Feb 18, 2019, 8:28 am
Last edit by: Lefly
Current Business Class Deals
Europe
Europe
LGW-BOD BA Ł142
LHR-LUX BA Ł145
LGW-AMS BA Ł145
LGW-CGN BA Ł146
LHR-INV BA Ł157
LHR-SOF BA Ł209
LHR-HEL BA Ł228
LHR-HEL BA Ł228
LGW-MLA BA Ł236
BCN-MOW BA Ł717
Middle East
Middle East
MAD-TLV IB Ł562
Asia
Asia
ADB-HKT/BKK Ł962
ADB-DPS Ł1,069
MAD-PVG BA Ł1,086
OSL-PKX BA Ł1,200
SOF-CMB QR Ł1,087
WAW-DEL QR Ł1,088
BEG-BKK/HKT QR Ł1,102
EVN-PEK QR Ł1,122
WAW-DEL QR Ł1,088
BEG-BKK/HKT QR Ł1,102
EVN-PEK QR Ł1,122
DME-BKK/HKT QR Ł1,129
ZAG-BKK QR Ł1,151
ZAG-BKK QR Ł1,151
ADB-ICN QR Ł1,161
SOF-SIN QR Ł1,186
BEG-HKG QR Ł1,207
OSL-SIN QR Ł1,220
BEG-HKG QR Ł1,207
OSL-SIN QR Ł1,220
SVO-ICN AY Ł1,288
Oceania
Oceania
ADB-SYN QR Ł1,837
GOT-PER QR Ł2,083
SOF-AKL QR Ł2,106
OSL-AKL QR Ł2,199
North America
AMS-YUL BA Ł1,201
AMS-YVR/YYC BA Ł1,548
MAN/EDI-YVR/SEA BA/AA Ł1,559
LON-SFO BA/AA Ł1,568
LON-SFO BA/AA Ł1,568
DME-HNL BA/AA Ł1,939
South America
AMS-BOG IB Ł1,320
Africa
ADB-CPT QR Ł1,002
TXL-NBO BA Ł1,196
OSL-CPT QR Ł1,338
Intra-Asia
TPE-DPS MH Ł472
TPE-DPS CX Ł523
TPE-CGK CX Ł547
TPE-DPS CX Ł523
TPE-CGK CX Ł547
Premium Fare Deals | 2019 edition
Jan 8, 2019, 7:42 am
#106
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WAW ✈ LHR ✈ GLA
Programs: BA GfL/GGL/CCR, HH Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,502
Jan 8, 2019, 7:55 am
#107
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,850
Ah OK looking at this from the AA fare rules. My answer was assuming this was done via BA.com. AA 24 hour holds should work in my view since a lot of AA fares nominally have prior time restrictions, such that a 24 hour free hold could only work effectively if it went slightly over the timeline.
Jan 8, 2019, 8:31 am
#108
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Bristol
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Gold, Caesars Diamond
Posts: 923
Looks like there's another "flash" sale from Manchester, seeing good prices to some US west coast destinations. Looked at LAX (Ł1,194) and LAS (Ł1,190) departing on 5 March. Seems similar to the exINV sale from yesterday with a 50 day advance purchase requirement and no date restrictions on travel (aside from days of travel).
EDITED: Book on.before 11 January
EDITED: Book on.before 11 January
EDIT:
1. On flight matrix, BA site is Ł50 more than AA. Will I lose out on extra Avios through being gold if I book on the AA site, even on BA metal?
2. If I book the final leg the following day (but within 24 hours), will they definately just tag my bags back to LHR?
Last edited by PxC; Jan 8, 2019 at 8:46 am
Jan 8, 2019, 8:41 am
#109
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 136
Note that the base avios on AA is slightly less than BA but the difference is trivial.
This is your friend:
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...-avios/flights
Jan 8, 2019, 9:50 am
#110
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Berlin
Programs: BA Gold; Accor Plat; IHG Diamond-Amb; Meliá & HH & Marriott Gold
Posts: 5,450
The difference is more significant on more expensive, more flexible fares, as you'd get 150% cabin bonus with a J, C or D fare booked as BA.
Jan 8, 2019, 9:52 am
#111
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Windsor
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 909
Looks like there's another "flash" sale from Manchester, seeing good prices to some US west coast destinations. Looked at LAX (Ł1,194) and LAS (Ł1,190) departing on 5 March. Seems similar to the exINV sale from yesterday with a 50 day advance purchase requirement and no date restrictions on travel (aside from days of travel).
EDITED:Book on.before 11 January
EDITED:
PERMITTED 01JUL THROUGH 31AUG OR 22NOV THROUGH 30NOV
OR 18DEC THROUGH 02JAN OR 27MAR THROUGH 22APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR. SEASON IS BASED ON TRIP DATE.
Also seems like the LAS fare has been pulled.OR 18DEC THROUGH 02JAN OR 27MAR THROUGH 22APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR. SEASON IS BASED ON TRIP DATE.
Book by 31 January (not 11 January)
Jan 8, 2019, 9:55 am
#112
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
My usual luck. I was just about to book a nice trip to CA, but then the fares went haywire and I guessed there's something going on in the GDS. Meh, my usual luck. And now I at least tried not to be Captain Slow. :P
Jan 8, 2019, 9:58 am
#113
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,113
Looks like the fare have been refiled with date restrictions. Looking specifically at LAX, it now shows as
PERMITTED 01JUL THROUGH 31AUG OR 22NOV THROUGH 30NOV
OR 18DEC THROUGH 02JAN OR 27MAR THROUGH 22APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR. SEASON IS BASED ON TRIP DATE.
Also seems like the LAS fare has been pulled.OR 18DEC THROUGH 02JAN OR 27MAR THROUGH 22APR FOR EACH
TRANSATLANTIC SECTOR. SEASON IS BASED ON TRIP DATE.
Jan 8, 2019, 9:58 am
#114
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: London, United Kingdom
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold;BA GGL; hhonors lifetime diamond; Marriott lt Gold; IH Plat Amb; Amex Centurion
Posts: 4,739
This is making me very frustrated and I shall have to make my teacher husband get a new job...
There are very few cheap tier point acquisition opportunities around the February half term (w/b 16/2. If anyone knows of anything I will buy you a large drink...
There are very few cheap tier point acquisition opportunities around the February half term (w/b 16/2. If anyone knows of anything I will buy you a large drink...
Jan 8, 2019, 9:59 am
#115
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 433
Seems to some cheap First Class fares too - INV-JFK for Ł1,700
https://youhavebeenupgraded.boarding...ste-2000-euro/
https://youhavebeenupgraded.boarding...ste-2000-euro/
Jan 8, 2019, 11:07 am
#116
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold / Hilton Diamond / IHG Diamond Ambassador / Marriot Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,536
You should get the same "tier bonus", but the "cabin bonus" will be lower: 25% extra Avios in business class with an AA flight number, regardless of booking class, rather than 50% for I (or R) with a BA flight number. The difference on a TATL return itinerary can be enough to make it worth booking the BA flight numbers. Check using the calculator linked to above.
The difference is more significant on more expensive, more flexible fares, as you'd get 150% cabin bonus with a J, C or D fare booked as BA.
The difference is more significant on more expensive, more flexible fares, as you'd get 150% cabin bonus with a J, C or D fare booked as BA.
Jan 8, 2019, 11:35 am
#118
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 4
Austrália or NZ
Hello everyone, I am looking for business class from Europe to Australia or New Zealand with QR in the period 11.4. - 15.5.2019 (21-25 nights), approx. 1500-1900 € return. 
Can you help me please? Thank you
Can you help me please? Thank you
Jan 8, 2019, 11:59 am
#119
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
Jan 8, 2019, 12:31 pm
#120
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: LON
Programs: BAEC - Silver, Virgin Flying Club, Delta Skymiles
Posts: 229
We ended up not pulling the trigger from INV due to some continued uncertainty (hell,who doesn't have that right now) with work/living situation in April. Bummed, I had totally optimised it too! Ah well,another sale another time. Thanks everyone for the help,though,I definitely understand the ins and outs of AA 321s/codeshare miles/Avios returns and how to build a solid tier point run with extra steps now.