zen100

Probably not, but it's worth waiting until T- 3 weeks when the balance is due. If Omicron hits travel harder, they might get more flexible - or there could be a Jan sale which means a May trip has the same/similar cost as your Feb one.

I'm in the same position - Feb F trip to LAS (BAH) - had a schedule change, so can get a refund of the deposit, but would like to move by 2-3 months.

efincomputer

Not sure if it's policy, or just the usual luck of the draw on the agent you get, but I called up about moving a booking in Feb after some AA legs were cancelled/rescheduled. Tried to move to August, but the issue I hit was ticket validity period (as this trip was booked in April). Agent said I could move it no both with no reprice and no change fee as long as the outbound trip started before the end of the validity period, so I think you SHOULD be ok as long it's within 12 months of when you booked it - not 12 months of when you were due to travel. Not sure what the difference is if this is for a previously cancelled trip or an FTV, etc - mine was just a straight holiday booking on this occasion. Still looking at options, given this was originally an ex-EU trip with both legs UUA to First from CW - didn't fancy the £19k per person reprice to move it to August lol.

zen100

Interesting and useful to know. Was that flight-only, or BA Holidays. I have noticed that BAH are more stingy with schedule change flexibility, or rather they are adhering to the policy more strictly. But that's just been my experience, so interested to hear others experiences

Cw novice

Played about on the BA website I managed to book this for my holiday this year. It's an open jaw as it wouldn't let me book LAX-SEA. However it had thrown up SEA-PHL-LHR-EDI as the return routing. Yes it's a recliner for SEA-PHL but how bad can it be for an early morning flight. Transcon JFK-LAX on the way out and Club suite for LHR-JFK/PHL-LHR. Based on the eligibility criteria this should net 1280tp. Taking of hotels this is about £1.50/tp. Could be gold in one trip if 1125 remains.

nh1980

Possible - I have AGP-HEL-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO rt. The bare bones I class fare INX1C1... comes in around the £1,150 mark, once you start to specify BA codeshares it can bump it by another £50 or so (all original prices would be in EUR so these £ amounts are rough prices). Adding in HEL if desired can be harder to find availability on in I class (LHR-HEL specifically given far fewer flights than before) but if you get it, should add c. £100 for this extra distance.

nh1980

Just be sure that there are BA codeshares available on all your segments (MAN to JFK should be easy, it's on to CLT and MSY that you may have to dig around for) and that the BA codeshares are specified when you get the quote. ITA will usually throw up AA codeshares on the latter intra-US legs by default when you price up the route

m8_rotate

As mentioned above AGP/HEL/JFK LAX OR SFO nets 840 Tier points and positioning to AGP in CE would add 80, so potentially 920 TPs up for grabs. Depending on what your objectives are? Build a Holiday around the Trip? If it is just a smash and grab TP run the two runs below start appearing in ITA Matrix 30 Jun 22, 7 and 14 Jul 22, 24 Aug 22, 01 and 09 Sep 22. That's as far as I plotted. Although the runs below are for a specific date I would imagine the connections are similar over all dates, Good luck and I hope this helps.

ISTFlyer

AGP-HEL-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO is possible with the same fare and it would accrue 1080 Tier Points.

nh1980

To maximise the run above, you could break HEL-JFK into HEL-LHR-JFK and add in another West Coast stop e.g. JFK-SFO-LAX or JFK-LAX-SFO to make it 1160 TP (i.e. Gold in one run if you get at least 4 BA flight numbers) including positioning, though the HEL-LHR-LHR availability takes some searching for.

m8_rotate

I did try that option a few times but the fare would break on those dates. However there was such a run available on 08 Sep 22, but it has since gone from ITA matrix. But I get the point, it's trial and error, plus perseverance.

m8_rotate

Understood, it depends on how much time you have and your circumstances. I personally don't have lots of time for other options, so the above suits me. But if you have retired from the slog, the then world should be your oyster, as "they" say.

jfkeze

Cross-post from the Premium Fares Thread

TPA-FAI for $747 (580 TPs)

ISTFlyer

DCA-LAX-ANC-FAI is also available for a similar price and would accrue 640TP's roundtrip.
Although ex-DCA is only available at limited dates in January and February with minimal availability.

m8_rotate

Being based in the US of A has great advantages!

chris1979

thank you Nephoi megaloman m8_rotate ISTFlyer ! I shall have a play. I didn't previously get it to work but will expand the dates.