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Very aggressive BA Club World Christmas sale – £1,000 return to various destinations

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This is one of the rare middle-of-the-day articles that I run when something crops up which I don’t necessarily expect to be around for long.

Something odd is happening with British Airways Club World pricing to various destinations over Christmas.  It is not clear if this is a fare mistake or if BA is just very keen to sell space on what will be fairly empty flights.

The following destinations are currently bookable on ba.com from £1,000 return in Club World:

Bombay (£1,400, an outlier)

Delhi (£1,400)

Calgary (£1,006)

Mexico City (£1,008)

Montreal (£1,006)

Rio (£1,008)

Sao Paulo (£1,008)

Toronto (£1,006)

Vancouver (£1,006)

Remember that you would a slug of Avios points back as well – plus tier points – making the effective cost well under £1,000.

The fare rules are:

Outbound travel 22nd December to 1st January

Must return by 12th January

It is possible that other destinations are available as well although the good people of Flyertalk haven’t tracked any others down.  Availability varies from good (Sao Paulo) to pretty poor, depending on route.

I would assume that these fares could also be upgraded to First Class, Avios availability permitting, but don’t quote me on that.

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Comments (47)

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  • Jonboy says:
    2 Dec2 December 12:57

    Came across it by chance early this morning, booked GRU at 5am, took no chances on that price dissapearing!

  • colm says:
    2 Dec2 December 13:00

    Doesn’t look like a mistake – just a very aggressive three-day sale. Maybe it was intended to be a CyberMonday thing but they forgot to announce it? 🙂

    VALID FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING ON/AFTER 22DEC 13 AND ON/
    BEFORE 01JAN 14. ALL TRAVEL MUST BE COMPLETED BY MIDNIGHT
    ON 12JAN 14.

    TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED ON/AFTER 02DEC 13 AND ON/BEFORE
    05DEC 13.

  • craig says:
    2 Dec2 December 13:09

    Totally gutted – am off to Brazil for Xmas and booked back in Jan to get a decent price (which it was by normal standards) of around £900ea economy. Ho-hum……

    • signol says:
      2 Dec2 December 13:38

      Craig – is that economy price on a flexible / refundable ticket? In which case, book Club now and cancel the Y ticket!

      • FromTheRail says:
        2 Dec2 December 13:42

        exactly what i was thinking

      • craig says:
        3 Dec3 December 10:40

        Looks like I can pay Opodo £100 per transaction to cancel (presumably a single charge then) but I paid £2619 for TAM flights to Curitiba 20/12 to 6/1. Whilst internal flights in Brazil are pretty cheap (v.little tax at all) – it looks like I can get ones for £273 on top of LHR-GRU for £2,900 for 3 of us – the hassle of changing carriers and paying c.670 extra in all for what would be 3 less days holiday (22/12-5/1) as well as inconveniencing our family there is just a little too much for it to work this time. Just a little irritating given it’s normally c.£4,000 to go business.
        Will watch out for a similar sale next winter though, just in case.

        • Rob says:
          3 Dec3 December 11:06

          Be careful with Opodo cancellation rules. It probably says that Opodo will charge you £100 ON TOP of the airline cancellation charge, which would be 100% anyway if it is discounted economy.

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    2 Dec2 December 14:26

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  • Eastwood says:
    2 Dec2 December 14:26

    Got the email above and logged in, thought I would post if people are quick enough. I am sure Raffles will be along shortly to tidy it up

  • Paul says:
    2 Dec2 December 14:30

    No special fares for Sydney not that I was expecting any lol

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    2 Dec2 December 15:11

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  • Scottnothing says:
    2 Dec2 December 16:29

    I will be raising a glass to you Raffles when I fly LHR to GIG on 22 Dec (and again on the return leg). Thanks so much.

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