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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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Oct 25, 2017, 7:11 am

#1366

Jamieharvey

Join Date: Dec 2010

Programs: BA Exec Gold

Posts: 90

Hi folks - apologies if not the most appropriate place to post, but I hoped you would be the audience most able to help!

Struggling to get the following ITA itinerary to price up anywhere (price also shows on Google Flights, but clicking through to BA just takes you to the home page). Call to BA gives something in the GBP6k range. Am I just looking at an expired fare, or is there some trick I'm not trying?

Thanks in advance.

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Oct 25, 2017, 7:20 am

#1367

rossmacd

Join Date: Jan 2010

Posts: 7,464

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamieharvey

Can you try a travel agent, like Propeller Travel?

Oct 25, 2017, 7:26 am

#1368

Jamieharvey

Join Date: Dec 2010

Programs: BA Exec Gold

Posts: 90

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossmacd

Can you try a travel agent, like Propeller Travel?

Thanks rossmacd - I haven't used Propeller before so hadn't thought of it. Have sent them an enquiry. Thanks

rossmacd likes this.

Oct 25, 2017, 7:49 am

#1369

Globaliser

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Join Date: Aug 2002

Location: London

Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.

Posts: 38,644

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamieharvey

Call to BA gives something in the GBP6k range. Am I just looking at an expired fare, or is there some trick I'm not trying?

After checking with the BA agent that they have exactly the same flights picked, also check the booking classes that they're using for each flight, and then (if still no joy) ask what fare basis codes are being used for the autoquote.

If still no joy and the fare basis codes are different, you could tell them which fare bases you're seeing and asking if they can try to get a quote using them.

Oct 25, 2017, 7:53 am

#1370

gustavmahler

Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: London

Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver

Posts: 2,551

I usually check expertflyer to make sure the classes are available, as I have found ITA to be slightly out of date sometimes. Not sure about google flights. Even so, I can't imagine a change from I to R would increase the fare as significantly as above.

Oct 25, 2017, 7:56 am

#1371

Wozza2404

Join Date: Mar 2012

Location: BHX

Programs: BA GGL CCR GfL, SQ Gold, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond, Marriott Plat, Cafe Nero Loyalty Card (7 Stamps)

Posts: 7,328

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustavmahler

I had a quick look at this and both flights are I9.

Oct 25, 2017, 8:00 am

#1372

SvenAge

Join Date: Dec 2016

Posts: 355

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Oct 25, 2017, 8:35 am

#1373

gustavmahler

Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: London

Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver

Posts: 2,551

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wozza2404

I had a quick look at this and both flights are I9.

Great, so it should be bookable.

Oct 25, 2017, 8:53 am

#1374

FlyerTalker37

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cysyuen, Fitch and Tafflyer

Thank you all for your quick answer

Oct 25, 2017, 9:11 am

#1375

cysyuen

Join Date: Dec 2014

Programs: British Airways Executive Club Gold

Posts: 1,073

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tafflyer

That fare can now be had for £1,303 if you return on a Monday through Thursday and you can also have a couple of stopovers for €100 each. I have just constructed this combined with an Avios redemption in CX and QF J from HKG to SYD to SIN to get there for NYE for under £1,500 and 110,000 Avios.

Don’t use Expedia, or for that matter any other OTA though since they complicate matters should you need to make changes or in the case of IRROPS.

Can you please give an example? Can't find it on GF.

Oct 25, 2017, 10:04 am

#1376

Filthy Monkey

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: Glasgow / London

Programs: BA GGL

Posts: 3,457

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jamieharvey

I looked at this the other day for somebody and tried to price it on Sabre, but couldn't get it to work. It seems to be a dual inventory fare, so using a WT+ base with an auto-upgrade to J. I'll spend a bit more time looking at it later and let you know if I get anywhere.