What is worth booking in the new British Airways sale?

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• Andy says:

  23 Jun23 June 06:10

  There are some great WTP fares originating from OSL & CPH to the West Coast again. £579 to LAX throughout the year including Christmas.

  • Barry cutters says:

    23 Jun23 June 08:03

    Great if you live in Oslo or Copenhagen . But it’s a lot of back tracking to get to lax if you are in the U.K.

    • Clive says:

      23 Jun23 June 16:04

      …a lot of backtracking? You haven’t noticed how many deals on this site are ex-eu? 🙂

• Anna says:

  23 Jun23 June 06:44

  The last time I considered booking a BA holiday I was told that unless you book accommodation or car hire for the whole duration, it doesn’t count as a package deal and you have to pay the full cost up front. The CSA said that otherwise everyone would be booking 1 night hotel stay or 1 day car hire so that they could pay later.

  • Genghis says:

    23 Jun23 June 08:20

    Can’t this now be done online?

    • Rob says:

      23 Jun23 June 08:52

      The BA Holiday website specifically lets you book a car or hotel for only part of your stay!

      I think there is a 3 day minimum now to get a cheaper flight price though?

      • Anna says:

        23 Jun23 June 09:34

        Yes you can book it, but I think you have to pay the full amount up front instead of 5 weeks before you travel.

        • Anna says:

          23 Jun23 June 09:46

          I’ve just done a dummy booking – if you want a 2 week holiday, but a hotel room only for 1 week, you are charged the full amount, there’s no option to just pay a deposit.

      • Stu N says:

        23 Jun23 June 12:12

        I managed to book a Thurs-Mon trip with 2 hotel nights as a BA Holiday booking in the last sale in May. Paid small deposit, with balance to pay 5 weeks before the trip.

        • Anna says:

          23 Jun23 June 12:19

          I used to book BA holidays with a week in their accommodation and a week in our timeshare but for the past few years they’ve wanted full payment up front so I haven’t bothered as I can usually do it cheaper with another airline. Maybe it depends on the duration/destination?

        • Anna says:

          23 Jun23 June 12:36

          Have you got a hire car as well? No matter what permutation I put in, unless I’m booking a hotel or car for the full duration the system is trying to charge me the full amount.

• Geoff says:

  23 Jun23 June 08:24

  It looks like the Holiday Finder on the BA web site (which was re-vamped a few weeks ago) has changed again in the last day or 2 so you have to select a departure date or month.

  I’m pretty sure that even a couple of days ago I could select an earliest and latest departure date, which suited me as I would select the full range from tomorrow to May/June 2018 and see the best prices across all dates and destinations on one screen.

  Now I have to select one month at a time to find the best prices. Has anyone else noticed the change or am I clicking in the wrong place or missing something?

  …or any workarounds?

• Neil says:

  23 Jun23 June 09:06

  Good old BA sale. I am looking to do a trip to Australia and New Zealand this coming December and January. I have been tracking the price over recent weeks and the 3 World Traveller tickets to Sydney and back via Singapore has been fixed at or around £4550, thought I would wait until their regular summer sale which I thought would be a bigger splash given their recent IT fiasco and ongoing cabin crew strikes. Guess what, the price has gone up to £4720.

  We want to fly BA because some friends who we are travelling with are already booked on specific BA flights. Am i correct in thinking that BA flight costs are normally cheapest when booked direct with BA rather than through a TA or flight sales specialist e.g. Flight Centre?

  Neil

  • Polly says:

    23 Jun23 June 10:16

    And the TA must be uk based, thats how they got out of price matching ours! Hardly worth the paper it’s written on…

  • Chiropractor says:

    23 Jun23 June 15:39

    All that way…and back again…in Y?

    you’re a better man than I

    • Lady London says:

      24 Jun24 June 12:03

      If you must do that trip in Y then Emirates or SQ have been relatively comfortable. Note, that’s “relatively”

• Ah says:

  23 Jun23 June 10:32

  some good euro beach deals. Sa Coma for less than £450!

  • Joe says:

    23 Jun23 June 17:07

    Only from London, or regions included?

    • Ah says:

      23 Jun23 June 18:52

      just london. PITA but still over £200 cheaper trying to fly from my part of britania after factoring petrol & bridge toll

• Joe C says:

  23 Jun23 June 10:57

  Been waiting for one of these, am exactly 80TP’s short of triggering a GUF2 voucher – so now doing an overnight TP run to Luxembourg, offset with some Avios so cost £72 return in CE. Booked the Doubletree using Hilton points too, so quite a result there – 90p/TP

  • the real harry1 says:

    23 Jun23 June 17:56

    ah, the Avios were worthless 🙂

• Asia Kovarsky says:

  23 Jun23 June 11:25

  If I see a great price for economy tickets for Israel in September, for example, would they stay the same price throughout the sale or is it possible the price will go up? Wondering if I should reserve the fare for 3 days for £10…

  • Rob says:

    23 Jun23 June 11:56

    The general base level price should stay pretty steady but there is a risk that a particular flight could go up in price if a few people book tickets. If your dates are fixed, you should book.

    (Of course, if travelling with someone else then don’t be a mug and book BA – book Swiss Business Class in the 2-4-1 sale instead!)

• Chris says:

  23 Jun23 June 14:29

  O/T: Got a business redemption on Iberia booked Madrid to Sao Paulo next year. Going to buy my LHR – MAD leg as cash economy, also on Iberia. But just wondering what the situation is these days with Iberia checking bags through. Is it likely? Basically my flight to Sao Paulo leaves at 2345, deciding between flights that land in Madrid either at 2035 or 2155. Thanks!

  • idrive says:

    23 Jun23 June 14:40

    Are you joking? I would allow some time in any case! go to the lounge and relax!

    • Chris says:

      23 Jun23 June 15:04

      Joking about which bit? If it turns out that Iberia always check luggage through on connecting flights I would’ve thought the 2155 flight would be more than sufficient, no?

      • Tom says:

        23 Jun23 June 15:41

        And what happens if (and inevitably when) your flight to Madrid runs a couple of hours late? It won’t be a connecting flight so you wont be covered.

  • Canuck says:

    23 Jun23 June 15:37

    Of my last 3 PMI -> MAD -> LHR -> YYC trips, my bags have never made the connection in MAD. Something about MAD where the bags always get held up. I think you are in a better position if you collect and re-check your bags at the terminal. Also, don’t forget in MAD you need to go through border control to get to Terminal 4S for LHR.

    • Lady London says:

      24 Jun24 June 12:09

      On that trip @Canuck your bags could just as likely been held up in the infamous non-baggage handling of T5. My baggage has failed to come with me a few times when connecting even on 12 hour connection via T5.

  • Mzungu says:

    23 Jun23 June 15:44

    Not a chance. In March I flew MAD-HAV return with Iberia, and used Iberia for the positioning flight, in the hope (like you) that there was more chance of getting bags checked through. When I checked in at HAV for the return flight, I asked if they would check our bags through to London – the initial response was “of course sir”, then they looked at the booking and said “but these are separate tickets”. I said yes, but they’re both on Iberia, can you check my bags through please. The response was “No, sorry sir, it’s a new rule – we always used to do it, but we’re not allowed to anymore”. Thanks Alex.

    As @idrive says, I had allowed plenty of time, so went to the Iberia lounge and had a shower!

    P.S. IIRC the BA flights leave from a different part of the MAD terminal, and I found the lounge there better than the one for the IB flights – proper lunch etc. Perhaps someone can confirm?

    • Chris says:

      23 Jun23 June 16:12

      That’s a shame. Thanks for the info. I’ll build in a bit more time in that case.

      • Graham says:

        23 Jun23 June 17:58

        Can any one tell me the rules that apply if my bags miss the connection when on seperate tickets. e.g. Flying into CDG on Qatar then on to LHR on BA with a seperate ticket. Who would be responsible for getting bags to home in the UK?

        • the real harry1 says:

          23 Jun23 June 18:17

          depends on if the bags miss the connection because not loaded – or just not picked up by you

          if not loaded, airline should normally send them foc to an address in the country they arrived in, which may be the country of your ‘middle’ airport so not too much use

          getting them to forward the bags on to a different country would be pure goodwill

          if bags were loaded but you were short of time & didn’t pick them up, I guess you’re generally stuffed/ goto insurance/ ask for goodwill gesture

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