I think that particular one is a glitch, only 2 dates available the 24th and 25th Nov 26. If you go in further and do a full dummy booking I see it showing as Ł1730 for the 1st leg then Ł1342 for the 2nd leg coming at Ł3019.

I've seen this regularly, most probably BA's IT, it shows an amazing WOW factor price on the BA 'Find Our Cheapest Fares' and maybe it will go lower than Ł3k but it's not Ł1730...........unfortunately.

Have to go Far-East late Jan. BA fares are ridiculously high. They might as well change the name to Atlantic Airways.

F, Lisbon to JFK,BOS,MIA,ORD,IAD can be found from Ł2650 to less than 3k till December

In related news, some LH & LX flights I was looking at have suddenly got quite a bit cheaper.

So it's not all bad.

I am trying to think of the right phrase that describes that.....
curates egg?
or trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear

Was hoping that BA would relaunch their sale today, does not seem much of a sale, most of the (sale offer) flights have to be completed first part of next year. I was looking for flights to Sydney for November, is there any point in waiting for the next BA sale? I suspect prices for this route will increase as it is so close to Christmas (returning 9th December).

IIRC the general view on the board is that for the highly desirable routes BA Revenue Management is likely to only release the more flexible and higher price buckets initially. Once those have been snapped up (or not) by the people who have absolutely fixed dates and are price insensitive, then Rev Man releases the cheaper buckets. Having said that… important caveat… Rev Man is a dark art!

It has become much less predictable recently, not just in terms of route-specific pricing strategies but as a consequence fare bucket availability and avios seat availability. It’s definitely getting the more informed buyer to think harder about what to buy and when.

Ultimately if forward sales continue to meet targets they won’t change.

I understand there will be better discounts on BAH with accommodation or car hire for the full duration of the package on Jan 8th.

I've been looking at DUB-SJC and that comes in at around €2644 / Ł2307 in business. If I add a car to make it a €300 deposit holiday, it's pretty much the same price +/- €2.

Did look at PE prices from various starting points, and most of the time, for my dates, there was a few Ł100 price difference with PE being a good Ł1500+.

Looked at AA and can get basic economy, ex-EU, for around Ł350, Ł470ish for main cabin, and PE 6x that. Ł1k+ more for business.
Used to pay around Ł700 for PE returns via AA.

Looked at GOT-SJC and that starts at around Ł1400 in PE booked with AA vs. possibly double that booked with the BA website.

Did have a look at MAN-PDX in PE with car hire:
A little over Ł1220 for a week (business Ł3085)
​​​About Ł400 more if starting from DUB (Ł1650 / €1884+) or around Ł2348 in business.
From Ł1144 if starting from ARN in PE.

Unless I am misreading it, the only Canadian city in the sale is Montreal. Seems a bit mean.

These days it feels like there is a sale every single week, across a lot of different airlines.
Now it's the "original sale", recently it was the "business class sale", etc... I've even received an email from the Wine Flyer about the latest BA sale. Crazy how they're pushing it.

It kind of defeats the purpose when sales are that frequent (and don't offer huge savings). I'd rather get one or two sales a year with real discounts instead.

The DFS of the skies...

Not if the purpose is to get cheap brand coverage and publicity… You seem to be under the impression a sale is about saving you money

Exactly. Anyone who manages to get a financial benefit from a modern 'sale' is usually someone who has a preplanned necessary purchase they have delayed until they can get 5-10% off it, not someone just browsing on the off chance who miraculously finds a 50% discount on a discretional booking. It used to happen like that, but not any more.