Attractive Aer Lingus business class fares to the US and Canada

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• David says:

  26 Feb26 February 07:02

  But I believe booking an EI ticket from LHR to the US/Canada via Dublin with a BA fight number does earn tier points?

  • Dominic Barrington says:

    26 Feb26 February 08:03

    That’s quite a critical detail – do we have a definitive answer?

    • Rob says:

      26 Feb26 February 08:14

      Is BA selling their codeshare allocation at this price?

• Matthias says:

  26 Feb26 February 07:36

  The return flight timing in your example looks brutal. The ultra red eye.

  • Andrew. says:

    26 Feb26 February 08:23

    It’s practically a daytime flight! On the 23rd it landed at the equivalent of 22:15 New York time.

    They probably served dinner at 18:55, and breakfast at 21:15

    25-Feb-24 05:46 Landed 03:44
    24-Feb-24 05:34 Landed 03:45
    23-Feb-24 05:16 Landed 03:15
    22-Feb-24 05:26 Landed 03:28
    21-Feb-24 05:30 Landed 03:34
    20-Feb-24 05:16 Landed 03:27
    19-Feb-24 05:16 Landed 03:26

  • Blair Waldorf Salad says:

    26 Feb26 February 19:33

    I’ve done it a few times and just stayed awake for the entire flight then home in bed not long after midnight EST

    • Qrfan says:

      26 Feb26 February 21:19

      Great if you can sleep in all day and don’t care about adjusting to UK time, but for anyone with stuff to do that’s just not realistic. I’m either working from 8am or spending the weekend with the kids, and I doubt that’s a unique position among premium travellers.

• Bernard says:

  26 Feb26 February 08:07

  Those fares sold this close to departure sort of imply that Aer Lingus has a premium demand problem after the US carriers have arrived in Dublin with a better product, newer planes and miles awarded on their tickets.
  Hopefully the US carriers match and we can get miles/points too

  • Qrfan says:

    26 Feb26 February 08:18

    That’s no surprise given the atrocious timings in that example. As Matthias says, it’s brutal, and also pretty useless for getting a days work done as you’ll be leaving midtown at lunchtime.

  • Tom says:

    26 Feb26 February 16:17

    But to the US west coast flying a US airline involves a change somewhere, but Aer Lingus has non-stops to SFO and LAX.

• Iain says:

  26 Feb26 February 09:21

  Confused I saw an article on HfPs Sept 2022 that said we do now earn tier point on BA from Rob?

  • Rob says:

    26 Feb26 February 09:36

    Was meant to be launching but got pulled to failure to get the IT going.

• lumma says:

  26 Feb26 February 09:58

  Personally, I’d rather take the daytime BA/AA flights from New York in economy than mess around with this.

  • jjoohhnn says:

    26 Feb26 February 10:28

    Didn’t BA pull BA180 from the summer schedule so the daytime option from Newark is gone.

  • Tom says:

    26 Feb26 February 16:15

    I like Aer Lingus westbound because of pre-clear at Dublin. Fly to DUB on a separate ticket and avoid UK APD.

    But not eastbound where there is no particular benefit.

    • Qrfan says:

      26 Feb26 February 21:16

      Global entry renders pre clear practically redundant. If you do it often enough to like it you should just get global entry instead.

      • Tom says:

        27 Feb27 February 14:01

        Global entry can be patchy and can even be closed at some airports and times. And there is still Customs to deal with. I prefer pre-clear and arrive as a domestic flight, especially as there is now the 51st and Green lounge at DUB after pre-clear.

• SamG says:

  26 Feb26 February 13:25

  The Manchester NYC flight also has some good fares

  I was looking at it for a work trip and then coming back in via Dublin to LHR but agree with others , those times are brutal, opted for direct WT+ instead

• Blair Waldorf Salad says:

  26 Feb26 February 19:35

  Be careful the ex-QAtar A330s are about to be refurbished but aren’t all just yet. So still 2-2-2 with ill-fitting green seat covers

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