Bits: all Aer Lingus UK flights now BA codeshares, Qatar’s business class sale ends today

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• vindaloo says:

  6 Nov6 November 07:51

  Sorry, more questions about Aer Lingus flights booked as BA code shares (with my guesses for answers):

  – Available for Avios redemption? (Yes)
  – RFS? (No)
  – Amex 2-for-1? (No)
  – Lounge access for BA status pax? (Yes)

• AndyS says:

  6 Nov6 November 07:58

  Any word on AL flights from other regional airports e.g cardiff to dublin?

• AndyM says:

  6 Nov6 November 08:31

  These dont seem to be live on ba.com, so assume will be from the 11th November

• Cheshire Pete says:

  6 Nov6 November 09:07

  After cancelling our flight to Atlanta from Manchester on a 2 for 1 And rebooking a DUB to MIA in the Club Sale I’ve then booked our return leg from Dub to Mandhester with Aer Lingus . I’ve not done the Manchester to Dublin yet. In Euris the Man to Dub was fairly cheap anyway 19.99 Eur on way but then I added luggage up to 40kg across 2 cases for another 55 Euros. On second thoughts I should have held off the baggage as You can that price in advance before departure anyhow. After the IAG take over is complete they are becoming a full member of One World so I wasn’t sure if Ud wasted upgrading my baggage. This is for the Easter period next year. I will book our outward to Dublin actually as its still only £19.99 but hold off the baggage until it becomes more clear if I get my status benefits from BA Gold nearer the time. Not sure it’s worth using avios when the base fare is so low. But would I be guaranteed my baggage benefits if I did?

  • Polly says:

    6 Nov6 November 10:20

    Pete, we actually bought our positioning flights as they were around that price too. As we become BA silver next week, we too are hoping our bags can be free as silver holders. Main thing is to buy the next price up from HBO, as that allows you your two bags as silver. We might still take hand baggage only as we are only going for 6 days. Lucky you getting gold by then. We will never be G. But silver is just fine, thanks.

    Yes you should get baggage benefits by then. I double checked this with my OH CPH booking to see if he could have two bags for free and no charge came up. I was on a HBO fare, he on avios, but could take both our 23 kg bags on his booking. So,it does work.

• James Alexander says:

  6 Nov6 November 09:24

  Re; Aer Lingus, I’ve just booked a fantastically cheap roundtrip (saving over £1k!) flight with BA from Dublin to NYC. oddly enough the DUB/LHR legs are on Aer Lingus. I start my journey in Glasgow on separate Aer Lingus ticket. I’m BAEC GOLD and had to pay lots money to book a bag on the complex Aer Lingus site for the GLA/DUB/GLA part.
  Will this new arrangement help me with either connectivity, getting that bag money back or even some or Avios points? Appreciate any insight.

  • Polly says:

    6 Nov6 November 10:03

    James, as you are officially starting your flight in Dub, Ex EU, as we are, you cannot risk connecting those tickets from GLA. Then you would be departing from the UK. They may agree to route your bags through, but as the bags are coming back to LHR, it may not wing it. Main reason we are all positioning is to save these £1000s. We too are going to NYC, but won’t risk the bags thing. Motto of this site is, keep those flights separate!

    • Polly says:

      6 Nov6 November 10:04

      Plus yes you will get both avios and TPs, we do now when we put our BAEC no in the booking.

      • James Alexander says:

        6 Nov6 November 19:27

        @ Polly…. Thanks so much. Appreciate your swift and kind reply. Happy safe flying.

• Adrian says:

  6 Nov6 November 09:45

  The Aer Lingus news is great news for me. Being 30mins from BHX it makes positioning to DUB easy, having just discovered ex-eu, I have 1 trip in Jan via LHR and return, then a 2hr drive home, my June TP run can now start and end in Brum, with a BA qualifying flight, lovely….well as lovely as Brum gets!

  The other advantage for me is that next year I will be 1 flight short of gold (enough TP, but as most of the TP run is on AA with no codeshare) this will make it easy to just take a day trip to get my extra flight.

• Cheshire Pete says:

  6 Nov6 November 10:48

  Well as an add on to my comment above, now looking at my Man to Dub flight next March, On BA it is now book able for £104 . On Aer Lingus it is still £19.99 or £42.98 with baggage and seat selection. So think I am going to lock in my outward to Dublin at the Aer Lingus price thanks!

  Avios redemption still doesn’t show the direct route, only 2 hops via London.

• Daniel says:

  6 Nov6 November 10:58

  These new Qatar deals just annoy me as I bought tickets to BKK in last July/August sale and I paid approx 100 euro more from AMS, still a good price, but current sale 950 GBP per person in Business is absolutely great!

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