8herveg From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 1118 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 9 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3532 times:
Does anyone know which destination is cheapest to fly to on British Airways' Club World?
I have just found return flights to Dubai this December 2007 for £1400 return including taxes - a pretty good price for a 6/7 hour Business Class trip!
Anyone know of any others which go for that cheap? I guess Dubai is one of the nearest destinations to London where Club World is offered.
VV701 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2005, 6675 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (5 years 9 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3504 times:
When I checked I chose out on 20 November, back on 27 November. For DXB I got £2048. But if I changed the dates to 21 and 26 November it came tumbling down to £1288 return!
Prices to other short longhaul destinations were much more consistent. I got:
Antdenatale From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2006, 172 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 9 months 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 3458 times:
Perhaps I should tell you this, but I have just come back from a trip to Dubai that cost me £698 including all taxes in Club World (Booked through Expedia)
You best bet is not to book direct with BA but to book through Expedia / E-Bookers as they sometimes have exclusive special offers.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 3, posted (5 years 9 months 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 3442 times:
Not Club World, but BA just had a special World Traveller (Y class) seatsale from Switzerland to many longhaul destinations, mostly North America but also a few others (HKG was one, forget the others). It was for travel starting September 1 through much of the winter but had to be booked by about a week ago. The fares were quite good, lower than the lowest fares of most other major carriers for the same period.
The unusual part of the offer was the ability to upgrade one or both longhaul sectors to World Traveller Plus for 350 Swiss Francs each (USD296/GBP148) regardless of destination. With the upgrade both ways you could travel WTP for about half, sometimes less, of the usual lowest WTP fare to many destinations.
At the other end of the scale, BA has another current longhaul offer from Switzerland (and perhaps other markets). If you pay the full Club World return fare to many (about 25) longhaul destinations, you get a free upgrade to First class in one direction only, either outbound or return. That one has to be booked by the end of October for travel through the end of March. They've had that offer a few times before.
Quoting Antdenatale (Reply 2): Perhaps I should tell you this, but I have just come back from a trip to Dubai that cost me £698 including all taxes in Club World (Booked through Expedia)
You best bet is not to book direct with BA but to book through Expedia / E-Bookers as they sometimes have exclusive special offers.
That was a fare error, Expedia also had F for ca. £1000 rtn. No reason not to look at Expedia but don't expect those kinds of breaks in the fares.
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BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 7, posted (5 years 9 months 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3387 times:
It might just be a fluke but it seems if you opt for a lower class and then select an upgrade when making the initial booking, the fare might be cheaper.
I checked out LHR-JFK flying out on 7 February returning on 14 February on Y+. The fare including taxes was GBP 489 return. It then gave me an option to upgrade at a cost of GBP 1,102 for both the outbound and return trip, making a total fare for Club at GBP 1,591. Using a different PC I then looked at the fare on the same dates assuming the original booking was for Club and it quoted a fare of GBP 2,107 - an extra GBP 516. Just in case they had sold some seats in the microsecond between my visits, I then rechecked the fare with upgrade and it still was GBP 1,591.
It might be that a Y+ fare and an upgrade does not give you all the extras when flying Club (e.g. the same number of air miles or perhaps you cannot use the Club Lounge at LHR), but you will fly in Club and receive all the benefits once airborne.
Quoting Antdenatale (Reply 2): You best bet is not to book direct with BA but to book through Expedia / E-Bookers as they sometimes have exclusive special offers.
Does BA not guarantee that if you find a cheaper fare than that quoted on their website for the same flight on the same day, they'll refund the difference?
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SandroZRH From Switzerland, joined Feb 2007, 3385 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (5 years 9 months 3 days ago) and read 3379 times:
Quoting Antdenatale (Reply 2): You best bet is not to book direct with BA but to book through Expedia / E-Bookers as they sometimes have exclusive special offers.
Very true. While playing around on ebookers a few weeks ago, i found a ZRH-LHR-HKG-BNE return trip in J on CX and BA for just under €3000. Quite impressive in my opinion.
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 3688 posts, RR: 31 Reply 9, posted (5 years 9 months 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3359 times:
Quoting BCAL (Reply 7): It might be that a Y+ fare and an upgrade does not give you all the extras when flying Club (e.g. the same number of air miles or perhaps you cannot use the Club Lounge at LHR), but you will fly in Club and receive all the benefits once airborne.
Not that I've used that tool but the BA rules are pretty clear cut. If you're flying in Club World you get all the benefits, lounge, bonus miles, tier points, the lot...
Nice find on the cheap upgrade thingermejig. Might give that a whirl sometime, perhaps what it doesn't offer me the chance to upgrade to First for just $7980 one way...
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Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 10, posted (5 years 9 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3346 times:
Quoting Fbgdavidson (Reply 6): Cheapest CW destination, try Doha....from Bahrain. Only 90 miles and priced accordingly!
Or a little further but not much, BA's 5th freedom tag-on sectors in the Caribbean.
Barbados - Port of Spain, 184 nm
Antigua - Grenada, 307 nm
Nassau - Providenciales (Turks & Caicos), 347 nm
Antigua - Tobago, 362 nm
Nassau - Grand Cayman, 406 nm
Or for something slightly further, Sao Paulo - Buenos Aires, 929 nm
Return J fare on the Caribbean routes roughly in the $400 to $640 range (lowest on the short BGI-POS sector, $378 RT plus taxes. GRU-EZE $942 plus taxes.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21679 posts, RR: 23 Reply 11, posted (5 years 9 months 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3346 times:
Quoting Fbgdavidson (Reply 6): Cheapest CW destination, try Doha....from Bahrain. Only 90 miles and priced accordingly!
Or a little further but not much, BA's 5th freedom tag-on sectors in the Caribbean.
Barbados - Port of Spain, 184 nm
Antigua - St. Lucia, 209 nm
Antigua - Grenada, 307 nm
Nassau - Providenciales (Turks & Caicos), 347 nm
Antigua - Tobago, 362 nm
Nassau - Grand Cayman, 406 nm
Or for something slightly further, Sao Paulo - Buenos Aires, 929 nm
Return J fare on the Caribbean routes roughly in the $350 to $640 range (lowest ANU-UVF, $352 plus taxes). GRU-EZE $942 plus taxes.
Quoting Antdenatale (Reply 2):
Perhaps I should tell you this, but I have just come back from a trip to Dubai that cost me £698 including all taxes in Club World (Booked through Expedia)
You best bet is not to book direct with BA but to book through Expedia / E-Bookers as they sometimes have exclusive special offers.
That was a fare error, Expedia also had F for ca. £1000 rtn. No reason not to look at Expedia but don't expect those kinds of breaks in the fares.
Yeah, almost booked myself into first, but decided not to, however, I did kick myself afterwards! But it did give me the Chance to try the new club world.
Another cheap one that people on another site use is AUH to MCT, I think the first class return is about $400, quite a few people spend a week travelling back on forth to get Gold status on Executive Club.
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