New BA Holidays promo – NYC and other routes from £1,299 Club World including hotel

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• Ro says:

  24 Feb24 February 05:46

  Obvious but just want to make sure… you wont get hotel points/qualifying nights if you stay at a chain hotel with these BA holiday deals?

  • TGLoyalty says:

    24 Feb24 February 07:25

    Highly unlikely to

  • Rob says:

    24 Feb24 February 08:41

    It has been known to happen but best to assume ‘no’.

    • Ro says:

      24 Feb24 February 11:22

      Ok cool thanks. Interesting that it can occasionally happen though!

      • Nicholas Danks says:

        24 Feb24 February 16:14

        I am staying at a Novotel booked via BA. I contacted the Novotel who said they wouldn’t add points/honour status of my leclubaccor :'(

        Never mind it only cost me the equivalent of £20 after comparing the price of flights only!
        Nick

• Mike says:

  24 Feb24 February 07:47

  I haven’t looked at the specific hotels yet but it’s not that bad a price when you factor in the price of NYC hotels. I’ll definitely have a look at this.

  • Mike says:

    24 Feb24 February 08:18

    Over £1700 if a domestic connection is added (flights shown via Aer Lingus) – not such a good deal then. Dates 27/12/17 – 30/12/17

  • Rob says:

    24 Feb24 February 08:40

    The IC Barclay is in there which looks amazing following the refurb – see my review last year. Big problems with how they treat status members but everyone else will be very happy.

• Barry cutters says:

  24 Feb24 February 09:14

  Some excellent deals here. Coming in at £2600 for the dates I need . considering I would be paying £900-1000 for 4 nights in manhatten it’s effectively less than £900 for a club return flight to jfk. Very impressed.

• EvilGazebo says:

  24 Feb24 February 10:04

  Anyone know what class these book into? Might be me being dense but I cant see it anywhere in the booking flow. I need C, J, D or R (not I) to be able to upgrade to F using AA miles.

  • AndyR says:

    24 Feb24 February 14:26

    You used to be able to click on the flight number and see which booking class it is, but they removed that a few months ago annoyingly.

• Ben says:

  24 Feb24 February 10:22

  Would it be possible to stay longer than the 5 nights? I want to go to LA in Aug and works out well pricewise for the 5 nights but would there be a way to use the hotel for the 5 nights then move on to a different hotel and catch the return flight an another 10 days time?

  • TigerTanaka says:

    24 Feb24 February 16:26

    Try doing a flight plus car + hotel and adding a car for a couple of days

• AndyF says:

  24 Feb24 February 10:32

  O/T I am looking at flying to Hong Kong with Cathay Pacific in Business via Zurich as the price saving is fantastic. I am wondering has anyone else done this route. Cathay flies at 13.35pm to HongKong and the earliest BA flight to Zurich is at 7am and landing at 9.30am, does this leave enough time for a connection? Since BA has now stopped checking bags through I’d have to clear security etc to recheck. Has anyone got any previous experience? Thank you.

  • James67 says:

    24 Feb24 February 13:32

    Is the fare and rules any better than Finnair exUK? This would give you the most up to date version of the CX seat on an a350 without any worries about a Zurich positioning flight and very likely a shorter overall journey time. Many would say service and food better on CX but personally I think people make to much out of minor differences between airlines in this respect. I actually like Finnair food, I find it lighter and more suited to sitting inactive for many hours on a plane. I would also take a transit in Helsinki over Zurich any day,

    • John says:

      25 Feb25 February 04:53

      The AY A350 to HKG is delayed by 8 hours at least once every 2 months, plus the timing is really quite awful – in Hong Kong’s timezone, it’s a day flight with a 5am departure.

      AY food is lighter on the HKG flight because you’re meant to go to sleep. But most of the time you can’t get to sleep until 9am and then you get woken up at noon for “breakfast”; and you have to eat the “dinner” because the AY HEL lounge barely has any food.

  • John says:

    25 Feb25 February 04:46

    4 hours is plenty of time in ZRH, so just the standard risk of the BA flight being cancelled

    Perhaps take LX since there is an 0600 and 0900 departure. Remember that 6am = 1pm or 2pm in HKG, and you really want to get to sleep by 4pm European time in order to be awake for your first day in Hong Kong.

• AndyF says:

  24 Feb24 February 10:34

  Also how good is the Cathay Business product? It’s a trip I’m potentially planning for the partners 30th.

  • CV3V says:

    24 Feb24 February 11:08

    CX business class seat is very good and my personal favourite, there is no bling but everything is ‘just right’ and the staff are very efficient/diligent. The food can be a bit hit and miss, but still pretty good. You can also use the small CX arrivals lounge at HKIA, nothing special but if only to tick it off the list.

    On the return flight the biggest problem is choosing which lounge at HKIA to use, they are all slightly different and spread out over the vast terminal.

    • Ro says:

      24 Feb24 February 11:27

      Sounds like a good problem to have 😉

      • AndyF says:

        24 Feb24 February 13:20

        From doing some research it seems the CX product is superior to the BA service. So I think it will be worth a few extra avios and a huge saving on taxes. Thanks for the reply CV3V. I just need to work out if taking an early morning flight from London to Zurich to then connect to Hong kong is a possibility.

        • James67 says:

          24 Feb24 February 13:36

          Just to add to my comments above, AY now have a350 on LHR rotation daily but I don’t know if it’s connecting with their HKG flights.

        • AndyF says:

          24 Feb24 February 14:12

          I just looked at the AY option they do connect with the HKG flights in HEL but the taxes were around £250 more with no return flights for the dates wanted, unfortunately, thanks though. Any idea if BA will start checking luggage through again on separately booked tickets? It’s exceptionally annoying to think they won’t do this anymore.

        • James67 says:

          24 Feb24 February 14:34

          @Andy, sorry, I initially misunderstood and thought you were looking for revenue flights. Unfortunately BA seem to be digging their heels in on the baggage by all recent reports. Have you any opportunith to go the night before to take the stress out of it? There are quite a few decent hotel redemptions in Zurich, e.g. CP for 30k IHG points.

        • AndyF says:

          24 Feb24 February 15:27

          Thanks James for all your comments very helpful to discuss it with someone who knows a lot more than me. I am going to look into the possibility of a hotel and travelling the day before. CX taxes are just so much lower when redeeming reward flights even flying from manchester instead of London with BA is a few hundred cheaper. Ex EU though really represent a fantastic saving. I’m surprised BA just doesn’t start charging for an additional checked service they are charging for everything else now.

  • AndyR says:

    24 Feb24 February 14:38

    Why not splash out and go in F :)? 30k more Avios each way I think but could be worth it if you are Avios rich and its a special occasion.

    I always go the night before for an ex-EU as not prepared to take the risk. Either get the last flight and just stay near the airport if you don’t want to take the day off or go early and visit a new city.

    • CV3V says:

      24 Feb24 February 15:38

      Did F on CX from HKG to LHR on the daytime flight, the service was outstanding, the amount of food immense and they had a pre flight champagne which was separate from the flight champagne. Easily the best flight i have ever been on. Worth the extra avios.

  • edd says:

    24 Feb24 February 19:34

    I just flew CX Biz on the A350 from Düsseldorf, every aspect was outstanding (with the exception of the arrivals lounge in HKG which is much too small- use priority pass for the Plaza Premium lounge opposite).

    Food, drink, seat and service were much better than BA First. I was honestly amazed just how good they are.

• Anon says:

  24 Feb24 February 12:32

  O/T but BA, not doing themselves any favours..

  Just been on the receiving end of a mandatory downgrade from CW to WTP because I’m the companion traveling on a 241 redemption ticket.

  Will be giving this a good read..
  https://headforpoints.com/2017/01/18/does-british-airways-prioritise-avios-tickets-for-downgrades/comment-page-4/#comments

  • the real harry1 says:

    24 Feb24 February 12:54

    How annoying. Are they giving you much in the way of compensation? And I take it they’re splitting you up into different classes?

  • Kinkell says:

    24 Feb24 February 12:58

    Did they tell you before your trip,or did you find out at check-in?

    • Kinkell says:

      24 Feb24 February 13:00

      Where are you going?

      • rams1981 says:

        24 Feb24 February 13:05

        had you checked in and booked a seat in advance of going to the airport?

      • Barry cutters says:

        24 Feb24 February 15:35

        Maldives . Such a shame .

  • James67 says:

    24 Feb24 February 14:21

    🙂 Sorry to hear this. It’s difficult to tell if this has always been the case with BA and the stories are now just coming to light or if it’s sonething new with them. I wonder too if BA have increased the margin by which they overbook lately in yet another effort to maximise the pennies. Whatever the reason, we are certainly hearing much more about it. If it happens to me I think it will be the final nail in the coffin for my business on BA.

    • James67 says:

      24 Feb24 February 14:36

      oops, that was meant to be a sad face Anon.

  • Anon says:

    24 Feb24 February 16:44

    They are splitting you up from your partner? That’s disgraceful. Have they specifically said it’s because you are the partner? The difference between CW and WTP is huge, your partner is either going to have to forego lounge privileges or do the whole trip without you!

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