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SOLD OUT: 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.

BA 747 retirement

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.

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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Comments (108)

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  • Bagginsurrey says:

    I’ve been keeping an eye on availability to Miami for 241 in F ready to pounce 355 days out for Oct 21. Lots of availability, pre Oct up until now, but today all dIsappeared. Do you think that now the 747 has been retired that there will only 3 class flights?
    Always thought it was a possibility.

    • Rhys says:

      Miami has historically got the A380 fairly regularly which has a large F cabin.

    • Genghis says:

      Remember there’s no guarantee for F to be released at anytime, only 2J and 4Y.

      • Harry T says:

        Always worth booking J and then you can always call to upgrade.

  • rich says:

    Looks Like this deal has sold out

    • Alan says:

      Took quite a while to sell out! Only came across it now but don’t think I would have booked anyway given the short travel window.

  • Louise K says:

    So I have made a holiday booking and paid a deposit.

    I am actually hoping if it’s cancelled then a re-booking option for a later date. However, I have just read on FT that BA holidays will pro-actively refund holiday bookings. Is this right?

  • Bagginsurrey says:

    There have been loads of F seats sitting available for weeks, but overnight all disappeared. I have a Plan B.

  • ChrisC says:

    Just seen a post on flyer talk and checked on the app and all the 747 tickets abailable HAVE GONE

  • Graeme says:

    Paid £1150 each for 2 to the Maldives right at the end of March with the new club suites. Now £3,300 each! Is there an article yet on best seats for CS??

    • Rob says:

      There are no bad CS seats, to be honest. We’ve only covered the A350 CS as part of the ‘best seat’ guide.

  • GaryC says:

    For anyone booking these and similar flights, I’m genuinely interested as to what you think will materially change in the next 6 months or so to make travel to many of these destinations a realistic option?

    • Harry T says:

      Probably nothing. I made my flights a holiday and just put down a deposit. Best case scenario is that I can have a very cheap holiday during the time I want to go. Worst case is I take my deposit as a voucher and use it at a later date.

    • babyg says:

      I’m flying to Seychelles on the 14th of this month, its off the FCO list, I don’t have to quarantine and everybody on the flight has to have past a PCR test – super safe holiday and nice empty-ish beaches…….

      Hence ive booked a trip to Maldives in Feb hoping for similar. Be positive GaryC, the universe will deliver.

  • Paul says:

    I have resisted the generosity of BA. My personal view is that this pandemic is not going away, aviation a year from now will be a fraction of pre covid flying and many destinations will remain closed.

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