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Good sub-£1,300 BA transatlantic flights from Dublin with decent tier point potential

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The oneworld transatlantic joint venture has launched a stealth sale. There are good value return business class flights from Dublin to a raft of US cities between July and December.

It isn’t part of the official British Airways sale but the deals are definitely there if you start from Dublin.

New York is €1,535 (£1,321) for example.

British Airways business class sale deals

Other cities with similar pricing (between €1,500 and €1,800 return) include:

  • Austin​
  • Boston​
  • Chicago
  • Dallas​
  • Denver ​
  • Fort Lauderdale​
  • Houston​
  • ​Las Vegas
  • Los Angeles
  • Miami​
  • Montreal​
  • Orlando
  • Phoenix ​
  • San Francisco​
  • Seattle​
  • Tampa​
  • Toronto​
  • Vancouver​
  • Washington ​

Here’s a typical New York fare:

British Airways business class sale deals

The cheapest option is Fort Lauderdale – this example is the equivalent of £1,185:

British Airways business class sale from Dublin
British Airways business class sale deals

You’ll have to put up with several connections

If you thought that sub £1,300 business class flights from Dublin were too good to be true in the current economic climate, you’re right.

The biggest catch is that the vast majority of these itineraries involve at least one connection in London. You MUST fly to Dublin to catch the first flight or whole ticket is cancelled, although you can hop out in Heathrow on the way back.

That said ….

These deals are good for tier points

If you’re chasing status then booking these fares is a good way of picking up tier points on your way to the United States.

For example, a flight from London to Miami would net you 140 tier points each way, so 280 in total, with another 80 for the Club Europe connections to and from Dublin.

Some flights involve two connections which would get you additional tier points. The Fort Lauderdale example above can be routed Dublin – London – Philadelphia – Fort Lauderdale for example.

Some connecting flights are on Aer Lingus. These will NOT earn British Airways tier points unless they have a BA flight number.

You can’t take advantage of this deal along with the BA Holidays ‘double tier points’ offer, because this requires your trip to start in the UK.

How to book

These deals can all be booked at ba.com.

Remember that, because you are paying in Euros, it is best to pay with a 0% FX credit card unless you have a British Airways Premium Plus American Express. This earns double Avios (3 per £1) when spending at ba.com which should offset the 3% FX fee whilst also helping you reach your next companion voucher.

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Comments (37)

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  • Paul says:
    12 Jan12 January 09:00

    Hopefully are lingus will start awarding tier points at some point in the future!

  • Felim says:
    12 Jan12 January 09:36

    As I’m based in Dublin this is a great option for tier points collection & price. Cheers 🍻 for tip

  • dougzz99 says:
    12 Jan12 January 09:45

    Why suddenly running a fare that’s been around a while. You highlighted in last day or two that this sort of unnecessary routing doesn’t appeal to your core readership, cash rich time poor kids in tow.

    • Rob says:
      12 Jan12 January 09:51

      It works for the NI / Ireland readers and Dublin is an very easy hop from pretty much every regional airport in the UK. It’s a world away from, say, flying out of Sofia. However, we WOULD run a Sofia article if it was sub-£1000 fares. There is a degree of logic to what we do 🙂

      It still has more page views than the other articles combined ….

      • CamFlyer says:
        12 Jan12 January 10:07

        Exactly – From East Anglia, a short drive to STN and the delights of Ryanair to DUB (or BA from LCY) to get business class long haul is quite appealing when compared to a much longer drive to LHR for economy.

      • Michael says:
        12 Jan12 January 22:11

        Exactly. It’s about £10 on the coach from Belfast to Dublin (90 mins) or about 70-100 mins drive to DUB depending on which side of Belfast you are on or the time of day. From closer to the border DUB is nearly more convenient than BHD or BFS. Most people know the best long haul fares are from DUB (no APD to start with) though LH and KL occasionally have good fares from BHD, especially for European (connecting) flights, though spoiled by only once daily flights (KL) or x4 weekly (LH). I’ve previously had a spectacular LX fare starting from LCY to ATH (for a Virgin cruise) and back to BHD for £700 in business when BA was asking for £1400 or more. Ryanair from DUB was 5-600EUR without bags for a 0600 dep from DUB. We tagged on an avios positioning flight from BHD to LCY!

        BTW the LX A220s from LCY have none of the baggage issues afflicting the BACF E190 fleet as they have massive lockers and block alternate seats in business.

    • Paul says:
      12 Jan12 January 12:00

      My kids, now 21 and 19 didn’t realise until in their late teens that it was even possible to fly LHR – wherever! LOL. They were, from infancy dragged around Europe, Egypt and pre 2010, Libya, to ensure I flew in comfort for next to nothing. My wife and I were only today discussing the sub £3000 F fares ex Tripoli in 2008 to Sydney Australia for a family of 4 with unlimited stopovers, an F fare basis and total flexibility! 2 years later we flew to Bali via SIN and PER for less than £2000.
      Cairo Bali via IST in 2019 on TK was also fully flexible for less than £3000 and delivered so many miles my wife and I flew JFK LHR on TK in J after crossing on the QM2
      Cairo – HNL in 2018 was also fully flex and we built in a 3 month stop in LHR.
      The savings are not chicken feed, they are often huge, fully justifying a night stop in the EU, and open top bus tour and a bit of culture in a civilised European city. It was a fab way to start a holiday

      • Baxter says:
        12 Jan12 January 12:49

        Hi Paul, hope it’s not too much of an imposition to ask… but how did you manage the fully flex tickets? Airline website direct or travel agent? The Cairo – HNL fare sounds amazing.

      • CamFlyer says:
        12 Jan12 January 15:04

        Glad to know I’m not the only one! I have been running down the miles on our long-haul travels to fly PE/J with the family, but soon I’ll need to start paying cash for some of them. Backtracking through LHR is likely a step too far, but I have buy-in from my wife for an overnight anywhere convenient if it means (a) J class, and (b) flying from STN or LCY, rather than LHR.

    • TGLoyalty says:
      12 Jan12 January 13:21

      Easier and quicker for me to get to Dublin than LHR without a car tbh

  • ChasP says:
    12 Jan12 January 22:59

    so by adding London-Dublin (theoretically 4 times ) and adding an extra 1500 miles to your trip you can save £1000

    Greta must be having nightmares tonight !

  • Stuart says:
    12 Jan12 January 23:03

    I live in Dublin and getting to the US east coast is usually very cost optimal in any cabin.

    • kevin says:
      12 Jan12 January 23:54

      Correct. Plenty of choice. AA, BA, United, Delta, Aer Lingus, £1,154 return DUB-Fort Lauderdale, business class with American in October. £1500 DUB-LAS isn’t bad too. I think I’ll try to play around on ITA Matrix and try to add a few more legs to get more TPs.

  • John says:
    13 Jan13 January 08:30

    What is the process for ending your trip at LHR rather than controlling Dublin. I assume you tell the US checking to land your bags at LHR? Are they OK with this generally.

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