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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Sep 11, 2017, 10:59 pm

#1216

ubiest

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: BCN

Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold

Posts: 582

Quote:

Originally Posted by walkingtall

Just booked CGK-CMB-BAH for £686 (540 TP) i thought would be less CGK-CMB but apparently its 140

TPs should be 560, ie 140x4

Is this fare all on UL metal?

Sep 12, 2017, 3:07 am

#1217

msm2000uk

Moderator: Qatar Airways

Join Date: Jan 2014

Location: LHR/NCE/MIA

Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher

Posts: 8,949

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubiest

TPs should be 560, ie 140x4

Is this fare all on UL metal?

You can still do FRA-DOH-CMB-CGK on UL flights numbers for around £1500.

It nets 840 TPs, and is all on UL metal (except FRA-DOH-FRA which is on QR).

M

Sep 12, 2017, 3:53 am

#1218

ubiest

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: BCN

Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold

Posts: 582

Quote:

Originally Posted by msm2000uk

You can still do FRA-DOH-CMB-CGK on UL flights numbers for around £1500.

It nets 840 TPs, and is all on UL metal (except FRA-DOH-FRA which is on QR).

M

I asked about the OPs routing, specifically.
Will soon be flying on DME-DOH-CMB-CAN/HKG QR/UL also 840 TPs for 1240 EUR.

Sep 12, 2017, 6:01 am

#1219

ESFLYER95

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Hong Kong

Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, , Hilton Diamond (from being in a bed), SPG Plat, MR Plat

Posts: 922

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubiest

I asked about the OPs routing, specifically.
Will soon be flying on DME-DOH-CMB-CAN/HKG QR/UL also 840 TPs for 1240 EUR.

Is something like this still available? Had a quick look but nothing. Would be great to fit a upcoming needed DME trip on the way back to HKG.

Many thanks

Sep 12, 2017, 7:49 am

#1220

ubiest

Join Date: Mar 2017

Location: BCN

Programs: BA GGL, IB, LH, IHG Gold

Posts: 582

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESFLYER95

Is something like this still available? Had a quick look but nothing. Would be great to fit a upcoming needed DME trip on the way back to HKG.

Many thanks

definitely there. Book through a TA

Sep 14, 2017, 3:30 am

#1221

mikeyfly

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Join Date: May 2014

Location: UK

Programs: BA Gold

Posts: 12,262

As posted in PF thread, but no harm in highlighting here - PRG-MIA amongst others for circa £1,250

https://www.google.hu/flights/?sourc...=ONEWORLD;eo=e

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Sep 15, 2017, 8:20 am

#1222

ESFLYER95

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Hong Kong

Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, , Hilton Diamond (from being in a bed), SPG Plat, MR Plat

Posts: 922

Have the good £1300ish LUX-HKG fares gone? Was looking to book a couple but now seem around £1900..

Cheers

Sep 15, 2017, 8:24 am

#1223

AAtticus

Join Date: Dec 2013

Programs: QRPC Platinum, KFEG

Posts: 999

I still see some availability for around EUR 1600 from both LUX and BRU to HKG.
Jumped up from EUR 1500 earlier this week though.

Sep 15, 2017, 9:05 am

#1224

Protocol7

Join Date: Jun 2013

Programs: BA Gold, TAP Gold

Posts: 131

I believe they expired yesterday

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Sep 15, 2017, 9:27 am

#1225

KARFA

Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: Leeds, UK

Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond

Posts: 42,968

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protocol7

I believe they expired yesterday

So maybe the sale price has gone and the jump is because that is the advanced purchase price which isn't as good? Sorry I haven't had a chance to look at the fares on EF to check myself.

Sep 15, 2017, 11:36 am

#1226

ESFLYER95

Join Date: Sep 2012

Location: Hong Kong

Programs: BA Gold, DL PM, , Hilton Diamond (from being in a bed), SPG Plat, MR Plat

Posts: 922

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protocol7

I believe they expired yesterday

Thanks. No sweat, sure you something will be along soon enough and no rush.

Sep 16, 2017, 10:35 am

#1227

Protocol7

Join Date: Jun 2013

Programs: BA Gold, TAP Gold

Posts: 131

Still available
IST-LHR-HKG € 1671
MXP-LHR-HKG € 1749

Sep 17, 2017, 10:34 am

#1228

trolleymusic

Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 212

Code:

08 DEC: OSL-LHR-SIN-HKG [BA J BA I CX I]
13 DEC: HKG-MEL-BNE     [CX I QF I]
14 JAN: MEL-SYD-HKG-SIN [QF I CX I CX I]
17 JAN: SIN-LHR-OSL     [BA I BA J]

£2770.22/pp - 800 TP

Books into INCEU28

An almost identical fare I booked a couple of years ago priced at £1800-ish at the time, but I guess that's a) a different sale, and b) the pound's gone down.

So if anyone has any opinions I'd be interested to hear them

Thanks!

Sep 17, 2017, 11:39 am

#1229

Quarky Quark

Join Date: Sep 2014

Location: London

Programs: BAEC Gold

Posts: 561

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolleymusic

Hello!

About to book our annual (or biennial) trip to Australia for Christmas and am finding an OK deal but nothing mind blowing - just wanted to run it past everyone to see if anyone had any opinions before I booked it. It's for 2 passengers, both BA Gold. And there's a stopover in HKG on the way in and SIN on the way out.

08 DEC: OSL-LHR-SIN-HKG [BA J BA I CX I]
13 DEC: HKG-MEL-BNE [CX I QF I]
14 JAN: MEL-SYD-HKG-SIN [QF I CX I CX I]
17 JAN: SIN-LHR-OSL [BA I BA J]

£2770.22/pp - 800 TP

Books into INCEU28

An almost identical fare I booked a couple of years ago priced at £1800-ish at the time, but I guess that's a) a different sale, and b) the pound's gone down.

So if anyone has any opinions I'd be interested to hear them

Thanks!

I booked a fare this morning for 2018 for £2414 via CX. It's only bookable via Cathay. The fare basis is IAARRNO8 (Oslo) or IAARRDK8 (Copenhagen). In my itinerary I'm going via HKG both ways with an outbound layover in HKG from 07:00 - 23:55 and inbound layover of 17:30 - 23:55 (next day).

If you play around with ITA Matrix just using LHR and HKG as the routing cities and use / minconnect 900 (900 being the min stopover time in minutes, you can vary this) then you should see some better results.

I never got the fare to price going HKG one way and SIN the other, so I think you would need to transit HKG for both legs.

Sep 18, 2017, 1:59 am

#1230

Globaliser

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Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.

Posts: 38,644

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolleymusic

Books into INCEU28

An almost identical fare I booked a couple of years ago priced at £1800-ish at the time, but I guess that's a) a different sale, and b) the pound's gone down.

INCEU28 isn't a sale fare but is actually available year-round. So booking it doesn't have the same urgency as if it were a time-limited sale fare - although the usual caveats apply about the possibility of the fare being withdrawn or amended. Personally, I had been waiting for a sale on this route, but eventually had to book a week or so back because availability was dwindling on the flights that I need.

The effect of the pound's varying value on this fare has been quite marked. Over the last 9 months or so, I think that the base fare has been down to just a fraction above GBP 1900, and then a few weeks back it was up to almost GBP 2100. Although I wasn't interested enough to check the original NOK value, that sort of variation looked consistent with exchange rate differences.