Dec 20, 2013, 5:15 am
Current Fare Sales [ex UK]
Mar 10, 2016, 11:07 am
#1051
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,709
Hello all,
I'm going to be moving to LA to study as part of my degree in August and have just had dates confirmed so I'm starting to look at flights (economy unfortunately)!
At the minute, NCL-LAX is pricing up as £810 for the 0600 from NCL arriving into LAX at 12:55 - I would need the early flight eventhough later ones are cheaper.
I believe I saw this for just under £500 before Christmas so I'm not sure whether to hold out or not.
Is it pretty likely there will be another economy sale soon or would people advise just booking it. I'm a bit of a risk taker so am tempted to hold out!
I'm going to be moving to LA to study as part of my degree in August and have just had dates confirmed so I'm starting to look at flights (economy unfortunately)!
At the minute, NCL-LAX is pricing up as £810 for the 0600 from NCL arriving into LAX at 12:55 - I would need the early flight eventhough later ones are cheaper.
I believe I saw this for just under £500 before Christmas so I'm not sure whether to hold out or not.
Is it pretty likely there will be another economy sale soon or would people advise just booking it. I'm a bit of a risk taker so am tempted to hold out!
Mar 10, 2016, 11:11 am
#1052
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
Hello all,
I'm going to be moving to LA to study as part of my degree in August and have just had dates confirmed so I'm starting to look at flights (economy unfortunately)!
At the minute, NCL-LAX is pricing up as £810 for the 0600 from NCL arriving into LAX at 12:55 - I would need the early flight eventhough later ones are cheaper.
I believe I saw this for just under £500 before Christmas so I'm not sure whether to hold out or not.
Is it pretty likely there will be another economy sale soon or would people advise just booking it. I'm a bit of a risk taker so am tempted to hold out!
I'm going to be moving to LA to study as part of my degree in August and have just had dates confirmed so I'm starting to look at flights (economy unfortunately)!
At the minute, NCL-LAX is pricing up as £810 for the 0600 from NCL arriving into LAX at 12:55 - I would need the early flight eventhough later ones are cheaper.
I believe I saw this for just under £500 before Christmas so I'm not sure whether to hold out or not.
Is it pretty likely there will be another economy sale soon or would people advise just booking it. I'm a bit of a risk taker so am tempted to hold out!
Mar 11, 2016, 10:17 am
#1053
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 160
cheapest I can find is around the £650 markI think the problem is the fact I need the 0945-1255 LHR-LAX flight in order to arrive and check into my student halls. The later flight lands too late unfortunately.
Think I'm just going to have to wait and hope it comes down!
Mar 11, 2016, 2:02 pm
#1054
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 494
I think the problem is the fact I need the 0945-1255 LHR-LAX flight in order to arrive and check into my student halls. The later flight lands too late unfortunately.
Mar 12, 2016, 6:23 pm
#1055
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,129
You can transfer the Avios to your IB+ account and book via IB. I often see better fares (including Promotional Business fares, sometimes cheaper than Y) on iberia.com
Mar 29, 2016, 8:32 am
#1056
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 160
At the minute the same itinerary is pricing at £840 on ba.com - thought it was a glitch but it has ticketed and the money has been taken from my account.
A little bit of a pain it's from MAN not NCL however NCL was £150 more for worse flights!
How common are such fares? It seemed to be very random and not part of an official sale as such?
Mar 29, 2016, 9:00 am
#1057
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
I think I got very very lucky - booked MAN-LAX return for the dates/flights I need for £478! (booked 2 days ago)
At the minute the same itinerary is pricing at £840 on ba.com - thought it was a glitch but it has ticketed and the money has been taken from my account.
A little bit of a pain it's from MAN not NCL however NCL was £150 more for worse flights!
How common are such fares? It seemed to be very random and not part of an official sale as such?
At the minute the same itinerary is pricing at £840 on ba.com - thought it was a glitch but it has ticketed and the money has been taken from my account.
A little bit of a pain it's from MAN not NCL however NCL was £150 more for worse flights!
How common are such fares? It seemed to be very random and not part of an official sale as such?
Mar 29, 2016, 10:30 am
#1058
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 160
With flights at the times you are looking at the main challenge is that they don't always make the cheaper fare buckets available on all the flights you need. IMO not a sale, but lucking into the right kind of availability MAN-LHR (which has a lot more flights) which wasn't there NCL-LHR.
Mar 30, 2016, 2:32 am
#1059
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 166
Hey,
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Mar 30, 2016, 2:39 am
#1060
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,968
Hey,
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Mar 30, 2016, 2:42 am
#1061
Join Date: Jan 2016
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 62
Hey,
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Can somebody confirm that this would earn 160 TP's?
http://goo.gl/flights/fG1I
Reason I ask is because when I go through to the IB site it is showing as 2 flights "with stopover" and not listing 4 separate flights. Doing it as 4 separate flights jacks up the price to £800+ for some reason
Apr 21, 2016, 9:15 am
#1063
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,753
If you haven't spent all your cash at DFS so far, it's sale time at BA again, from now until 17th May 2016.
Stand-out fares seem to be in First for £1894 to New York, £2212 to Hong Kong and £3320 to Johannesburg this time, potentially dropped by another £200 with 30,000 Avios co-pay if you're Avios-rich.
Stand-out fares seem to be in First for £1894 to New York, £2212 to Hong Kong and £3320 to Johannesburg this time, potentially dropped by another £200 with 30,000 Avios co-pay if you're Avios-rich.
Last edited by Prospero; Apr 21, 2016 at 1:22 pm Reason: Pruned to comply with Rule 7
Jun 16, 2016, 2:48 am
#1064
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,753
For subscribers to this thread, exUK Club & First Sale fares have been loaded today, 16th June 2016.
Book by 12th July 2016 - generally for travel at the lowest fares over Christmas and New Year.
Highlights this time are probably First to the Middle East and South Asia, with Abu Dhabi showing at £1645, Dubai at £1760, and Muscat at £1761. Mumbai in First is from £1927 and New Delhi is from £1923.
Apology & Thanks
My thanks to Prospero for feather-dusting this thread a little while ago, after my failure to note the change to the FT ToS. My apologies therefore for the inadvertent transgression. Pucci has additionally threatened hairbrushing.
Book by 12th July 2016 - generally for travel at the lowest fares over Christmas and New Year.
Highlights this time are probably First to the Middle East and South Asia, with Abu Dhabi showing at £1645, Dubai at £1760, and Muscat at £1761. Mumbai in First is from £1927 and New Delhi is from £1923.
Apology & Thanks
My thanks to Prospero for feather-dusting this thread a little while ago, after my failure to note the change to the FT ToS. My apologies therefore for the inadvertent transgression. Pucci has additionally threatened hairbrushing.