Dec 20, 2013, 5:15 am
Current Fare Sales [ex UK]
Dec 12, 2014, 8:29 pm
#871
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Looks like club prices to usa are updated. Looked lhr-lax last night in sept £3500 now about £2500. Not bad I think? Will be good to hit the spend limit on my new ba credit card too!
Dec 12, 2014, 11:58 pm
#872
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Suspect the sale loading was ongoing when ATC decided to press CRTL ALT DEL. Impact of this was probably a reduction in sale fare loading rate to prevent BA.com going under to do weight of traffic.
Dec 13, 2014, 2:03 am
#873
Join Date: Aug 2013
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A couple of days ago my agent booked LHR-JNB in First & CPT-LHR in Club for a leisure trip for my wife and I next September.
I went on to BA.com this morning to select the seats, but have ended up booking 'Sale' tickets at £1,700 less p/p. We're pretty happy with this.
It does appear that First & Club are now loaded in the 'Sale' at least for the above routes.
I went on to BA.com this morning to select the seats, but have ended up booking 'Sale' tickets at £1,700 less p/p. We're pretty happy with this.
It does appear that First & Club are now loaded in the 'Sale' at least for the above routes.
Dec 13, 2014, 2:06 am
#874
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: BAEC Gold
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My idea of a sale is that the price should be cheaper during the sale period than it was before the sale. It's disappointing then to discover that the WT price for four to PHX in April in the new sale is nearly £500 MORE than the pre-sale price a couple of days ago - same dates. What gives? Perhaps Trading Standards should be taking an interest...
Dec 13, 2014, 2:37 am
#876
Join Date: Apr 2007
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I suspect that clarkeysntfc is on-the-button here.
This has all the hallmarks of a sudden bring-forward of a sale planned for later, which has fired itself headlong into the Swanwick ATC issue which closed the majority of UK airspace.
I've posted the WTP fares which have been loaded to the blog - ie all destinations except North & South America and the Caribbean.
I'm holding off on Club & First for now, just so that the archive isn't populated (or has to be over-written) with fares which may be revised again.
If this really is The BA December Sale then, on the face of it, it's not a strong one - but personally I reckon that the odd timing, the premature homepage ads and the total non-appearance of Transatlantic WTP fares would suggest (at least to me) that there's more to come.
That said, the usual FT guidance of 'if there's a fare that you're prepared to pay, pay it' is probably the best advice. There's a value in the certainty of a confirmed booking.
This has all the hallmarks of a sudden bring-forward of a sale planned for later, which has fired itself headlong into the Swanwick ATC issue which closed the majority of UK airspace.
I've posted the WTP fares which have been loaded to the blog - ie all destinations except North & South America and the Caribbean.
I'm holding off on Club & First for now, just so that the archive isn't populated (or has to be over-written) with fares which may be revised again.
If this really is The BA December Sale then, on the face of it, it's not a strong one - but personally I reckon that the odd timing, the premature homepage ads and the total non-appearance of Transatlantic WTP fares would suggest (at least to me) that there's more to come.
That said, the usual FT guidance of 'if there's a fare that you're prepared to pay, pay it' is probably the best advice. There's a value in the certainty of a confirmed booking.
Dec 13, 2014, 3:18 am
#877
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My idea of a sale is that the price should be cheaper during the sale period than it was before the sale. It's disappointing then to discover that the WT price for four to PHX in April in the new sale is nearly £500 MORE than the pre-sale price a couple of days ago - same dates. What gives? Perhaps Trading Standards should be taking an interest...
Dec 13, 2014, 7:04 am
#878
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: BAEC Gold
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It's not clear to me that this has anything to do with availability per se. WT prices to/from PHX are uniformly greater across the two weeks in April in which I was interested now (in the sale period) than they were two days ago, pre sale. It's conceivable that they've suddenly sold loads of WT seats across those 14 days but I'd think it unlikely. Perhaps they've increased prices on some routes to offset discounts on others? Whatever the reason, BA won't be getting my leisure spend on this occasion.
Dec 13, 2014, 9:18 am
#880
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It's not clear to me that this has anything to do with availability per se. WT prices to/from PHX are uniformly greater across the two weeks in April in which I was interested now (in the sale period) than they were two days ago, pre sale. It's conceivable that they've suddenly sold loads of WT seats across those 14 days but I'd think it unlikely. Perhaps they've increased prices on some routes to offset discounts on others? Whatever the reason, BA won't be getting my leisure spend on this occasion.
That has pushed up the minimum price a bit for some days in April.
I am not sure what revenue management are doing but they seem to have been caught with their pants down. I would give them a few days in case this is more incompetence than malice.
Dec 13, 2014, 9:50 am
#881
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Dec 13, 2014, 1:12 pm
#884
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On BA.com, I am getting LGW-MCO for £1704 for mid jan and feb departures.
This seems to be higher than in previous CW sales IIRC.
Regards
TBS
Dec 13, 2014, 1:34 pm
#885
Join Date: Dec 2014
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Also hoping the isn't THE December sale. Mind you can't complain with the recent discounted club fares to LAX in recent sale. Might be worth holding a good flight if you see it - in case no more club seats trickle in.