SFO-FCO Spring/Summer 2023 $2200 SkyTeam
Jul 20, 2022, 10:35 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: LAS, ZQN
Programs: UA PP (2MM), BA gold
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Category 8: Stopover restrictions
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Jul 24, 2022, 11:21 pm
#18
Moderator: Luxury Hotels and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Palo Alto, California,USA
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For BA, I've fallen back on the AARP $200 discount on J and F which allows you to book directly on the BA website. I used this to get my own SFO-FCO round trip deal on BA J in December. Note to BA flyers: anyone of any age can join AARP and it's pretty darn cheap.
BTW, this is the second BA deal that this forum found for me just this year; the first was the SFO-MUC deal that was similar (but even cheaper) than SFO-FCO. Thanks, Flyertalkers!
Jul 26, 2022, 6:26 pm
#20
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 337
Jul 26, 2022, 8:35 pm
#21
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: LAX/NYC
Programs: Bonvoy Ambassador, HH G, BR Diamond/*G, BAEC Gold, Hertz PC
Posts: 564
I totally agree. During the heart of the Covid cancellation period, Amex Travel would regularly try to deny me changes/cancellations that the airline had no problem with. So unless the savings is really amazing, I don't even bother with Platinum travel for air tickets.
For BA, I've fallen back on the AARP $200 discount on J and F which allows you to book directly on the BA website. I used this to get my own SFO-FCO round trip deal on BA J in December. Note to BA flyers: anyone of any age can join AARP and it's pretty darn cheap.
BTW, this is the second BA deal that this forum found for me just this year; the first was the SFO-MUC deal that was similar (but even cheaper) than SFO-FCO. Thanks, Flyertalkers!
For BA, I've fallen back on the AARP $200 discount on J and F which allows you to book directly on the BA website. I used this to get my own SFO-FCO round trip deal on BA J in December. Note to BA flyers: anyone of any age can join AARP and it's pretty darn cheap.
BTW, this is the second BA deal that this forum found for me just this year; the first was the SFO-MUC deal that was similar (but even cheaper) than SFO-FCO. Thanks, Flyertalkers!
Jul 31, 2022, 12:26 pm
#22
Moderator: Luxury Hotels and FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Palo Alto, California,USA
Posts: 17,856
Good suggestion, but i am instead getting the 5x Membership Rewards from my Amex card. The BA Chase discount combined with the 3 Avios per dollar spent is a larger sum but the Amex points are way more flexible and don't ever expire. I know, it's a balancing act. If BA ever eliminated their huge YQ fees on award tickets, though, I'd shift in a heartbeat.