BA/AA: CDG-NYC First RT from $2420
Dec 12, 2021, 7:13 pm
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BA/AA: CDG-NYC First RT from $2420
British Airways has a First class dual inventory fare loaded for CDG-NYC that comes out to EUR 2140/USD 2420 round-trip.
ITA Matrix isn't all too great at picking it up, but it's definitely there (on BA.com).
Should be available till 31/12/21, requires a weekend night, and doesn't have a limit on the max stay.
The fare basis is ANN6T1S4/DIFP, unfortunately I don't have the fare rules on hand (cannot find it on EF).
I was playing around with it all day and I think I've got it figured out now.
Requires availability in I on all flights as well as A on the long-haul.
This is a bit of a pain since there was hardly any room in I on the CDG-LHR legs on the dates that I was considering.
It's priced at the cheapest Business fare available plus 600 EUR (300 EUR each way).
ITA Matrix isn't all too great at picking it up, but it's definitely there (on BA.com).
Should be available till 31/12/21, requires a weekend night, and doesn't have a limit on the max stay.
The fare basis is ANN6T1S4/DIFP, unfortunately I don't have the fare rules on hand (cannot find it on EF).
I was playing around with it all day and I think I've got it figured out now.
Requires availability in I on all flights as well as A on the long-haul.
This is a bit of a pain since there was hardly any room in I on the CDG-LHR legs on the dates that I was considering.
It's priced at the cheapest Business fare available plus 600 EUR (300 EUR each way).
Dec 13, 2021, 6:21 am
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EUR 2140 is definitely possible (that's what I ended up paying).
Outbound showed up as €1,131 and inbound €1,009 on BA.com.
This requires I availability all the way.
You end up with €2440(ish) if one of the two directions is only available in R instead of I.
The fare basis is the same since it's a dual inventory fare (drops the first letter of the underlying business fare and replaces it with A).
I booked for early June to mid August and there was a lot of availability (usually the latest possible connection out of CDG and some of the direct flights on AA).
Outbound showed up as €1,131 and inbound €1,009 on BA.com.
This requires I availability all the way.
You end up with €2440(ish) if one of the two directions is only available in R instead of I.
The fare basis is the same since it's a dual inventory fare (drops the first letter of the underlying business fare and replaces it with A).
I booked for early June to mid August and there was a lot of availability (usually the latest possible connection out of CDG and some of the direct flights on AA).
Jan 24, 2022, 9:59 pm
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Me to the family about 3 years ago: "I found a way to get us on AA F from HKG-LAX really cheap"
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Jan 25, 2022, 8:14 am
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Looking at the rules, there is a 60 day advance booking requirement and reservations can be made until the end of June.
Jan 25, 2022, 10:25 am
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I get that this is a good fare if you want to fly in first class for cheap (and who doesn't) but who do you credit to to make it a good mileage run? It's not very good for AA, just due to it being such a short flight.
Jan 27, 2022, 4:54 pm
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Nevermind, found it.
Last edited by skunker; Jan 27, 2022 at 5:02 pm