.