Maybe there's a misunderstanding of the screenshot I posted? I went all the way through to seat assignments and these are definitely F seats. Unless the system will fail at the final stage, J is (for now) more than double F. I do see that some of the alternative dates I was looking at have dried up today... Still thinking about it but I won't cry if my dates are gone by the time I finally click the Purchase button.

What dates are you looking at? Your pricing is exactly backwards from what I see. Ie the F price is really J and v.v. on everyday I look at via Google Flights.

I just realized your screenshot is from BA website, where pricing I shown each portion, not RT. RT your fare prices out to $3000 approximately. Helps if post that price is OW, not RT, especially since thread is about RT.

You likely have a flight that just happens to be full in J. Most employees cant book F, even if cheaper a lot can't.

The current F fare is lower than J. Nothing unusual about it, happens quite frequently on BA when F is on sale (and J isn't).

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f39978b850.png

If I could just get this to work between ORD and JNB :p

I was looking at the end of September for this deal, but I got busy and things got picked over fairly quick. We were able to get December into Munich (SFO-MUC-SFO) for the Christmas celebrations. Not as low as $2,500, but we were able to get $3,050 for the dates we wanted. Throw in the AS elite and redemption miles (I'm 75K) and this is a decent way to get to Europe for the holiday season. Getting BA to properly display, price and ticket this deal is a bear as their systems continually re-price items higher and lower as you search. Still with a little work we figured it out. 2022 appears to be fairly open, going to look at something for the spring.

Yes, I realized after the fact that you were only giving the OW pricing not RT. THUS $3.4K looked like normal RT F and $1.5I looked like normal RT J.

Correct, the thread title clearly states $3.2K RT in F and nothing less.

This doesn't seem to be widely available anymore, but I was able to find SFO-LCA RT in BA F for $3,028. I chose to route SFO-LAX-LHR-LCA-LHR-LAX-SFO. Priced out via ITA Matrix and booked on AA using powertools because I had a bunch of AA GCs to use. My assumption is that you could book it through BA as well to take advantage of AARP and Chase, but I didn't try.

SFO-LAX is on AA, LAX-SFO is on AS, and the other segments are BA.

This'll push me over 75k for the year with my rollover from Jan/Feb 2020 and earn a ton of redeemable miles along the way between the flying and the qualification bonus. With several paid business oneworld fares booked for next year, I wanted to make sure to maintain 75k (and it seems unclear if AS is going to extend). In addition, it'll be nice to finally go somewhere after so long.

Sample Google Flights - 2021
Sample Google Flights - 2022

Nickohrn, great find!

This got me to looking for a flight later this year - found this beauty to Lisbon (SFO-LHR in BA F, LHR-LIS in Club Europe) for just under $3000.

https://www.google.com/travel/flights/s/HGhV

Booking this itinerary online at https://www.britishairways.com/en-us...ember-benefits saves one an additional $200.

Just booked DEN-DFW-LHR-CPH in BA/AA First for next March for $2,684 roundtrip after the $200 AARP discount. 580 TPs. Hopefully AA's DFW First Dining will be open by then.

Thank you for including link for us more clueless who can then book more easily after you more adept bookers do your thing. Appreciate it!

Looks like my last login was in 2013 but here it goes.
I am showing BA at $2996 in F out of BNA.
BNA-BSL

What is the AARP discount you refer to? What carriers or fares does it apply to?

Thanks.

John H

If you are a member of AARP (which anyone can join for $12 / year) you can save $200 on business and first class fares booked through British Airways. On the promotional page, it doesn't reference first class, but it still seems to work.