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British Airways selling 747 Club World return flights for £999 return

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Today, as you have probably heard as the well-oiled British Airways PR machine is operating at full effectiveness, the final two British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft left Heathrow for the last time.

We will have some photographs tomorrow.

British Airways is selling 747 Club World seats for £999 return

To commemorate the event, British Airways is making 747 return Club World seats available for £999 each.

BA 747 retirement

See here for details.

The airline is not being hugely helpful as to where you find them. The easiest way is probably to use the Low Fare Finder tool on the British Airways website here.

We know that participating destinations are:

“Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Charleston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Ney York, Orlando, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose (California), Tampa, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Cancun, Islamabad, Lahore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Dubai, Muscat, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Mauritius, Male, Seychelles”

Minimum stays are required. You won’t see the £999 fares unless you meet the following criteria:

“a. Saturday night stay is required for travel in Club World from London to Atlanta, Austin, Nashville, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Charleston, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Ney York, Orlando, Portland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Seattle, San Fransisco, San Jose (California), Tampa, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Cancun, Islamabad, Lahore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Cape Town, Mauritius, Male, Seychelles.
b. 3 night minimum stay is required for Dubai, Muscat, Tel Aviv”

In terms of dates:

“selected outbound travel dates between 01 November 2020 and 31 March 2021. All travel must be complete by 31 March 2021.”

We only received this information from British Airways a few minutes ago (10.53am) so all of the seats should still be there.

Full details are on this page of ba.com.

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  • Elliot Harris says:
    8 Oct8 October 12:27

    Used my companion voucher to get 2x club world seats to Male in mid-November.
    Can see that these are now available for £991 per head. That’s an incredible price.
    Is it worth the aggravation of cancelling and rebooking and therefore keeping my companion voucher and Avios??!!

    • babyg says:
      8 Oct8 October 12:44

      depends, avios booking is much more flexible, but cash booking comes with points/miles. You do have the FTV if you cancel, but thats not as good as being able to cancel for £35 imho. FYI i could booked 3 x tix @991 each to MLE, and its on the new 777 seats! result

  • Colin MacKinnon says:
    8 Oct8 October 12:30

    Was just about to cancel and rebook a 241 to San Diego to save Avios.
    Now a sub 1k cash booking beckons, book with confidence, UUA to F, 241 saved until 2021 and earning Avios too…..

  • Axil23 says:
    8 Oct8 October 12:36

    Thanks Rob!!!! Managed to snag 4 for £4000. Bargain! Usually 10k for these.

  • babyg says:
    8 Oct8 October 12:42

    Wow, what a deal, i managed to snag 3 x Club to the Maldives during Feb Half Term!
    When i read the description i thought I was looking for flights serviced by a 747 :-)…

  • Harry T says:
    8 Oct8 October 12:43

    Don’t forget you can add car hire or a night in a hotel to make it a BA holiday. Then you just pay deposit until three weeks before. You can always take the deposit as a voucher under Book with Confidence.

    • babyg says:
      8 Oct8 October 12:45

      hmm good point about BA holiday, i should have done that.. doh.. then again i may have run out of money by the time i need to pony up the rest.

    • Mark says:
      8 Oct8 October 12:55

      Can you then cancel the whole thing and take an FTV in the three weeks before departure, or is a holiday in effect totally unchangeable during that last period?

      • Harry T says:
        8 Oct8 October 13:04

        Unsure

      • ChrisC says:
        8 Oct8 October 14:18

        yes but the rule at the moment is to cancel 3 weeks before your trip is due to start not within the last 3 weeks,

        • Harry T says:
          8 Oct8 October 14:35

          Yes, ChrisC is right. Best to discuss your options with BA three weeks out.

      • Jonathan says:
        8 Oct8 October 15:40

        There are cancellation fees of (I recall) 65% up to 72 hours. Obviously if you don’t pay the balance then you’ll just forfeit deposit.

    • Polly says:
      8 Oct8 October 16:23

      Just retried that for SEA and as a holiday w one night, it priced up 1k more than without customised option. The former won’t let me pay deposit only, wants full payment, so need to phone in…

  • Jerrry Butler says:
    8 Oct8 October 13:23

    These bargains are a mirage. Its very unlikely that anyone will be able to fly to the US until mid 2021. If Trump loses he will keep the embargo up until inauguration day, if he wins he is likely to continue for some time. If Biden wins that may change but not immediately.
    Additionally, more countries are putting UK on their own lists as I high risk Covid country.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      8 Oct8 October 13:37

      More like a loan.

      • Andrew says:
        8 Oct8 October 14:20

        It’s a shame the US won’t be open before the cut off date for these flights at the end of March – JFK is £973 return in club (even cheaper than the £999 advertised) and availability in First is always good so can upgrade and combine with the 50% Avios. Of course I don’t feel like giving BA an interest free loan, so won’t be bothering.

        • Andrew says:
          8 Oct8 October 14:23

          And the fact that 4 hours after going live these 747 tickets are still yet to sell shows nor is anyone else.

          • TGLoyalty says:
            8 Oct8 October 16:16

            Is it 747 total or 747 per route as seems bonkers that 747 total flights haven’t sold!

          • Rhys says:
            8 Oct8 October 16:24

            Given travel must be completed by March and the US makes up 26 of the 42 available destinations it’s not that bonkers!

        • Alan says:
          8 Oct8 October 22:42

          Ditto, just don’t see the point at present. Even if I did go then high likelihood of having to quarantine on return which wouldn’t be fair on colleagues at work.

    • Axil23 says:
      8 Oct8 October 15:02

      Plenty of places open. Maldives where a lot of people have said they are going to is open.

  • Mart says:
    8 Oct8 October 13:39

    Booked Maldives nothing to lose or have I ?

    • babyg says:
      8 Oct8 October 14:38

      same, and same thoughts.. my wife has always wanted to go, im not so keen, but at that price we are both happy… now to find somewhere to stay…

  • Helen says:
    8 Oct8 October 14:20

    Thanks. Booked flights + car hire to Cape Town in February.

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