2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan – Avios Edition.
Dec 3, 2018, 10:14 am
#107
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Dublin
Programs: BA Bronze! Avis PC
Posts: 312
Just noticed in my junk mail this morning that i'd gotten 1 game i wanted in the ballot!
Obviously too late to get any 2for1 availability but:
- Could anyone recommend a good TP run ex-Europe to Japan?
- Are there any lesser known Avios routes still available? I tried Iberia from Madrid but there didn't look to be any availability. I also have no Iberia points....
Obviously too late to get any 2for1 availability but:
- Could anyone recommend a good TP run ex-Europe to Japan?
- Are there any lesser known Avios routes still available? I tried Iberia from Madrid but there didn't look to be any availability. I also have no Iberia points....
Dec 3, 2018, 10:40 am
#108
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: LON
Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar
Posts: 3,286
Dec 3, 2018, 11:37 am
#109
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Sapporo, Japan
Programs: Junior Jet Club, Nando's Card 1 Red Chilli, Tesco Clubcard, BAEC Gold, TK M&S Elite
Posts: 520
I didn't think touts could operate, it says on the website you might get ID'ed on the way in. I have the Sapporo pack (Australia vs Fiji and England vs Tonga) and England vs USA. Was looking at the logistics last night and the cost has put me off a little as I'll be based in the UK then, and not Sapporo.
Might have another look tomorrow, if not my tickets will probably go back in the pool.
Might have another look tomorrow, if not my tickets will probably go back in the pool.
Dec 4, 2018, 5:41 am
#110
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: London / Brighton
Programs: BAEC Gold / M-Life Gold / HH Diamond
Posts: 1,632
Dec 8, 2018, 3:02 pm
#111
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: BA Gold, several other less interesting cards...
Posts: 3,712
Anyway, I am off to Japan for the final. LHR-HND in J returning SYD-LHR on a 241 and I have just booked the TYO-SYD leg in J. Lovely!
Dec 20, 2018, 11:56 am
#112
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 215
A friend of mine has world cup tickets for early October and I'm trying to help them find some J flights at a decent price. They are happy with ex-EU. Has anyone got any good suggestions for routes in October?
Thanks
Thanks
Dec 20, 2018, 10:31 pm
#113
Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 163
Ł2k ex OSL. There are lots of dates in October on Qatar
Last edited by antipest; Dec 20, 2018 at 10:35 pm Reason: change date range, due to idiot not reading post correctly
Dec 21, 2018, 5:09 am
#114
Join Date: Feb 2014
Programs: Avios Voyager
Posts: 26
Just one thing...
Got SAA on Voyager miles JNB-JFK, Cathay on Avios JFK-YVR and KIX-HKG-JNB all in Business - boarding a ship from Vancouver to Tokyo which arrives on the day of the SA-NZ game in Yokohama, got hotels booked in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Shizuoka and Osaka, got tickets for everything I wanted EXCEPT the SA-NZ game which drew a blank in both ballots 
So... if anyone has two and doesn't want them you know who to ask!
So... if anyone has two and doesn't want them you know who to ask!
Dec 23, 2018, 5:28 am
#115
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 938
So after looking at the BA options for a J trip the best I was looking at was AMS-LHR-ICN return for c Ł1500, however there was then the faf of positioning at both ends and the cost would be around Ł2-2.5k with the extras.
Looking at W ex EDI-TYO with BA was coming in at North of Ł3k for my dates.
I have just booked CX W MAN-HKG-HND for Ł1k which I am more than happy with as being OWS I will get the additional status benefits especially in HKG on the wayeback when I have a long layover, plus it the a newish A350. All in 230tp and 14k avios.
There's an option which wouldn't have worked for me which is MAN-HKG-CTS (CTS is Sapporo) for around Ł1k in W with CX which would get 360tps so entering tp run range.
Looking at W ex EDI-TYO with BA was coming in at North of Ł3k for my dates.
I have just booked CX W MAN-HKG-HND for Ł1k which I am more than happy with as being OWS I will get the additional status benefits especially in HKG on the wayeback when I have a long layover, plus it the a newish A350. All in 230tp and 14k avios.
There's an option which wouldn't have worked for me which is MAN-HKG-CTS (CTS is Sapporo) for around Ł1k in W with CX which would get 360tps so entering tp run range.
Jan 16, 2019, 3:23 am
#116
Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 11
Has anybody had any luck getting tickets in the last few days?
As someone who was unsuccessful in the last ballot, I got advance access to the buy in real time sale yesterday. I was queuing 11 hours, but eventually got all the tickets I originally wanted! So going to see 6 games in 8 days! Can’t wait!
Hope others were lucky too!
As someone who was unsuccessful in the last ballot, I got advance access to the buy in real time sale yesterday. I was queuing 11 hours, but eventually got all the tickets I originally wanted! So going to see 6 games in 8 days! Can’t wait!
Hope others were lucky too!
Jan 16, 2019, 4:17 am
#117
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 40
I've found the whole process over the last few days quite frustrating.
Logged on yesterday at 11.19am when the queue for the tickets opened. Received a position of 90000th(!) in the queue. Kept checking throughout the day, and by bedtime I was down to 30000th. Got to the front at roughly 3am London time, but like any sane individual, I was asleep at the time, so lost my place. Re-entered the queue at position 70000th at 6am. By 10am I was at the front. I was hoping to get tickets for NZ-SA, as I had previously been rejected for this game, but this was sold out. So I tried for Argentina France instead, and even though tickets were available, I couldn't buy them because (as I understand it) I had previously tried to buy tickets for a different game on the same day (crazy, I know).
I did pick up two premium tickets for the final - will be trying to avoid looking at my bank statement for a while though!
Logged on yesterday at 11.19am when the queue for the tickets opened. Received a position of 90000th(!) in the queue. Kept checking throughout the day, and by bedtime I was down to 30000th. Got to the front at roughly 3am London time, but like any sane individual, I was asleep at the time, so lost my place. Re-entered the queue at position 70000th at 6am. By 10am I was at the front. I was hoping to get tickets for NZ-SA, as I had previously been rejected for this game, but this was sold out. So I tried for Argentina France instead, and even though tickets were available, I couldn't buy them because (as I understand it) I had previously tried to buy tickets for a different game on the same day (crazy, I know).
I did pick up two premium tickets for the final - will be trying to avoid looking at my bank statement for a while though!
Jan 17, 2019, 12:32 am
#118
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: GLA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 2,961
Very frustrating. Like you all I was constantly refreshing my browser waiting for it to go live, but still ended up with 40000 people ahead of me (I do know someone who only had 250 odd aheadlf her!).
Eventually got in at 2230, but NZ v RSA and QF2 sold out by this point. Picked up France v England the day before Scotland’s last group game (already got tickets for that).
A heck of a lot of games completely sold out now, which is some going.
On an aside, I expect to be phoning BA to change our return flight plans tonight, cancelling 2 x J Avios seats from HND on 21/10 (day after the QFs). There’s always the chance that they’ll go back in the Avios pot if anyone’s looking...
Eventually got in at 2230, but NZ v RSA and QF2 sold out by this point. Picked up France v England the day before Scotland’s last group game (already got tickets for that).
A heck of a lot of games completely sold out now, which is some going.
On an aside, I expect to be phoning BA to change our return flight plans tonight, cancelling 2 x J Avios seats from HND on 21/10 (day after the QFs). There’s always the chance that they’ll go back in the Avios pot if anyone’s looking...
Jan 17, 2019, 12:01 pm
#119
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: SW WA
Posts: 3,886
I didn't think touts could operate, it says on the website you might get ID'ed on the way in. I have the Sapporo pack (Australia vs Fiji and England vs Tonga) and England vs USA. Was looking at the logistics last night and the cost has put me off a little as I'll be based in the UK then, and not Sapporo.
Might have another look tomorrow, if not my tickets will probably go back in the pool.
Might have another look tomorrow, if not my tickets will probably go back in the pool.