Update, 8/17: DDF member lazertek reports that when American rebooked him onto a nonstop flight, they did so in fare class P. When he inquired about what it would cost for an upgrade to business class, he was told it would be 25K miles plus a $350 copay. He called back and asked for his fare class to be restored to W as it originally was on the connecting flight and American did that for him. He then was able to waitlist for business class for just 15K miles with no copay as that is a full fare class. He was upgraded at the gate to business class nonstop from Tel Aviv to JFK!
Update, 6/19: American has been calling people to rebook them onto nonstop flights in premium economy, making this deal even better than it appeared. Congrats to everyone who got in on it!
Missed the deal? Set up deal alerts nowĀ so you won’t miss the next one!
Update, 5/25: This deal ended last night, but American appears to be honoring this fare and the nonstop fare. Additionally, nearly all tickets sold are fully refundable, so you can decide to cancel until the time of departure.
Readers and commenters have also noted that they have been able to change their return date without any any difference in fare!
You can credit an American W class premium economy ticket to BA Avios (which allows family pooling) and earn 150% of the miles flown (at least 17K Avios), or you can credit to Alaska and earn 110% of the miles flown, plus any applicable elite bonuses.
Update, 5/24 at 11:20pm: DEAD!
Originally posted on 5/24 at 9:45pm:
OneWorld carriers and El Al have premium economy flights from Tel Aviv to several US cities, such as NYC, Chicago, Honolulu, LA, Miami, and more for just $219 one-way or $395 round-trip!
A connection appears to be required.
This fare is only valid for flights originating in Tel Aviv. It won’t work for flights originating in the US.
You can book this AA’s Israel site here, or via Momondo, or Israeli booking sites. You can search for TLV to NYC to pull up this fare.
I found many valid dates from now through the end of scheduling next year.
Sample valid date: July 5-12
Post what dates and prices you find!
HT: yandmk
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is it cancelable?
You have 24 hours if you book direct from American’s Israel site at least 2 days before the flight.
24 hours or 2 before?
What is the cheapest one way to get to Israel if I would use this for the way back?
flying blue
Anything to be aware of regarding Covid rules in these connections such as vax requirements? Wldnt want to get stuck mid transit
No.
What is cancellation on these? Do we have 24 hours?
You have 24 hours if you book direct from Americanās Israel site at least 2 days before the flight.
Israelis all sleeping..
Yeah, same thought here
What happens if I miss the first leg of a Round trip?
You would forfeit the rest.
Dan which of those airlines offer the best premium economy product?
Im pretty sure you forfeit the rest of the trip
I see for $257 .
will these be honored
Doesnāt work for me
make sure youre on aa.com, israel as your country
Did anyone managed to book
I didn’t book . But I see dates for $270 one way
Tried several times a roundtrip starting out of TLV and it didnt get me to ticketing. Ended up working for one way. Youre the best Dan!
on what website ?
In Israel aa site that Dan posted
available skiplagged and oldmatrix.itasoftware.com
Dan I planned to fly business with points. How is premium economy compared to standard economic? Is it like a big difference in comfort?
it says flexible premium economy refundable, what does that mean ?
Can’t decide with one to go for ??? Elal ? Iberia ? British ?? Anyone with any tips which would be best ?
How do you book for next year Paysach it seems to far in advance
If youre most likely going, its worth the loss of 200 if you dont
Booked one way on BA for $260
BA not letting me choose seats? Makes sense?
YOU NEED STATUS TO SELECT FOR FREE
Just booked (through Israel AA site) for my son returning from yeshiva July 11- Aug 23 to EWR for $452 R/T Premium Economy! Was ticketed immedietly.
Booked but wasn’t ticketed yet
Do I have 24 hours to cancel if I book via Momondo
Something went wrong.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, we encountered an error processing your request.
The fare for the flights you have selected is no longer available.
Please contact Reservations for assistance with making a new booking and quote ā15012ā.
American Airlines apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused. (15012 – 421)
keep trying, it went through for me eventually
having the same issue when I try booking one way from TEL AVIV for January 4, 2023
Same here. Will they honor?
Just bought one, for $266 with BA.
Thank you, Dan!
Thru AA Isreal site ?
Something went wrong.
We are sorry for the inconvenience, we encountered an error processing your request.
The fare for the flights you have selected is no longer available.
Please contact Reservations for assistance with making a new booking and quote ā15012ā.
American Airlines apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused. (15012 – 421)
I tried several
Timeās and said fair not available once at the payment page.
Thats not fare
same here
I am trying to book NYC=>TLV roundtrip for succos for me my husband and 5 kids. This isn’t working…. Just kidding
What dates did you find?
I had a one way to TLV on Delta for rosh hashana and just booked a one way back to NYC before Kippur with a stop in LHR for $266 PREMIUM. I used google flights and booked via the AA website. Perfect timing – Thanks Dan!
Dead, says fare is not available anymore as I am about to pay
What is the “Israel AA site”?
dd has a link in the post. click it
Dan posted link above
How do you book with points?
Just booked 3 tix for my parents and brother, my mom sent me her dates a few hours ago so would be amazing if they are honored, June 16-27 paid $477.
Ty and letās hope they honored
IF THE AIRLINE OF UR CHOICE DOSENT WORK TRY A DIFF AIRLINE, (I tried one with BA and got an Error switched airlines and it worked)
Which airline did you switch to?
Which airline are working?
Booked 2 in August, 270 premium economy with stop in BCN.
Has anyone been able to book sucessfully? It’s getting all the way to the end and saying the flight isn’t available.
try one way. working better than round trip
I have been! What airline worked for you?
Oh wow thanks dan! Booked for the day after chanukah back, now get me a deal to get over there..
@dan I booked with chase travel using my chase points a direct flight on AA in premium economy flexible for 23,000 points. It says refundable does that mean I can cancel and get a full refund at any time ? If not what does it mean thank you
Dead
Just booked tlv to yul $214 one way
Just book way back for 6 for oct 19 after YT
Total $1582
Booked for the day after yom kippur $250 Premium. Will now book with points the way there!
Thank you
just booked tlv -nyc premium economy $457. Thanks Dan
round trip
Thanks. Keep in mind phl
Booked in PE OW 4Pax at 350+
I found tlv to ord $438 round trip October- ty
Got direct flights, prem econ from TLV-JFK on 1/2 for $356 each! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
yes got it to work for gap year student – pesach back home in usa. got premium economy one way. BA thru London, booked on AA israel site
Thanks Dan
Booked PE on BA. $467.
Any chance these will be canceled?
AA site now only showing business class pricing ??
AA does now show me pricing anymore besides business class . Anyone else ?
dead?
yes dead
Dead. Prices just jumped up drastically
It’s still possible to book on AA us site for $566 one way
thanks booked my way back 250 with 1 hour stop
Thanks! I just booked R/T TLV-Chicago using this offer.
I canceled my original flight and was able to pay with the credits with the help of an AA rep (couldn’t use the credits for that price online), and I have $700 credits left over.
I booked elal July 27 to Aug 29 for 459 on aa thank you Dan
Thanks Dan! Managed to find a routing where the transatlantic flight even had AA SWU availability! Score! Now the question is if there is any way possible to upgrade the El Al segment
Booked from tlv to jfk premium economy for $460 thank you Dan
Thanks Dan, I got 8 tickets for family members to come to my sons wedding roundtrip for $416 each and another 4 tickets for a one way for my family..
Is there still a chance this will become alive again?
Hood news!
After chatting with AA online I confirmed that you can cancel these flights up to 14 days from booking, for 100 ILS ($30)
Thank you for your patience, Moshe! I have contacted Resolutions team as well and this is the information I have confirmed.
We have a specific policy about Israel Refund. This is for ticket refunds according to the Israeli Consumer Protection Law (5741-1981). It is showing that Refund is requested in writing within 14 days of the purchase date, but no less than 7 business days before the departure date of the first flight, A cancellation fee applies
5% of the ticket’s price or ILS currency 100, whichever is lower, Refund will be processed to original form of payment (FOP), then Customer needs to access prefunds.aa.com.
$235 BA ON JULY 26 PREMIUM 1 WAY
Any risk in calling them now?
Cheapest price I am seeing is $2,200 round trip!!
Will this be honored ?
Dead??
Long
How can I tell if my reservation is completely refundable up to departure? Seems certain bookings are.
Congrats to everyone that got in on this deal! Is it possible to upgrade premium economy to business using points? How would one check if there is upgrade availability before purchasing? TIA
Truly Amazing,
I was able today to make a change in the reservation, changed the return flight to a day earlier at no addition cost.
Wow, what routing did you book? Did you try changing to a nonstop?
Dan, how would one go about this? I called and she simply quoted the new fare. Is there some special language to ask the agent to reprice it? Does the fare basis code allow for a change to a non-stop? It seems it may but can’t figure out how to actually do that. Cannot be done online.
R/T TLV – JFK on BA metal. didn’t try non-stop.
actually fare code specifically excludes non-stop. did you call them, avi? chat? just curious how you got it done. cant be done online.
Called, couldn’t be done online.
Who’d you book with? Who’d you contact to change date?
I booked with AA directly, contacted AA, was able to change a British Airways ticket.
Nice!
I had a reservation that I pit on hold & was going to pay in the morning , when I went to pay it was cancelled , do I have any recourse ?
No. Never hold fares like these.
a mistake I will not make again š
How do you possibly get to earning 34,000 Avios? My calculations are half that.
Fat fingered the calculator.
Fixed, thanks.
can you be more clear to what you mean with american “Appears ” and how you get to 34,00 miles
In general, airlines have a limited window to cancel tickets like these.
Given that there have not been cancellations by now, it appears to be honored.
i have a 36K aa miles ticket booked on same flight and i want to cancel asap so they don’t auto cancel my premium economy for duplicate its not available to rebook for that would you feel comfortable canceling ?
I would at this point.
How can you tell if your ticket is fully refundable or not?
You can call the airline to confirm, but it seems that all of these were refundable.
can you please help me, trying to book but can’t seem to find anything under 219$ + 80k points. per ticket aug 9-24
Do you think the free changes allow for a different airport ( a different stopover location) and date change?
I tried making a change, was told is was a mistake and would be honored but no changes. Dan, are you saying free changes based on comments here or something I can do to make a change?
“WHEN THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FIRST FARE
COMPONENT BUT OTHER FARE COMPONENTS ARE CHANGED
THE ITINERARY MUST BE REPRICED USING HISTORICAL
FARES IN EFFECT ON THE PREVIOUS TICKETING DATE OR
CURRENT FARES IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF TICKET
REISSUE WHICHEVER IS LOWER.”
yeah but translate this. i booked a one way. i can change to any day without a fare increase?
I have the question. Any been successful doing that ?
From what was posted on here, and just by reading the comments it seems that customers have been able to change the return leg only on a return flight. Hence if you have a one way it wouldn’t work.
But why don’t you call American and find out for yourself…
My first leg is TLV-FCO on LY booking Code Y.
Would it still be refundable?
How about to credit the miles to American direct how much do we get ?
I assume 1:1
Very little.
You would earn 5 miles per dollar spent, excluding taxes.
Thanks Dan! Would you mind to refer me to a post where it’s best to Credit united flights?
Depends on the fare class.
K class
Depends what the ticket cost, but I’d probably do Lifemiles or Turkish with 50% of flown miles credit.
Thanks!
try to get tickets fron june 13 tlv to nyc , how can u still book?
I try at AA Israel. And it’s not this price.
I like to get some different websites. Please
“Update, 5/25: This deal ended last night”
Daniel, I have no words!
I’m an Israeli and travel to USA couple times a year. I’m in USA at the moment and was awake and manage to take good advantage of this deal. Thank you Daniel, I booked 4 round trips for the next couple of months.
Most on BA Metal (besides a few, connect on AA but all route through London so as to maximise TP)
4 return flights, will get me BA Gold + some 84k+/- (once you reckon the bonuses for Bronze, Silver etc.)
With the current value of BA avios, it’ll almost half the price of the ticket, as you’ll be getting close to $200 worth. Great deal, so glad they are honouring.
Thank you again Daniel
Anyone have any tips about changes – every change I try is $3k per ticket!
I dunno. Got out of bed at 2:30 am to grab this deal, but am only seeing outrageous fares.
Thanks for the heads-up.
I cancelled my kid’s mileage ticket (25k flying blue miles + $150 in fees & taxes) and bought a $270 premium economy with 2 free checked bags instead from TLV-BCN-ORD (Y for 1st leg and W for 2nd leg).
What i dont understand is how i can earn 17K avios by crediting my ticket to BA (or to Alaska and earn 110% of the miles flown)?
Just enter your BA or Alaska mileage number to get the flight miles credited there.
besides BA/Alaska, what other airlines could i get them credited to? 1st leg (in Y) is AA/EL-AL while the 2nd (W class) is AA.
miles flown while in W is only around 4500 so how able to earn 17,000 avios (even from tlv-jfk is around 5500)?
Trying to figure out what an EXP with AA would earn on TLV-LHR-CLT-PHX one way and if I should credit to AA or do BA.
2 one-way premium economy tickets (THANKS DAN!) tlv-nyc with LHR stop (1st leg BA – 2nd leg AA). They’re both W class fare.
Really want to change it to TLV-NYC direct (which I see available for that date). Tried chatting with an AA agent and was told i can change but it’s gonna cost me $3700…
is it the “with-stop” to “direct” that’s giving them the excuse to charge this 1000% upcharge, or is it “BA-AA” to “AA only” (or is it a simple YMMV/HUCA kind of thing)?
Not sure either.
It appears that only the return leg is changeable.
Iām trying to change my return with no success. Maybe because itās a combination of Economy and PE?
On another note, based on peoples comments here maybe Dan should consider new fonts/design for the word DEAD. This was written on the post at 11:30 EST on 5/24, yet it seems like lots of readers are still trying.
Where am I best off crediting miles NYC-MAD (Y) MAD-JFK (W) we are a family of 7
BA. Open household account if you don’t have already.
tried changing dates and no go. wanted fare difference of $3700.
One way?
yes
Exact same situation here..
3700 is what I got too
I haven’t received a phone call or email about rebooking onto a direct (I booked a one way for 2 travelers TLV-NYC with stop in LHR so first leg is BA).
Should I call in?
Same here š , I did book one way and regular coach economy though, would this matter?
Is it still up??
No. This is for those who booked back then
I believe only trips with a leg on LY got a call. I have on BA no call. A friend of mine with 1 leg on LY had that changed to direct
If you get a call to re-book direct, kindly ask for a number to call in for others and post it here please š (have an LY segment)
Any way to get them to change a booking to be able to change online vs. calling in? And why are certain tickets still that way in 2022
Following
I called AA and was told the change would cost 4k per person
Listen to this hillarious one. I booked this deal TLV-LHR-TLV economy one way on brittish. After Dan posted about PPL being offered to switch to nonstop i reached out AA on the phone, where they told me this change will cost me 2K, said thanks but no thanks.
Next day i log in to BA and i see a confirmed added leg to my booking of a nonstop flight tlv-JFK! i right away called BA to resend me the confirmation in a email (Cuz’ “american only sent me a hebrew email…”) and sure enough that is black & white on the confirmation. AA only shows the original itirinary.
My questions are , 1) is there any way to get AA to honor this based on a BA email? 2) How do i go about having them split the itirinary so i can use just the last part of the booking?
(Here is the BA Itinerary
BA0162
BRITISH AIRWAYS | WORLD TRAVELLER | Confirmed
** Dec 2022
06:20
TEL AVIV
Terminal 3
** Dec 2022
09:45
HEATHROW (LONDON)
Terminal 5
BA0185
BRITISH AIRWAYS | WORLD TRAVELLER | Confirmed
** Dec 2022
10:45
HEATHROW (LONDON)
Terminal 5
** Dec 2022
13:55
NEWARK (NEW YORK)
Terminal B
AA0145
AMERICAN AIRLINES | ECONOMY | Confirmed
** Dec 2022
00:45
TEL AVIV
Terminal 3
** Dec 2022
06:20
JOHN F KENNEDY (NEW YORK)
Terminal 8)
(Here is the AA itinerary
Carrier Flight Number Departing Arriving Booking
Code
City Date & Time City Date & Time
carrier
American 7026 Tel Aviv TUE **DEC
6:20 AM London Heathrow TUE **DEC
9:45 AM Y
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS /BA 0162Y/******
*** *** FF#: ****** Coach Meals
carrier
American 6944 London Heathrow TUE **DEC
10:45 AM Newark TUE **DEC
1:55 PM Y
OPERATED BY BRITISH AIRWAYS /BA 0185Y/******
*** *** FF#: ****** Coach Meals)
I have the exact same thing going on.. after chatting with an agent and trying to change my TLV-LHR-NYC in premium economy to a TLV-NYC direct, the agent insisted that there’s no way this could be changed without a huge fare difference charged (not just a change fee).. suddenly another leg showed up… TLV-NYC direct but in regular economy (fare class Y instead of the original W). Funny part is that the TLV-LHR-NYC still shows on the booking and all 3 show “confirmed”… how’s that possible?!…
On AA or on BA? Mine only shows on BA…
I’m planning to go over to an AA airport counter next time I have extra airport time to straighten this out, will keep everyone posted IYH
I always had it on BA (although it had a different date for the direct and the direct said cancelled). Last night I was on chat for 2 hours with an aa agent and he kept on insisting there’s no way to change free.. when I finally asked him to check how much I’d have to pay for the change, he said he’d reach out to the pricing Dept and that took about an hour.. in the mean time, while on hold on chat, a new leg popped up on “AA” under the same booking code, with the same date, “direct”.. and they all said confirmed but it didn’t allow me to select seats.. I screenshotted them all and also checked on BA and the date of the direct leg has changed to the same date as the original flight.. and it stated “confirmed”..
when the rep finally came back on chat with the price difference (which was roughly $2500 per passenger on a one way..) I said thanks but no.. ended the chat and then the direct TLV-NYC leg disappeared on both AA and BA..
i did screenshot and sent myself in email the itinerary from AA and also printed the full itinerary from BA..
Anything to do here or is it a lost cause?
Just trying to help my elderly FIL shouldn’t have to take the 7:10am (leaving hotel at 3am) TLV-LHR with 2 hour layover in LHR and then to NYC.. any suggestions here?
if anyone is curious heres an update:
my direct leg was removed from ba.com about a mid july, this monday i was rebooked to a much later connection lhr-ewr so i called up american on their isreal hotline and demanded they switch me back or put me on a direct flight to JFK which they agreed to. BH im now confirmed on a direct the next night to jfk, thanks DAN
I tried using the messaging feature on the app to change to nonstop based on a 5 minute flight schedule change and they did it for free although I was downgraded to reg economy.
Call in- the overseas chat reps mess this up a lot. You’ll get back on to premium economy.
We booked these tickets for $450 each, and I wanted to add a lap infant now, and they charged me $396.57, because now the tickets are like $3,965…
Do you think there’s any way for us to get a cheaper price? because we’re basically paying as much as our ticket for the infant.
Thanx!
Huge thank you @dan! My son just flew home, premium economy (has a return ticket after summer) for way less then the price of a one way regular fare! He really enjoyed the flight and we enjoyed the price!
I was also rebooked from a TLV-LHR-JFK to TLV-JFK direct for right after Yom Kippur š
Unfortunately I only have 4000k AA miles š
Used 15k points and got upgraded!!!
Hi is this deal still available?