Flights - Premium Economy or Business Class

Fiona35 · 26 Apr 18, 12:37 PM

Can anyone share any tips on when any deals might be around for these types of classes?
We're planning to go Oct 19,
I've done dummy bookings for either Oct this year or 11 months out and PE return is averaging �1.5k and Business Class �2.3k unless you went BC with Icelandic Airways.
Now I don't know if �1.5k for PE is a good price or not, but BC seemed high to me.
Would welcome any thoughts if these are realistic prices.
Thanks

Wembleygal · 26 Apr 18, 01:16 PM

I booked back in February and manged to snag Biz flights on BA for 1,305 (via Google flights) for October of this year.

Cantcook · 26 Apr 18, 01:18 PM

Good fares with VS are below, give or take �100.

PE - �800
UC - �1700

You can get BA's ClubWorld for around �1500 but then they charge for the seat reservations. The general consensous is that Virgin is a better product. I've never flown in the Aer Lingus business cabin, but there's a poster on here who regulary recommends them. I think it might be Tspill (might have got that completely wrong). That would mean indirect but you'd clear the boring stuff in Dublin.

Wembleygal · 26 Apr 18, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by Cantcook

Good fares with VS are below, give or take �100.

PE - �800
UC - �1700

You can get BA's ClubWorld for around �1500 but then they charge for the seat reservations. The general consensous is that Virgin is a better product. I've never flown in the Aer Lingus business cabin, but there's a poster on here who regulary recommends them. I think it might be Tspill (might have got that completely wrong). That would mean indirect but you'd clear the boring stuff in Dublin.

Aer Lingus Business is very nice. IMO, better than both BA & Virgin.

Lumpy · 26 Apr 18, 01:23 PM

Those prices seem high to me. Personally I would wait until there is a sale with the Virgin/BA or other carriers as I would expect to get business class for lot less that �2.3 in the sale.
We have saved around �700 each on this years flights to Hawaii by waiting until there was a sale. This was with Virgin.

Fiona35 · 26 Apr 18, 01:37 PM

Ah thanks, glad they seem pricey at the mo!
Any ideas on when the sales may be? I know historically they usually have a Jan sale, and I know Virgin had a sale in Sept once but wondered if there were any other rough dates?
Thanks😀

Fiona35 · 26 Apr 18, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Wembleygal

Aer Lingus Business is very nice. IMO, better than both BA & Virgin.

We did look into this option but it seems they only fly on certain dates back from MCO and I need to be back in the UK by a certain date and it wasn't going to work for us this time around.

Lumpy · 26 Apr 18, 02:15 PM

They seem to have sales several times during the year and BA have periodic luxury seat sales but other than around christmas I am not sure, but they do seem to pop up on a regular basis so shouldn't be too long til the next one

26 Apr 18, 01:18 PM	#3
	26 Apr 18, 01:18 PM Cantcook Imagineer
Cantcook Imagineer Join Date: Jul 11	Good fares with VS are below, give or take �100. PE - �800 UC - �1700 You can get BA's ClubWorld for around �1500 but then they charge for the seat reservations. The general consensous is that Virgin is a better product. I've never flown in the Aer Lingus business cabin, but there's a poster on here who regulary recommends them. I think it might be Tspill (might have got that completely wrong). That would mean indirect but you'd clear the boring stuff in Dublin.

26 Apr 18, 01:23 PM	#5
	26 Apr 18, 01:23 PM Lumpy slightly serious Dibber
Lumpy slightly serious Dibber Join Date: Apr 08	Those prices seem high to me. Personally I would wait until there is a sale with the Virgin/BA or other carriers as I would expect to get business class for lot less that �2.3 in the sale. We have saved around �700 each on this years flights to Hawaii by waiting until there was a sale. This was with Virgin.

26 Apr 18, 02:15 PM	#8
	26 Apr 18, 02:15 PM Lumpy slightly serious Dibber
Lumpy slightly serious Dibber Join Date: Apr 08	They seem to have sales several times during the year and BA have periodic luxury seat sales but other than around christmas I am not sure, but they do seem to pop up on a regular basis so shouldn't be too long til the next one