Premium Fare Deals | master thread
Mar 8, 2022, 10:05 am
#302
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Was hoping to piece together a Spain-LHR-JFK-LAX and vv
Mar 8, 2022, 10:09 am
#303
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: The Garden of England
Programs: BA Silver AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 659
Mar 13, 2022, 12:26 am
#304
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: LON
Programs: BA Gold, LH SEN , A3*G & others less exciting that don't fit in my wallet
Posts: 1,657
Has anyone any experience of 'TravelUp' or 'WorldAirFares'. ... as highlighted by TurningLeftforLess a few days ago they've got attractive business class fares on the BA codeshare flights to Helsinki ( from about £250 r/t - booking direct with BA, Finnair or any other OTA is much more )
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
Mar 13, 2022, 1:24 am
#305
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London
Programs: Ba Silver ( for now!)
Posts: 776
Other more expert than I will reply. The main issue is if something goes wrong trying to get money back is very slow and may have other fees. If it all works out then there is no problem.
Mar 13, 2022, 1:54 am
#306
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 222
Has anyone any experience of 'TravelUp' or 'WorldAirFares'. ... as highlighted by TurningLeftforLess a few days ago they've got attractive business class fares on the BA codeshare flights to Helsinki ( from about £250 r/t - booking direct with BA, Finnair or any other OTA is much more )
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
Apr 17, 2022, 7:28 am
#307
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 212
Anyone seen anything to ex-EU to BNE/SYD/MEL recently? I'm very flexible with dates and have been looking for ~4 weeks leaving anytime from September - December 2020, but the best I've been able to see is ~£2750 ex FRA on CX.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
Apr 17, 2022, 7:47 am
#308
Join Date: Feb 2020
Programs: British Airways Executive Club Gold, Marriott Bonvoy Titanium Elite, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Amb
Posts: 1,771
Anyone seen anything to ex-EU to BNE/SYD/MEL recently? I'm very flexible with dates and have been looking for ~4 weeks leaving anytime from September - December 2020, but the best I've been able to see is ~£2750 ex FRA on CX.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
Apr 17, 2022, 7:56 am
#309
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: The Garden of England
Programs: BA Silver AA Lifetime Gold
Posts: 659
Anyone seen anything to ex-EU to BNE/SYD/MEL recently? I'm very flexible with dates and have been looking for ~4 weeks leaving anytime from September - December 2020, but the best I've been able to see is ~£2750 ex FRA on CX.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
What do our crystal balls 🔮 tell us in terms of waiting? In a normal year I would wait another few months and know something better would inevitably be coming around the corner.
Could usually rely on BA OSL-SYD for around £2.3k but that hasn't come back. I think It might be years til we see anything decent to Australia from Europe.
I'm considering SQ from CDG for around £2.3k for a second trip later in the year.
Spike
Apr 17, 2022, 9:49 am
#310
Join Date: May 2018
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Hilton Gold
Posts: 20
Normally there would be a QR deal from somewhere in Europe but nothing since the CDG-MEL £2k a couple of months ago. Very slim OneWorld pickings.
Could usually rely on BA OSL-SYD for around £2.3k but that hasn't come back. I think It might be years til we see anything decent to Australia from Europe.
I'm considering SQ from CDG for around £2.3k for a second trip later in the year.
Spike
Could usually rely on BA OSL-SYD for around £2.3k but that hasn't come back. I think It might be years til we see anything decent to Australia from Europe.
I'm considering SQ from CDG for around £2.3k for a second trip later in the year.
Spike
I'm on the hunt for an Ex-EU OW fare to Vietnam next March - probably AY or QR. Everything I can find seems to be priced around £2k-2.3k, but I was hoping for around £1500. Am I being unrealistic in the current climate? Hopefully not based on your projected cost of a SYD/MEL fare, albeit on StarAlliance. I'll sit it out a few weeks longer.
Apr 17, 2022, 9:57 am
#311
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 737
Has anyone any experience of 'TravelUp' or 'WorldAirFares'. ... as highlighted by TurningLeftforLess a few days ago they've got attractive business class fares on the BA codeshare flights to Helsinki ( from about £250 r/t - booking direct with BA, Finnair or any other OTA is much more )
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
TravelUp in particular seems to get poor TrustPilot reviews
Apr 17, 2022, 10:21 am
#312
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Programs: BA GfL & GGL, FB Platinum, MB Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,403
I’m booked with TravelUp to fly to HEL next Saturday so will report back if I have any issues.
The only issue I’ve had is selecting a seat in the AY flights (couldn’t do it on any of the partner airline websites) so had to call BA.
The only issue I’ve had is selecting a seat in the AY flights (couldn’t do it on any of the partner airline websites) so had to call BA.
Apr 17, 2022, 10:23 am
#313
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 737
I'm booked with them for June. The etickets came through quicky and you can add the booking to your BA account as it was a BA flight number. I had to choose seats on RJ though.
Apr 17, 2022, 10:42 am
#315
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 737
I had a quick look. The only issue I saw was that TravelUp and other sites didn't display the letter class of the fare - which it looks like the BA price match thingy says it needs.