Jan 13, 2018, 9:43 pm
Premium Fare Deals | 2018 edition
Mar 8, 2018, 5:11 pm
#346
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 6
exOSL on QF/EK (QF codes) for just over 3k all in J for 800TP looks reasonable 
All on one ticket too so fully protected against IRROPS etc
edit - can tweak it over 900TP for 3170
edit2 - BA/CX/QF for just under 700TP for 2.8k - would be 760TP with positioning in J
Lastedit! 1060TP monster for 3.5k
All on one ticket too so fully protected against IRROPS etc edit - can tweak it over 900TP for 3170
edit2 - BA/CX/QF for just under 700TP for 2.8k - would be 760TP with positioning in J
Lastedit! 1060TP monster for 3.5k
Main challenge is the BKK-AKL leg. My connecting flight to NPL will leave at 5pm, so need to get to AKL by 3.30pm or so (in order to be home for xmas)! Many options don't work (including MH, or the cheaper QF flights). Cathay BKK-AKL much more wiggle room than QF also. Failing this, I'm tempted to try book flight to SYD, then get the last leg (SYD-AKL-NPL) on AirNZ to minimise risk of missing that final flight to NPL!
Mar 8, 2018, 5:29 pm
#347
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 6
exOSL on QF/EK (QF codes) for just over 3k all in J for 800TP looks reasonable All on one ticket too so fully protected against IRROPS etc
edit - can tweak it over 900TP for 3170
edit2 - BA/CX/QF for just under 700TP for 2.8k - would be 760TP with positioning in J
Lastedit! 1060TP monster for 3.5k
All on one ticket too so fully protected against IRROPS etc edit - can tweak it over 900TP for 3170
edit2 - BA/CX/QF for just under 700TP for 2.8k - would be 760TP with positioning in J
Lastedit! 1060TP monster for 3.5k
Mar 8, 2018, 5:44 pm
#348
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Think one of these is the answer - what were the specifics for the last two options? Challenge is definitely the BKK-AKL leg; many of the cheaper flights don't get in to AKL in time (before 330pm on the 24th Dec) to get me home for xmas on the connecting flight... CX flight much better timing than QF, but failing that tempted to try book to Sydney and then book SYD-AKL-NPL on separate ticket. Annoying booking flights with so little flexibility just before xmas.
This is the monster
Mar 8, 2018, 6:15 pm
#350
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 6
That's gotta be the winner! Can I ask how you managed to find that? I can get it on ITA Matrix, but only when I search very specifically for those flights... More general searches don't throw this up as an option...
Mar 8, 2018, 6:17 pm
#351
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Add in the connection points and specify alliance oneworld as the advanced routing code
Mar 8, 2018, 11:14 pm
#352
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Programs: BA Gold (ex-GGL, maybe future Silver), Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,199
Small point on the above: the CX BKK-HKG leg seems to have fallen out of the routing above, and there's no need for it.
Not that I'd ever have found this on one ticket without teledude and, while BKK-HKG is easy to do, another 40 TP and no additional cost (plus single ticket protection) have to be worth it.
Edit: ITA likes to route you on BA28 on the return leg but BA32 (on the A380) is preferable and the same price so I'd swap that in, too. Finally, if you wanted to add a stopover so you could go home from LHR with your luggage, and fly to Oslo later at your leisure, that would add €100 + additional short-haul APD.
Not that I'd ever have found this on one ticket without teledude and, while BKK-HKG is easy to do, another 40 TP and no additional cost (plus single ticket protection) have to be worth it.
Edit: ITA likes to route you on BA28 on the return leg but BA32 (on the A380) is preferable and the same price so I'd swap that in, too. Finally, if you wanted to add a stopover so you could go home from LHR with your luggage, and fly to Oslo later at your leisure, that would add €100 + additional short-haul APD.
Mar 9, 2018, 12:17 am
#353
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
The fare seems to be a QF OSL-AKL with pretty nice, but not unusual stopovers en route allowed. I can get similar pricing without playing too much with a stopover in SIN, too, for example. Not bad, albeit not dirt cheap either. Nice holiday if you have the time
EDIT: For some reason I had to force OW on Matrix, without that I was only seeing Star Alliance fares for SIN stopovers ...
EDIT: For some reason I had to force OW on Matrix, without that I was only seeing Star Alliance fares for SIN stopovers ...
Mar 9, 2018, 1:20 am
#354
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: GGL/CCR
Posts: 1,899
Small point on the above: the CX BKK-HKG leg seems to have fallen out of the routing above, and there's no need for it.
Not that I'd ever have found this on one ticket without teledude and, while BKK-HKG is easy to do, another 40 TP and no additional cost (plus single ticket protection) have to be worth it.
Edit: ITA likes to route you on BA28 on the return leg but BA32 (on the A380) is preferable and the same price so I'd swap that in, too. Finally, if you wanted to add a stopover so you could go home from LHR with your luggage, and fly to Oslo later at your leisure, that would add €100 + additional short-haul APD.
Not that I'd ever have found this on one ticket without teledude and, while BKK-HKG is easy to do, another 40 TP and no additional cost (plus single ticket protection) have to be worth it.
Edit: ITA likes to route you on BA28 on the return leg but BA32 (on the A380) is preferable and the same price so I'd swap that in, too. Finally, if you wanted to add a stopover so you could go home from LHR with your luggage, and fly to Oslo later at your leisure, that would add €100 + additional short-haul APD.
Mar 9, 2018, 2:10 am
#355
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: BRU
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 518
Morning all!
Does anyone have any ideas for a HKG trip in October? Departing BRU but can obviously be flexible ex-EU wise. Specific dates 16th-27th Oct, but can be flexible within that range. Cheers!
Does anyone have any ideas for a HKG trip in October? Departing BRU but can obviously be flexible ex-EU wise. Specific dates 16th-27th Oct, but can be flexible within that range. Cheers!
Mar 9, 2018, 2:22 am
#356
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,261
Pilot37
Mar 9, 2018, 3:56 am
#357
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: UK & Switzerland
Programs: BA; LH; AF
Posts: 145
Hi
Long time reader, and what I've read here I can normally put to good use, but I could do with some assistance, please. My objective this year is to maximise tier points (I'm about a year off Gold for life), and struggling a little with sensible routes for a trip I have in May from LHR to DFW. There are some decent A fares if I do AMS-LHR-DFW and back, but are there any other routings that would make sense? I'm happy to add some intermediate stops, but need to get to my destination rather than spend a week on a tour of the US. Dep May 17 or 18 and return May 25th.
Thanks!
Long time reader, and what I've read here I can normally put to good use, but I could do with some assistance, please. My objective this year is to maximise tier points (I'm about a year off Gold for life), and struggling a little with sensible routes for a trip I have in May from LHR to DFW. There are some decent A fares if I do AMS-LHR-DFW and back, but are there any other routings that would make sense? I'm happy to add some intermediate stops, but need to get to my destination rather than spend a week on a tour of the US. Dep May 17 or 18 and return May 25th.
Thanks!
Mar 9, 2018, 4:36 am
#358
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Bridport, Dorset
Programs: Mucci, BA Bronze, Hilton Gold
Posts: 2,130
Originally Posted by RichP
Hi
Long time reader, and what I've read here I can normally put to good use, but I could do with some assistance, please. My objective this year is to maximise tier points (I'm about a year off Gold for life), and struggling a little with sensible routes for a trip I have in May from LHR to DFW. There are some decent A fares if I do AMS-LHR-DFW and back, but are there any other routings that would make sense? I'm happy to add some intermediate stops, but need to get to my destination rather than spend a week on a tour of the US. Dep May 17 or 18 and return May 25th.
Thanks!
Long time reader, and what I've read here I can normally put to good use, but I could do with some assistance, please. My objective this year is to maximise tier points (I'm about a year off Gold for life), and struggling a little with sensible routes for a trip I have in May from LHR to DFW. There are some decent A fares if I do AMS-LHR-DFW and back, but are there any other routings that would make sense? I'm happy to add some intermediate stops, but need to get to my destination rather than spend a week on a tour of the US. Dep May 17 or 18 and return May 25th.
Thanks!
INV-LHR-ORD-DFW DFW-PHL-MAN-INV is £1695 with a return from DFW on 26th May...
Mar 9, 2018, 4:39 am
#359
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,261
Pilot37
Mar 9, 2018, 4:40 am
#360
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: Oneworld
Posts: 2
Hi guys, new to premium fare and looking for inspiration. Is there any good deal ex-EU for HKG leaving 27-29 September and returning 6-8 Oct? and also leaving 21 dec returning 1-jan?