Amazing £1,070 BA Club World business class flight deal to Rio, starting in Paris

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• Tom says:

  22 Jul22 July 16:58

  Alan,

  Airlines don’t like you “throwing away” the last segment of your flight but there isn’t a lot they can do about it.

  In theory they might ban you or fine you in money or Avios, but I doubt it

  • Rob says:

    22 Jul22 July 17:07

    Are you joking?

    BA will close your BAEC account if you do this more than a couple of times in quick succession. Numerous examples on Flyertalk over the years. If you book through a travel agent, the travel agent will get a bill for the difference between what you paid and what you flew, which is deducted from the commission payments due from BA. Various examples of this including Propeller Travel, which was heavily used by Flyertalk members and so unfortunately had a higher than usual % of travellers dropping legs.

    • Lady London says:

      22 Jul22 July 18:12

      Anyone tested that in court? I thought Iberia lost a case about pretty much that.

• Jack says:

  22 Jul22 July 19:07

  Looks like this deal is now gone less than 24 hours later, everything now showing at just under £2000 for me…

  • Rob says:

    22 Jul22 July 19:24

    Thanks Jack, will look later and update.

• Another Commenter says:

  22 Jul22 July 20:47

  No longer available, m’fraid.

  Ah well, there will be another deal along shortly.

  I wonder if Virgin will have opening offers when they start flying to Sao Paulo??

• Tom says:

  22 Jul22 July 22:19

  Rob,

  I think you’d have to do it a few times to get your BAEC closed. After all, people fail to show up for flights all the time.

  Or of course if you won’t bothered about the miles then book it through a third party like Expedia.

  • Rob says:

    23 Jul23 July 01:27

    Yes, you do need to do it a few times to get closed down.

    Expedia gives miles. And only a fool would do something which lands Expedia with a massive fine and thus encouraging their lawyers to come after you. I have never seen a case of BA coming after an individual who booked direct for extra £ – you only get your account closed, which happens anyway via either route after multiple abuses.

    • Charlieface says:

      23 Jul23 July 07:43

      I doubt Expedia would be able to claim for such a punitive fine from a pax where there is no clear upfront agreement about paying it. Equally BA is lucky noone tested an account closure in court, it strikes me they would see it as an unfair clause (if it’s even in the contract) and definitely anti competitive.

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