Wide-open business class Avios availability (9+ seats per day) to the Maldives in November

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• BadOmens says:

  25 Apr25 April 12:30

  Anyone got issues using the Barclay’s upgrade vouchers. It won’t let me select 2. Also if you unselect the voucher you’ve selected, it won’t let you select any more.

  • SamG says:

    25 Apr25 April 12:35

    I’ve always had to call to use x2 but I saw someone mention it worked on their iPhone

  • John G says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:38

    I can get as far as the payment stage selecting 2 Barclays vouchers for 3 passengers flying one way but as I don’t actually want to book anything today I can’t tell you if it will work fully. Is this further than you can get?

    • NorthernLass says:

      25 Apr25 April 15:20

      If you don’t book today, the seats may all be gone! You can cancel for free within 24 hours.

      • John G says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:10

        Maldives isn’t my kind of place. Was looking at another destination and seats not on sale yet for my dates.

    • SamG says:

      25 Apr25 April 15:50

      Further than I ever got, I couldn’t ever select 2 vouchers!

• Jasdev says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:14

  Rob/Rhys, provided that I have both the Avios and the cash required for such a booking, can I book this for someone else (as a gift)?

  • babyg says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:18

    @Jasdev – ive not had a problem doing this, but they need to be in your family / friends list OR household account in my experience…..

    • Rob says:

      25 Apr25 April 13:26

      No they don’t. Only if you have a Household Account does the flyer need to be in the HHA / F&F list.

      If your account is standalone you can book for anyone.

      • babyg says:

        25 Apr25 April 14:46

        noted! (always had a HH to be fair)

      • Jasdev says:

        25 Apr25 April 18:19

        Thanks!

• The Savage Squirrel says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:15

  Together with the recent Qatar article on availability; both to strong leisure destinations, I’m wondering: are these signs that the leisure market has finally “caught up” post Covid and is softening? Or am I reading too much into a couple of random small-scale availability dumps?

  • Skysurf Steve says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:17

    I think you’re right. One of my clients is a leisure insurance business and their trade has dropped off a lot this year.

  • Marcin says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:28

    Interesting take. possibly cash tickets not selling as well as previously

  • NorthernLass says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:40

    Also people may have come to their senses about Maldives pricing – it has gone from stratospheric to somewhere in hyperspace in the past few years!

    • Sam says:

      25 Apr25 April 15:42

      I actually priced this up for the Conrad Rangali last year.
      Cashing in 480,000 HH points for 5 nights (5-for-4).
      Was getting quoted £4,420 just for the all inclusive board (which still had some select cocktail exclusions!)

      Then add the £1,100 return seaplane transfers. And flights on top.

      Absolute crazy money.

  • will says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:52

    I keep an eye on F1 ticket resale and it seems to have also weakened significantly compared to recent years.
    It’s taking people a while to realise but interest rates assigning a significant value to cash does change behaviors.

    • Rob says:

      25 Apr25 April 14:16

      Wimbledon is massively up this year. Last offer I saw for a pair of Centre Court debentures was £66,000 for the two weeks which is about 15% up.

      • Boaby says:

        25 Apr25 April 15:22

        When I read debentures it makes me think of dentures which is funny as probably most holding them have those…

        • Richie says:

          25 Apr25 April 16:14

          …er no they don’t. They’re much more likely to have had some Straumanns fitted.

  • SamG says:

    25 Apr25 April 15:54

    I had a conversation about the UK self catering market this week and there was some alarm at a couple of the big “cottage ” providers launching unusual discounts for summer at the moment which suggests they’re behind where they expect to be.

    Though my view is after the rain of the recent months perhaps everyone is just leaning into foreign holidays instead and can only afford to do one – the EU fares I see for this summer are still very high!!

    BA fly a very high biz config bird on this route over winter and I imagine the 6 weeks leading up to Xmas are a challenge to fill so I’m not surprised at this “dump” , seems smart to me

    • will says:

      25 Apr25 April 17:56

      Yes I did this flight at Easter in club world and was astounded at how far back business went. First time in club suites and was really impressed with them.

• kev says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:21

  Ive just looked at doing a dummy booking for the dates in nov and december in first and its not showing on he BA website? IS there first on these flights?

  • Rob says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:25

    Didn’t double check that bit, but I will now – no F on many of these services.

    • kev says:

      25 Apr25 April 13:28

      Ah ok, I did wonder if its a glitch and these are only three class flights.

  • Scandinavian Traveler says:

    25 Apr25 April 22:50

    Seatspy has become incredibly unreliable to the point that it is getting useless. Much of the availability is never there, but you see availability on other dates. I will be cancelling my subscription!

    • Rob says:

      26 Apr26 April 07:02

      This data is fully accurate.

      • Simon says:

        26 Apr26 April 07:08

        SeatSpy has NOT been accurate for BA for months now – and responses from the owners on the issue have been vague at best.

        • Rob says:

          26 Apr26 April 07:33

          I know – but these Maldives numbers are accurate.

      • Scandinavian traveler says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:19

        It was not – I checked on SeatSpy before making my comment last night, and the F flights ex LHR in November and December were not available despite SeatSpy showing them and there was no availability in club (even with a 2-4-1) on several days for the return either.

        • Rob says:

          26 Apr26 April 09:36

          The F was an error, agreed. I suspect the missing days were a lag between HfP readers booking and SeatSpy refreshing its feed.

      • Sarah says:

        28 Apr28 April 18:28

        The seatspy data really isn’t accurate. It’s been showing 2 return flights in J all day today on 2nd Dec, but the availability isn’t there on ba.com. I often have issues with seatspy showing phantom availability, which is quite frustrating

• iEimis says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:26

  Can a person with 2x 2-4-1 companion vouchers use them to fly 4 adults (including themselves) or is that not possible because for each voucher one adult has to be the person owning the voucher?

  • NorthernLass says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:41

    It’s fine as long as both vouchers are in the same account.

• Matt says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:29

  Thanks for flagging – I upgraded a return leg which was sold out in business when I originally booked.

  Is it normal for BA to charge a change fee for upgrades? I would have thought the additional taxes and fees would be sufficient but they insisted on charging an extra £35/person. I thought they usually only charge this if you change the date/time of travel.

  • Rob says:

    25 Apr25 April 13:30

    Everyone done via the phone has a £35 fee unless the website is down.

    • Froggee says:

      25 Apr25 April 17:02

      Is it not £15 for phone bookings?

      I think they charge the change fee for pretty much any change more than 24 hours after booking.

      • AspirationalFlyer says:

        26 Apr26 April 08:49

        I was charged £35 per person to book the return leg. No £15 phone fee in addition as it’s not something you can do on the website.

• Michael C says:

  25 Apr25 April 13:54

  Half-term actually ends on 4 Nov this year, so doable!

• BJ says:

  25 Apr25 April 14:27

  Perfect time for @Rhys to find the most lucrative meeting-planner account and start organising the HfP Xmas Party.

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