St Lucia next October half term – what’s a fair cash price?

[Oli]

I managed to get 4 x Business reward seats for next Oct half term for my wife and our 2 children but would like to invite my parents and brother along too. Their seats we’d be paying cash for.

Does anyone have an idea of what we should expect to pay? At the moment they’re c. £4500 per person (£3000 outbound, £1500 return leg) but seem to have plenty of availability (I can dummy book 9 passengers with no problems).

Are these prices likely to come down/fluctuate a lot?

[NorthernLass]

Unless travel remains very problematic, it’s very unlikely that prices will some down as this is a popular route and school holidays always command silly money.
Would there be an option to book your relatives into economy or premium economy (either with cash or avios)? Sometimes you can also get a better deal by booking a BA holiday with a car or hotel thrown in.
Have a look at Feb half term and Easter prices to give you an idea of what is happening with pricing as travel dates become nearer, but I checked the cash price of my F out/J in BOS flight in March earlier this morning and it was over £7k!

[anuj]

I haven’t done the numbers but perhaps it would be worth seeing if buying the points and redeeming would be cheaper than cash price? I think the current bonus is 50%.

[Oli]

Thanks, annoyingly when I looked just over a month ago is was £3750 per person including 11 nights’ accommodation, now flights alone are more than that!

[NorthernLass]

Have you re-checked holiday prices?
If the rest of the family really want to travel in CW, they could get much cheaper tickets to NYC then get a connection to St Lucia. More competition and route availability makes the US a much better value option for premium travel than the Caribbean islands.