Jan 13, 2018, 9:43 pm
Premium Fare Deals | 2018 edition
Sep 27, 2018, 6:00 am
#1081
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London(ish)
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 565
Move quickly and grab the very tasty GVA/ZRH-LAS (a bit cheaper than LAX and also you can get the full T3 experience...)
When are you going? I think this two for £2,200 won't last long. Make sure you chuck a car hire in too.
Simple example in Spring for you, but you'll get the just...
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...91*.GBP.235018
LAX
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...37*.GBP.258549
Also, I hope you didn't pay too much as the AMS-CPT prices came down quite significantly and are still around the £1100 mark
When are you going? I think this two for £2,200 won't last long. Make sure you chuck a car hire in too.
Simple example in Spring for you, but you'll get the just...
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...91*.GBP.235018
LAX
https://www.google.com/flights/#flt=...37*.GBP.258549
Also, I hope you didn't pay too much as the AMS-CPT prices came down quite significantly and are still around the £1100 mark
I noticed that they dropped but from what I could see not for the dates we wanted but we paid £1500 each which I was more than happy to pay given what they could be.
Sep 27, 2018, 7:42 am
#1082
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cirencester
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 234
Lots of searching and research is the answer I'm afraid, as with what tomparskate mentioned, keeping an eye on the boards does help, and if you get the chance to book far out (30+ days) then the deals are normally better. As far as the US goes, it looks like IST is a winner at present, the downside is, that you will have to run an overnight on the way out, as the flights leave in the morning.
Sep 27, 2018, 8:44 am
#1083
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold / Hilton Diamond / IHG Diamond Ambassador / Marriot Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,532
Lots of searching and research is the answer I'm afraid, as with what tomparskate mentioned, keeping an eye on the boards does help, and if you get the chance to book far out (30+ days) then the deals are normally better. As far as the US goes, it looks like IST is a winner at present, the downside is, that you will have to run an overnight on the way out, as the flights leave in the morning.
re Istanbul, it always worthwhile checking fare rules as it might be possible to route back to LHR the same day, overnight in LHR and continue the next day. I did this in July but admittedly only to AMS. IST on a BA320 or whatever they use is not the best place to spend 4 or 5 hours.
Sep 27, 2018, 12:09 pm
#1084
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Surrey
Programs: BAEC - Gold
Posts: 881
I’ve been hunting around the usual suspects for a trip for one, going out either from the UK or ex-eu to SEA around 22 July and back from YYZ (or possibly JFK) around 12 August. Getting part of the way back across towards YYZ on the same ticket would be a winner too. I was very excited by the GVA deal but it’s for two 
does anyone have any ideas?
does anyone have any ideas?
Sep 27, 2018, 2:28 pm
#1085
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
FWIW, having asked above about HKG in Nov, I have booked LHR-HKG-LHR on RJ for £1,820 with a free 1 day stopover in AMM on the way out. Very nice modern aircraft with only 6 across in business, very cheery crew and OK food. One enormous plus over BA is that cancellation / change is only £50 although I am on the lowest business fare.
I took the easy option for 560TP, although one can do the BKK/HKG/BKK legs on CX for the same price for an extra 80TPs (making 640TPs for £1,820). It is often a pain getting the TPs to post, but it can be done with a little perseverance.
All in all an excellent deal apart from the 6 hr+ stopover in AMM on the return, although the lounge there is reasonable.
RJ CS is something for BA to try and emulate. I had an issue with online seat selection last night and a couple of questions about the transit, so e-mailed reservation support. Response received mid-morning today, with chosen seats allocated and a full response to my transit questions.
I took the easy option for 560TP, although one can do the BKK/HKG/BKK legs on CX for the same price for an extra 80TPs (making 640TPs for £1,820). It is often a pain getting the TPs to post, but it can be done with a little perseverance.
All in all an excellent deal apart from the 6 hr+ stopover in AMM on the return, although the lounge there is reasonable.
RJ CS is something for BA to try and emulate. I had an issue with online seat selection last night and a couple of questions about the transit, so e-mailed reservation support. Response received mid-morning today, with chosen seats allocated and a full response to my transit questions.
Make sure you keep your boarding pass, they're not very good at posting flights correctly.
Sep 28, 2018, 11:03 am
#1086
Join Date: Feb 2009
Programs: BA, AA, Alaska Air, Air Canada
Posts: 76
Greetings.
Needing to book a trip for my wife (joining us on our already booked 2-1) in J. Trip is late June and returns July. SEA>AMS LYS>LHR LHR>SEA. We will be buying a separate one-way from AMS>LYS.
Since flights became available pricing has stayed steady at USD $3660.
In years past we had paid as low as $2600-$3000 usually with a late August summer sale. One never seemed to materialize.
This time I’ll go for the AARP discount.
Should we hold out or buy at $3600?
Needing to book a trip for my wife (joining us on our already booked 2-1) in J. Trip is late June and returns July. SEA>AMS LYS>LHR LHR>SEA. We will be buying a separate one-way from AMS>LYS.
Since flights became available pricing has stayed steady at USD $3660.
In years past we had paid as low as $2600-$3000 usually with a late August summer sale. One never seemed to materialize.
This time I’ll go for the AARP discount.
Should we hold out or buy at $3600?
Last edited by mry; Sep 28, 2018 at 6:42 pm
Sep 28, 2018, 4:46 pm
#1087
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,904
No blackout dates.
Sep 29, 2018, 6:13 am
#1088
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,936
Yes, that's right on both points. I have also now put some more details of the fare on the TP run thread.
Oct 6, 2018, 7:29 am
#1089
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Reading
Programs: BAEC GOLD HH GOLD
Posts: 21
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Oct 6, 2018, 8:27 am
#1090
Join Date: May 2016
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 1,428
It generally appears that TPs for the LON-AMM and AMM-LON won't post, but the rest seem to credit ok.
Oct 6, 2018, 8:39 am
#1091
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: EDI
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 34
Anyone else noticed a lack of reasonable Ex-EU J fares to East Coast US in March? I'm usually OK at finding fares but its all 2k+. I wonder if they focusing are on these 2 ticket offers?
I'm aiming for flights to MSY or any east/central 15/3 - 18/3, if anyone has spotted anything around then would appreciate a heads up.
I'm aiming for flights to MSY or any east/central 15/3 - 18/3, if anyone has spotted anything around then would appreciate a heads up.
Oct 6, 2018, 11:35 am
#1092
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
Programs: BD, BAEC Pleb, VS Pleb, Accor Pleb, HHonors Gold, Big White Season Pass
Posts: 5,904
There was a companion fare available ex-Switzerland last week 2 for ~£1100. That’s gone now I think
Oct 7, 2018, 1:53 am
#1093
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Great Britain
Programs: Air: QR Silver. BA Silver Emirates, Hotels: CC Gold, IHG Spire AMB, Hilton Diamond.
Posts: 1,487
you can subscribe to this thread and get instant notification of deals other post. Sadly ITA matrix changed a while back and does not allow searching by multiple origin points unless they are in the same country.
re Istanbul, it always worthwhile checking fare rules as it might be possible to route back to LHR the same day, overnight in LHR and continue the next day. I did this in July but admittedly only to AMS. IST on a BA320 or whatever they use is not the best place to spend 4 or 5 hours.
Does anyone know the whereabouts of a list of airports by country which can be easily converted to a comma delimited file ? (for easy cut & paste into matrix)
Oct 7, 2018, 4:58 am
#1094
Join Date: Mar 2015
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 2,447
BA Holidays adds a good hotel for £3600 total. Hardly a steal but probably the best you'll get currently - plus you can hold that with a deposit, pay the balance 5wks prior to travel (or abandon at loss of £400 deposit), plus it's ATOL protected.
Oct 7, 2018, 10:10 am
#1095
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: London
Posts: 17,007
Think you could put together an awk script or something to do it fairly simply.