Book BA Club World to North America from Dublin for just £945

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• TigerTanaka says:

  25 Oct25 October 11:27

  Last night I booked flights to Orlando: DUB>PHL>MCO, MCO>PHL>LHR>NCL (plus LHR>DUB the following day which I am sure I might get stuck in traffic and miss). This is a good way for people in the North of England or Scotland to use this deal without the hassle of landing back at DUB or getting home from LGW.

  Paid €4972 for 4 seats next August during school holidays (so about £979 each) plus got an intermediate SUV for a fortnight for €334. £22 each for NCL>DUB the night before on Ryanair and I am happy. 420 tier points too (although I would have got more if aa.com would have accepted this itinerary.

  • sqills says:

    25 Oct25 October 11:59

    Awful that Heathrow traffic 😉

  • TY says:

    26 Oct26 October 10:01

    Hi TigerTanaka/all
    Please can you share how you booked your route, leaving LHR-DUB to the next day and still getting the offer price? I have been trying all combinations using the multi-city booking section on ba.com, but if I include any stop in London (so I can avoid bags being checked back to Dublin), even for a change to LCY a few hours after arrival from the US to LHR, I get charged the full business price?
    Many thanks.

    • TigerTanaka says:

      26 Oct26 October 21:10

      Hi TY,

      Booked on ba.com, multi city trip (change country to Ireland).

      Flight 1) DUB>MCO
      Flight 2) MCO-NCL
      Flight 3) LHR-DUB (needs to depart within 24 hours of landing in the UK, otherwise price increases by €000s).

      http://www.eflights.ie gives good options too but I wanted to use ba.com for the extra avios with Amex.

      What airport in the UK are you trying to get back to?

      TT

• Elena says:

  25 Oct25 October 11:38

  How would this work for TPs earning for BA? Is it better to book the itinerary on AA to get more points?

  • Alan says:

    25 Oct25 October 11:41

    For flights in domestic first in the US you’re better booked on the AA than BA flight code – for flights >2,000 miles this would earn you 210 rather than 140 TPs.

  • RIccati says:

    25 Oct25 October 19:49

    However, AA.com does not seem to show sale price?

    • Phillip says:

      26 Oct26 October 08:39

      Interestingly, I priced DUB-ORD, JFK-LHR and AA.com comes up with the sale fare just short of £1k. BA.com coming up at £5k for this fare, dates at the end of August.

      • RIccati says:

        26 Oct26 October 09:59

        Cracked that. There are two different sales:

        BA.com is DUB to US via LHR, can select AA flight, 777-300 ER (aka 77W) with new seats.
        AA.com sells more direct DUB to JFK and ORD but asks full $6K to fly via LHR.

        Problem with ORD that anywhere to the US (except HNL/Alaska) gives only 70 Tier Points if booked in First (Class A) on AA. On the other hand, JFK – LAX in Business (I) gives 140 Tier Points and is Airbus A321 Transcon with fully lie-flat seats.

        Doesn’t make sense to wake up early and return to LHR before a long intercontinental flight, add hassle of connecting at Heathrow, T3 departure for AA (if going for their new J seat) and offset by pre-clearance in Dublin.

        Speaking of Trans-Atlantic revenue sharing between AA/BA/IB — if that was fully true (at least for Business) it should not matter who sells which ticket.

• sqills says:

  25 Oct25 October 12:07

  BA also offering EUR429 flights each way out to Sydney in March/ April, only catch being you need to hop over to Barcelona first 😉

  Not that awful to upgrade to Club – or else might suit travellers on a budget.

• Rick says:

  25 Oct25 October 13:00

  Do the Dublin routings require you to travel onwards from Heathrow on the same day? Or, is it possible to choose separate dates?

  • Alan says:

    25 Oct25 October 13:01

    You need to keep your connection <24h to ensure you don't get stung for the rather hefty UK APD!

  • Rob says:

    25 Oct25 October 19:20

    Next day OK as long as gap is under 24 hours.

• sqills says:

  25 Oct25 October 13:28

  10% off Qatar Airways @ Paypal PAYPALUK02 – but won’t work on promotional fares.

  • Rob says:

    25 Oct25 October 19:19

    See my other post today. It is not 10 per cent either, it is £30 off! There must be a £300 flight somewhere in the system to allow them to claim ‘up to 10 per cent’.

• jason says:

  25 Oct25 October 15:02

  can anyone help me to force a stop over on the return?

  • timezonehopper says:

    25 Oct25 October 15:10

    The fare rules for these I7SALE fares explicitly state “STOPOVERS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FARE COMPONENT.” I’m afraid.

• Shaun says:

  25 Oct25 October 18:12

  Anyone know how I can force BA.com to offer me LGW>DUB connection on return leg (meaning I avoid the baggage issue and can just get off at London). It’s offering me lots of options but not the LGW>DUB on Aerlingus as an alternative. Thanks

  • James says:

    25 Oct25 October 20:09

    Try LCY instead?

  • richard says:

    25 Oct25 October 20:17

    go on multi city booking, put each leg in seperate

• Tim Rogers says:

  25 Oct25 October 18:14

  Presumably, the safest way to do this is not to check a bag? Then you can make an unannounced escape at Heathrow.

  • Rob says:

    25 Oct25 October 19:12

    Definitely.

    • cpdc1030 says:

      25 Oct25 October 20:58

      I am going to be going on the tail end flight to Dublin (and back again for the final time on Aer Lingus to) London for my itinerary. Those last few tier points in Club Europe will get me to Gold:)

      I’m even going to stay in Dublin the night before to get some last minute Christmas shopping done…decent hotels can be had for under €50.

      Fares to Toronto at Christmas in Club from Dublin are almost the same as economy starting in LHR. And CW is much cheaper than WTP. I’m not complaining though!

      • Richie says:

        26 Oct26 October 10:54

        I wouldn’t not take a bag for that reason. Just book the last leg via city or gat. Or make sure you have plenty of time between the heathrow connection and tell them you only want to check in to lhr. It’s fine I do it a few times a year and Is never an issue as long as you say something like . You need the bag for a few hours in London. Say it’s got your grandmothers birthday present and you are meeting her for a coffee. Or like I said book on a city or gat connection

        • Shaun says:

          29 Oct29 October 14:26

          But how can I choose a connecting flight with a long layover at Heathrow? The BA site only wants to given me options of 1.5-2 hrs as it’s assuming I will want as short connecting time as possible. As soon as I try multi-city and do the connecting flight within 24 hours the price goes way up. There is no way of forcing BA.com to give out more possible connection options, right? You get what you get? Thanks

        • Richie says:

          2 Nov2 November 09:20

          Call them. And don’t worry about a bag. Just tell the check in dest to ONLY check your bag to London. It works

  • Shaun says:

    26 Oct26 October 10:18

    10 days in US on just hand luggage? Too hardcore for me!

    • Rob says:

      26 Oct26 October 17:06

      Softie. Done 2 week trips with hand baggage before. Hotels do laundry! 1 spare trousers, 2 spare shirts, underwear then use hotel laundry unless on a road trip.

      • Rob says:

        27 Oct27 October 04:37

        +1

        Ive been travelling around the US the past month staying mostly in Holiday Inns and Holiday Inn Expresses, with a couple of Hampton Inns and other chains and I think only 1 out of about 20 hotels did not have a laundry room where you could do laundry yourself for a small fee.

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