Good BA IT quirk for domestic connections

[NorthernLass]

I don’t know if this is an error but at the moment, if you book a trip to or from a US city where RFS applies, it’s possible not just to add a domestic connection for nothing, but also in a different travel class. So I’ve just booked ORD-LHR-MAN, with the long haul leg in WT (need 3 seats and going to try and book the exit row), and the LHR-MAN connection in CE, by selecting the stopover option during the process. In total, it’s cost 90k avios for 3 of us plus £150. We’ll get the lounge at LHR between flights for a shower and breakfast, then CE up to MAN, at no extra cost whatsoever. I think this is a pretty good deal!

We’re flying MAN-LHR-IAD in F, connecting to MIA for a couple of weeks, the returning ORD-LHR-MAN over Xmas and New Year, and the flights will have cost 178k avios plus £1500 for 3 of us (factoring in the 241 plus off peak outbound date), at the most expensive time of year to travel.

[Aston100]

Interesting. What would the domestic leg have normally cost?

[NorthernLass]

The cash price is currently £313 pp but it’s a long time out so that might fluctuate – CE to MAN is not usually a cheap option though.

Normally you don’t pay any avios for a domestic connection on a long haul flight but you DO pay the RFS fee, so £25 pp per sector on CE. However, when you currently select a RFS option from the US, this charge doesn’t seem to be added, so you’re getting even better value out of the RFS option.