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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 18, 2017, 4:43 am

#1096

Pandra

Join Date: May 2011

Programs: BA Gold, AAdvantage, Marriot & SPG Platinum, Hilton, AClub gold, ICH

Posts: 192

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

I think this is the AY ISA2GB21 LON to SGN fare. It seems there is no specific ticket by date, so it could be pulled at any time really. It has a 28 day advanced purchase requirement.

Min stay

These are the possible routings:

Thanks Karfa, that's really helpful

Aug 19, 2017, 8:42 am

#1097

PaulN

Join Date: Jul 2006

Location: London

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 692

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calchas

You can go via HKG if you wish on a BKK fare.

Code:

PUBLISHED RTG AMS-BKK/BA5   /TAR-EURG    EF-11NOV16 DIS-INDEF
 
/WITHIN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE/
MAP CONSTRUCTED LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT
 1. AMS-LON-BKK
 2. AMS-LON-HKG-CX/HX/RJ-BKK
 3. AMS-LON-KUL-BA/MH/RJ-BKK
 4. AMS-LON-SIN-3K/CX-BKK

Thanks for this. Cost a little more due to the combination of flights I wanted but did AMS-LHR-HKG-BKK-HKG-LHR-AMS for £1477 at Easter 18. Couldn't get the BA website to price up outbound with the HKG-BKK leg (though it did offer it on inbound as an option for a simple AMS-BKK) so booked over the phone with an exceptionally helpful agent ("have you been looking at matrixita" he asked).

Links nicely with Avios flights booked for the family.

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Aug 22, 2017, 8:04 am

#1098

OneworldHarj

Join Date: Apr 2017

Location: UK

Programs: British Airways Executive Club Silver

Posts: 87

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phil the Flyer

That's impressive! All OW?

I booked the same route as well for May 2018

I only went to BA call centre to get AMS-LHR-BKK and for the same price they set it up as AMS-LHR-HKG-BKK....tier points ^

Aug 22, 2017, 9:23 am

#1099

bmflex

Join Date: Oct 2013

Posts: 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey

Did a similar routing last week -

AMS-LHR-KUL-BKK-SIN-LHR-AMS

F outbound on the 789 and return on the 777. KUL to BKK was MH, with CX to SIN. Added in a stopover in SIN, which pushed the price up slightly, but still a great deal at £1,370 each.

Would you mind sharing the google flights routing link for this? Sounds like a great deal with F on the way out!

Aug 22, 2017, 9:24 am

#1100

florens

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Switzerland

Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP

Posts: 6,532

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmflex

Would you mind sharing the google flights routing link for this? Sounds like a great deal with F on the way out!

I have the impression he was on the BKK fare and UuA.

Aug 22, 2017, 11:27 am

#1101

Filthy Monkey

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: Glasgow / London

Programs: BA GGL

Posts: 3,457

Quote:

Originally Posted by florens

I have the impression he was on the BKK fare and UuA.

Yes, correct. I used a GUF on this one. Apologies that wasn't clear in the original post.

Aug 22, 2017, 12:15 pm

#1102

nkvuong

Join Date: Oct 2015

Location: London

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 175

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filthy Monkey

Yes, correct. I used a GUF on this one. Apologies that wasn't clear in the original post.

Did you apply the GUF on this by calling BA?

Aug 23, 2017, 8:10 am

#1103

bras0978

Join Date: Jul 2016

Programs: Executive Club

Posts: 78

I'm looking for some inspiration, if any is to be had... my wife and I ar trying to get to CPT for about a week in October - leaving on/after 16th and back by 29th. Could do an open-jaw JNB one end and CPT the other, but would prefer to avoid a simple JNB return.

The last time we went to South Africa, we did an exEU AMS-LHR-JNB very successfully, but this time I'm struggling to find anything less than about £2,000 per person. I did see QR's TUN deal mentioned in the wiki, and decent prices are available on ITA (£1,320 if we do an open-jaw, £935(!!) round-trip JNB). However, I'm not so keen to go to TUN and I'm not sure I could convince my wife.

Are there any start/end points I might not have considered which would be a bit easier than TUN? Or should I just wait and see what other offers QR might have?

Aug 23, 2017, 8:51 am

#1104

Fitch

Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Bristol

Programs: BA GGL, UA Plat, DL Plat, Hilton Diamond

Posts: 2,380

What on Earth is wrong with Tunis ? Other than of course the relative pain and expense of gettig there...

Aug 23, 2017, 9:04 am

#1105

Cymro

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Gloucestershire

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

Posts: 6,201

Basic problem is that BA doesn't have any I-class availability. As such, you're going to struggle with getting a good fare anywhere.

Aug 23, 2017, 9:10 am

#1106

joequimby

Join Date: Dec 2016

Programs: QF, BA

Posts: 102

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cymro

Basic problem is that BA doesn't have any I-class availability. As such, you're going to struggle with getting a good fare anywhere.

Positioning on IB code, VY metal via BCN for £130 OW isn't too bad.

I'm also seeing a LHR-TUN return on AZ for ~£140

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Aug 23, 2017, 9:54 am

#1107

bras0978

Join Date: Jul 2016

Programs: Executive Club

Posts: 78

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cymro

Basic problem is that BA doesn't have any I-class availability. As such, you're going to struggle with getting a good fare anywhere.

Ah, I didn't clock that. Makes sense.

Aug 23, 2017, 9:58 am

#1108

Cymro

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: Gloucestershire

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

Posts: 6,201

BRU-CPT on QR with some pretty rough timings is coming in at about £1,700 for your dates.

Aug 23, 2017, 10:14 am

#1109

bras0978

Join Date: Jul 2016

Programs: Executive Club

Posts: 78

I don't know why I hadn't found those ones... I think I was just missing the dates in my search. It's a bit pricey for me (although, once you consider how much cheaper it is to position to BRU than TUN it might make sense...)

Aug 23, 2017, 10:27 am

#1110

firstclasslad

Join Date: Sep 2004

Location: One & Only: L O N D O N

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 1,347

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

Interesting. I have been looking for something to the Far East for Easter next year. That's a good price (these days!) for BA to HKG.

I had a check of a few other exEU starting points.

AMS-HKG - €1,559
LUX-HKG - €1,481 (note LUX is a LHR T3 route)

Just to note that long running AMS-BKK advanced purchase fare (INCEU60) is €1,433 . Also worth noting BRU-PVG is €1,437 and LUX-PVG is €1,412 and these are under the INCSALE fare. There is a lot of potential for some good open jaw routings combining some of these fares, so you could do AMS-LHR-HKG/BKK-LHR-AMS and just use avios on CX/KA to go in between.

Some detail of this AMS-HKG INCSALE fare.

Code:

5 TRANSFERS PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
      2 FREE IN EUROPE IN EACH DIRECTION
      3 FREE IN JAPAN/KOREA, REP. OF/KOREA, DEM. PEOPLE'S
       REP. OF/S.W. PACIFIC/SOUTHEAST ASIA EXCEPT CHINA IN
       EACH DIRECTION.
  AND - 1 TRANSFER PERMITTED IN EACH DIRECTION FREE
            1 FREE IN CHINA IN EACH DIRECTION
          FARE BREAK AND EMBEDDED SURFACE SECTORS NOT
           PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.

I've searched and not getting this fare. Example dates? ITA or Expedia?