af fp

Hi all,

having been flamed a few years ago for posting a premium economy deal in the premium fares forum, which should be reserved to C and F, I will start a thread for 2011, even though we already are quite advanced in the year.

Please note that here I consider Premium Economy a separate cabin with a specific seat and service (a la BA WT+, Qantas or AF PV, but not UA E+ or KL & DL Economy Comfort).

I am starting this thread with an offer on voyageprive.com with Openskies which starts today and will last 7 days (or less if it sells out): $1519 in Biz Seat EWR-ORY and $1199 in Biz Seat IAD-ORY. Biz Seat is not really a business class as the seat does not recline that much (the real business class on OpenSkies if Biz Bed, no promo on VoyagePrive). Not sure whether it qualifies for miles/points, as far as I know OpenSkies, a BA subsidiary, only credits to BA's Executive Club.

I think the IAD fare is a good deal (seems OpenSkies has a hard time starting there), the EWR offer is not so great.

Keter

Copy my recent post from economy deals.

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AZ's current fares to PEK in premium economy (Classica Plus) are sometimes a good bargain given that the majority of economy prices are restricted and with PE at a lower price you get full flex But be sure to check your rules before booking, some fares do not allow no show.

To see how good is your buy see the full flex Y fares from PRG/ WAW (more than USD 6,000+++ for Y compared to USD 1,500 ai in A from many European cities)

AJO

So what will they do? Pick you up from home and force you to board?

irishguy28

If they sent round a chauffeur to bring me to the airport, I certainly wouldn't complain!!!

TerryK

Your ticket has no residual value if no-show.@:-) Many tickets have residual value, less penalty, if you don't use it.

ademarco

Are there any good threads that have good deals for people originating flight from DOH or DXB to the U.S.? I am interested in trying to find a decent PE fare from the Middle East to NA.

af fp

Note AF Premium Voyageur fares US-Asia shown in this thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...l#post16777448

seanp7

Nothing amazing, but QF US-SYD is not bad ($2700 rtn) up until Aug 31. Link Probably better for those trying to upgrade with points to J.

umguy

Always trying to get to SYD huh Seanp7? Thanks for sharing.

nomad1974

But it's $2700++ right? And that's only from LAX. Not thaaaat good, is it?!

seanp7

No, hence the "nothing amazing". Would you like to post a deal you've found?

The ++ is $129. The usual QF add on's apply for other cities:

Atlanta + 400 round trip
Boston + $330 round trip
Chicago + $270 round trip
Dallas Fort Worth + $100 round trip
Denver + $240 round trip
Detroit + 270 round trip
Houston + 240 round trip
Las Vegas + $130 round trip
Miami + $330 round trip
Newark + $280 round trip
Orlando + $330 round trip
Portland OR + $180 round trip
San Diego + $110 round trip
Seattle + $210 round trip
St Louis + $270 round trip
Washington DC + $400 round trip

It's an okay deal if you have QF points to upgrade to J, (again, as I mentioned), especially given paid J is expensive on this route.

FedUp2

This is somewhat off topic, but I am always wary of mileage upgrades. What happens when you have bought a ridiculously priced PE ticket (for a product which is at best marginally better than whY) and then QF tells you that there is no upgrade availability? Cancelling at that stage exposes you to penalties.

Also is this (i.e. upgrades) the best use of QF miles? Would it perhaps be better to use miles only for an award ticket (of course QF will ding you for their hefty fuel surcharges and pretty soon, Julia's Carbon Offsets as well).

seanp7

Fair points. It is a gamble, especially without status. I much prefer BA's MFU system that confirms as you book than waiting until the day of departure.

Regarding use of miles - LAX-SYD rtn in J is 192,000. PE to J is 45,000 each way. Whether that's a good use of QFF points or not is subjective and probably discussed on the QF forum.

exwannabe

As a note, DL is the same. If you pay for the M fare you MUST go ahead and get the upgrades (at least on the long legs) right then else you are playing a suckers game.

izzik

TK (Turkish) has some attractive PE fares ex-USA to Europe/Middle East/Asia thru early/mid 2012. Fares book into A class, which accrues 100-200%, depending on your program of choice. For routes that do not have TK PE, it books into Y which can theoretically be upgraded with a *A upgrade award.

Generally speaking, applicable routes must include at least one PE segment. For example:

ORD-IST(Y), IST-HKG (A) $1530 ai r/t.
JFK-IST(A), IST-TLV (Y) $1213 ai r/t.
LAX-IST(A), IST-HKG (A) $1600 ai r/t.

One-way fares are available but not priced at 50% of r/t fare.