Peak/Off Peak dates for late March/April 2020
Mar 29, 2019, 6:00 am
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Peak/Off Peak dates for late March/April 2020
Fairly sure I have seen Peak/Off Peak dates for Avios redemptions in 2020 but cannot find them now and want to be ready to book an Off Peak 2-4-1 at T-355 on a popular route shortly.
Can anyone point me to them (or let me know when they might be based on Easter Sunday being 13 April next year?)
TIA
Can anyone point me to them (or let me know when they might be based on Easter Sunday being 13 April next year?)
TIA
Last edited by Karen762; Mar 29, 2019 at 6:06 am
Mar 29, 2019, 6:03 am
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I'd bet the Peak vs Off Peak will be almost identical to the same timings around Easter as this year … Where are you looking to go? Remember it's a year away and there can be some tasty exEUs almost always covering the Easter period...
Mar 29, 2019, 6:21 am
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Thinking of going to Bangkok then taking train down to Singapore and returning from there.
Thinking might go for F on Qatar or BA/Qatar with 24 hours in Doha on way out but its all very flexible at the moment other than we can't go before early March and 2-4-1 needs to be used before June. Hubby thinks weather wise we should go earlier rather than later in this time period.
Any advice appreciated as haven't been to Asia before other than a stop over in Singapore.
Thinking might go for F on Qatar or BA/Qatar with 24 hours in Doha on way out but its all very flexible at the moment other than we can't go before early March and 2-4-1 needs to be used before June. Hubby thinks weather wise we should go earlier rather than later in this time period.
Any advice appreciated as haven't been to Asia before other than a stop over in Singapore.
Mar 29, 2019, 6:29 am
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If your kids will be off school, assume it will be peak.
If you were hoping to sneak them out a week early, remember that the calendar is really driven by London private school dates, not state school dates, and the private schools have far more holiday time!
If you were hoping to sneak them out a week early, remember that the calendar is really driven by London private school dates, not state school dates, and the private schools have far more holiday time!
Mar 29, 2019, 6:31 am
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Mar 29, 2019, 6:33 am
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I don't have kids otherwise I would know the answer - no idea how the school holidays work as it's a long time since I was at school!
Mar 29, 2019, 6:37 am
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Right now you can go ARN-BKK over this Easter on Qatar for 560 Tier Points and £1250 booking today for Easter period. I'd take that any time over a £650 + voucher + avios + tight availability on BA. Most of the this year and into next Jan / Feb has this route at this price too
Mar 29, 2019, 6:44 am
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Right now you can go ARN-BKK over this Easter on Qatar for 560 Tier Points and £1250 booking today for Easter period. I'd take that any time over a £650 + voucher + avios + tight availability on BA. Most of the this year and into next Jan / Feb has this route at this price too
Mar 29, 2019, 6:55 am
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I agree to an extent - but how much faff and juggling over the year do people go through in order to build up the Avios pot and also get the voucher triggered.... I'm fortunate to generate a huge amount of Avios through work Amex spend and do use a voucher once a year, but my Xmas one was a total waste in my opinion when BA released £1,000 seats to my destination on the same dates. I couldn't really cancel as too near expiry date so saved about £350 and spent a shed load of Avios rather than earning Avios and Tier Points
Mar 29, 2019, 6:57 am
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