Jan 13, 2018, 9:43 pm
Premium Fare Deals | 2018 edition
Aug 5, 2018, 5:40 pm
#886
Join Date: Dec 2014
Programs: British Airways Executive Club Gold
Posts: 1,073
I am a bit clueless these days as the classic DOH-HKG via CMB on UL is now gone... any clue as to how to fly to HKG cheap in Business, either ex-EU or the Middle East?
Aug 5, 2018, 8:49 pm
#887
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,596
EDIT.... You're about 4hrs late.... Fare expired at midnight last night / this morning
Last edited by 1Aturnleft; Aug 5, 2018 at 8:56 pm
Aug 5, 2018, 9:08 pm
#888
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 923
I was considering booking LHR-DOH-HKG and back for late Nov and it's still coming out at £1570 on the QR site... maybe the fare rules you looked at are just for LGW
Aug 5, 2018, 11:01 pm
#890
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Oxford (&Western Isles )
Programs: BA GGL, CCR; RyanAir MillionMiler :( ;
Posts: 756
I managed to get LHR-DOH-HKG-DOH-LGW all on QR, 3xQsuites, 1xDreamliner for 1576, which i thought was a really good price. Now looking for a quick run for a couple of days whilst in HKG! ( how did I ever get hooked on this? )
Aug 10, 2018, 1:01 pm
#891
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Switzerland
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 844
SCL ex-CH - struggling with AA and bookwithmatrix
I then spotted a ZRH-SCL AA fare, allowing for BA+AY metal and HEL as TP booster: ZRH-HEL-LHR-MIA-SCL and back for CHF3234 (£2546) all-J (800 TP) or CHF4234 (£3333) with LHR-MIA-LHR in F (940TP). Not a huge deal for most FTers, but provides the TPs I want, and takes me nicely to Chile. (Itinerary similar to mine below).
With mixed cabins and mixed operating airlines, the finally successful booking and payment was not easy:
- Booking on aa.com resulted in an error message
- Calling AA resulted in a much higher fare (even though the agent seemed skilled)
- bookwithmatrix took happily my Matrix screenshot and gave the right price on aa.com. However, as soon as I wanted to pay with my Swiss credit card, aa.com switched to their Swiss site and wanted to start a booking from scratch
- The key towards success was bookwithmatrix, select "Book with American" and then put the booking on hold. I then called AA Switzerland to pay in CHF with my Swiss cc and got the job done! I even got the last AY/AA segment changed to a much earlier AY flight where AA has no codeshare
A bonus question for those in the know: I now have one PNR for AA (with 8 segments) and a second one for BA+AY - with only 7 segments, the first one with AY missing! Should I not worry, or call AA? Or call BA or AY?
Last edited by timol; Aug 10, 2018 at 1:09 pm
Aug 10, 2018, 2:40 pm
#892
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
Getting boarding passes and checking in online only worked partially, i.e. AA didn't work and AY only issued AY boarding passes, but the airport had no issue.
Aug 11, 2018, 4:01 am
#893
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Melia Gold, Shangri-La Jade, BA Amex PP, Iberia+, Nandos Card
Posts: 1,523
Seems to be some great TATL fares loaded from LON with long lead-in times. There are two separate but similar fares
AA SKX5C7M4 which has a 180 day advance purchase requirement
BA IKX8C1M4 which has a six month advance purchase requirement
A few prices for May next year
YTO £1425 BA
NYC £1325 AA
LAX £1707 BA
SFO £1602 BA
MIA £1662 BA
Have a play around, but seems you must travel on TUE/WED/THU outbound and MON/TUE/WED inbound based on the fare rules. BA fare stipulates direct flights only.
FROM UNITED KINGDOM -
PERMITTED 22JUN 18 THROUGH 04JUL 18 OR 31AUG 18 THROUGH
27OCT 18 OR 12DEC 18 THROUGH 23DEC 18 OR 30MAR 19
THROUGH 03JUL 19 OR 29AUG 19 THROUGH 26OCT 19 OR
13DEC 19 THROUGH 23DEC 19 FOR EACH TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
TO UNITED KINGDOM -
PERMITTED 22JUN 18 THROUGH 18JUL 18 OR 03SEP 18 THROUGH
28OCT 18 OR 01JAN 19 THROUGH 06JAN 19 OR 07APR 19
THROUGH 17JUL 19 OR 08SEP 19 THROUGH 28OCT 19 FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
Fare requirement says direct flights only. Book ASAP as these will be pulled quickly - interest will be high!
AA SKX5C7M4 which has a 180 day advance purchase requirement
BA IKX8C1M4 which has a six month advance purchase requirement
A few prices for May next year
YTO £1425 BA
NYC £1325 AA
LAX £1707 BA
SFO £1602 BA
MIA £1662 BA
Have a play around, but seems you must travel on TUE/WED/THU outbound and MON/TUE/WED inbound based on the fare rules. BA fare stipulates direct flights only.
FROM UNITED KINGDOM -
PERMITTED 22JUN 18 THROUGH 04JUL 18 OR 31AUG 18 THROUGH
27OCT 18 OR 12DEC 18 THROUGH 23DEC 18 OR 30MAR 19
THROUGH 03JUL 19 OR 29AUG 19 THROUGH 26OCT 19 OR
13DEC 19 THROUGH 23DEC 19 FOR EACH TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
TO UNITED KINGDOM -
PERMITTED 22JUN 18 THROUGH 18JUL 18 OR 03SEP 18 THROUGH
28OCT 18 OR 01JAN 19 THROUGH 06JAN 19 OR 07APR 19
THROUGH 17JUL 19 OR 08SEP 19 THROUGH 28OCT 19 FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR.
Fare requirement says direct flights only. Book ASAP as these will be pulled quickly - interest will be high!
Aug 11, 2018, 4:07 am
#894
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Switzerland
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, Bonvoy Plat
Posts: 844
Did the same kind of TP run to get to Montreal, had the exact same. And even worse, importing that in my BA account showed 7 segments, different from AY. All went well though, am in Montreal. I haven't gotten back yet but I reckon it'll be alright!
Getting boarding passes and checking in online only worked partially, i.e. AA didn't work and AY only issued AY boarding passes, but the airport had no issue.
Getting boarding passes and checking in online only worked partially, i.e. AA didn't work and AY only issued AY boarding passes, but the airport had no issue.
Aug 12, 2018, 4:47 pm
#895
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Sussex
Programs: QF BAEC [Gold]
Posts: 536
Any suggestions for West Coast USA in mid October (this year) , ex UK or EU. Only seem to be deals in PE at the moment.
Aug 14, 2018, 5:47 pm
#896
Join Date: Mar 2014
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 104
Seems to be some great TATL fares loaded from LON with long lead-in times. There are two separate but similar fares
AA SKX5C7M4 which has a 180 day advance purchase requirement
BA IKX8C1M4 which has a six month advance purchase requirement
A few prices for May next year
YTO £1425 BA
NYC £1325 AA
LAX £1707 BA
SFO £1602 BA
MIA £1662 BA
Have a play around, but seems you must travel on TUE/WED/THU outbound and MON/TUE/WED inbound based on the fare rules. BA fare stipulates direct flights only.
AA SKX5C7M4 which has a 180 day advance purchase requirement
BA IKX8C1M4 which has a six month advance purchase requirement
A few prices for May next year
YTO £1425 BA
NYC £1325 AA
LAX £1707 BA
SFO £1602 BA
MIA £1662 BA
Have a play around, but seems you must travel on TUE/WED/THU outbound and MON/TUE/WED inbound based on the fare rules. BA fare stipulates direct flights only.
I can certainly get this to include a number of non-direct options on BA (via ORD or LAX for example), but I can't get this to price on BA1 or BA2.
Always coming in around £2450. Can't see anything in the fare rules to prevent it.
Aug 14, 2018, 5:53 pm
#897
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: London
Programs: Gold at BA, Hilton and Radisson.
Posts: 593
Did the same kind of TP run to get to Montreal, had the exact same. And even worse, importing that in my BA account showed 7 segments, different from AY. All went well though, am in Montreal. I haven't gotten back yet but I reckon it'll be alright!
Getting boarding passes and checking in online only worked partially, i.e. AA didn't work and AY only issued AY boarding passes, but the airport had no issue.
Getting boarding passes and checking in online only worked partially, i.e. AA didn't work and AY only issued AY boarding passes, but the airport had no issue.
Had this to on a JER-Portland run. BA kept saying 'No e-ticket number' but AA would issue a boarding pass fine. The opposite would happen on some sectors too. Airport had no issue given the BP's out (apart from LCY which didn't have a working printer!).
Aug 16, 2018, 6:16 pm
#898
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 20
Would love to see how you got that. I'm still a newbie. Any GF links?
Aug 16, 2018, 6:18 pm
#899
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 20
Would love to see how you got that. I'm still a newbie. Any GF links?
Aug 17, 2018, 3:16 am
#900
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Melia Gold, Shangri-La Jade, BA Amex PP, Iberia+, Nandos Card
Posts: 1,523
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
Unfortunately the fare you reference is long gone, flash sales disappear within days if not hours.
Unfortunately the fare you reference is long gone, flash sales disappear within days if not hours.