Update: DEAD!
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-Chase British Airways Visa: Earn up to 100,000 Avios for a limited time only! Earn 50K for spending $2K in 3 months, earn an additional 25K for spending another $8K in 12 months, and earn an additional 25K for spending another $10K in 12 months.
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Business class flights from NYC have climbed in price (though not before lots of readers and myself were able to nab bargain priced seats), but there are still amazing deals from Philadelphia.
I found business class fares from:
-Philadelphia to Rome nonstop for $273+30K Avios
-Philadelphia to Athens for $278+30K Avios (Service starts 03/26/16)
-Philadelphia to Paris for $338+30K Avios
To get these rates you’ll need to Use this link to access the BA AARP site.
AARP members get $400 off BA business class tickets. Anyone can join AARP for $16. Just click “Log in to your AARP account here” to join AARP for $16 or to login to your existing AARP account. (And it’s always worth a laugh when my guests wonder why I have “AARP The Magazine” in my stack of bathroom reading material 😀 )
Creating an account takes just a minute and as soon as you open an account you can make a login and then unlock the BA offer which can be used an unlimited amount of times.
Once you have an AARP account you can book discounted tickets for anyone.
Afte you are logged in just use the BA AARP link again (you may need to click on “verify membership) and search for flights in business class.
After selecting flights look for the Avios part-payment offers.
According to BA it’s a regular cash booking that also earns Avios for the flight. It’s not considered a redemption like using straight Avios or Avios+Cash which is subject to award availability.
That means you’ll get 15K Avios for flying Philadelphia-Athens round-trip.
Plus if you fly by 01/31 you can register here to earn an additional 25K bonus Avios.
Or you can register here for 25K bonus AA miles.
I can’t guarantee the 25K promotion will work with Avios part-payment, but I’m not seeing any reason why it wouldn’t.
Plus of course you’ll earn triple miles on the fare by using a card like the Chase British Airways Visa or the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold Card or the AMEX Business Gold Rewards Card.
In total the cost of the business class round-trip from to Rome or Athens would be 30K Avios plus $278, but you should get back 13K-15K base Avios+25K bonus Avios if you travel by 1/31+834 Avios for the airfare for a total of around 40K Avios.
In other words you’ll pay $275 and get back a net refund of about 10K Avios…assuming that the 25K promotion works out.
But even if it doesn’t, the net will be just $275 and 15K Avios for a round-trip business class fare. And that’s a fantastic deal!
Cancellations are permitted within 24 hours for free over the phone. After 24 hours the fee is a whopping $500 per ticket.
Once you are in Europe you can buy a separate ticket to get to Tel Aviv on the cheap from Priceline, like this one from Athens to Tel Aviv:
HT: Levi D.
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53 Comments On "Philadelphia To Athens, Paris, Or Rome Nonstop In Business Class From $273 Plus 30K Avios Round-Trip, And Get Rebated Back 15K Or Possibly 40K Avios…"
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Do these work on one-ways as well?
How about to London?
@yuguy:
No.
@Sal:
Not that I saw.
can i use my parents aarp login?
Does the AARP discount work only for purchase over 400 dollars
@e:
You should be able to.
@Clever:
It’s $400 off transatlantic business class.
If you can find that for under $400 please let me know 😀
Is it cancel free even after 24 hours?
If I booked the flight at like 2pm but just registered now (5pm) does the bonus points still apply?
whats avios? thanks
is AARP site working for anyone. I cant sign up…. am i missing something?
I have a ton of AA miles. Any quick way to convert to Avios to book this deal?
Levi its nice of you taking credit on my work LOL!
anyone else having trouble joining aarp… it think the site is down or I’m missing something
AARP website not responding.
Cant log in.
valid for outbound travel November 1, 2014 – March 31, 2016 on British Airways and British Airways codeshare services operated by American Airlines and on British Airways codeshare services operated by Iberia only.
So it works after March 31?
@Ask:
No, read the post.
@Jon:
With the AA promotion it should.
@em:
http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/59617
@Java:
Works for me.
@David:
No.
@yoel:
Yes.
You land in Athens at 9:05 and leave at 10:15 on separate tickets? Is that enough time?
@Yaakov:
For ATH, yes.
AARP terms say need to fly before March:
valid for outbound travel November 1, 2014 – March 31, 2016
Is this enforced or is it open to all?
no text for me on this one I tried doing unfollowing and then following
can it work for 2 tickets from same avios account? (asking for all parts: the 400, the 15k, and 25k)
dos it work to book 2 frome same avios account?
are they lie flat seats
Also, DFW-CDG for 338.94 with 30k avios
whats the best weay to add an infant?
Also, DFW-MAD nonstop for 298.123 with 30k avios
i booked the phl-ath now booking ath-tlv-ath the connection is aprox two hours is that enough? i see you said on way there its enough but want to confirm works both ways
Correction: DFW-MAD 261.87 with 30k avios
How much does a lap child cost on this kind of ticket? Will I need Avios as well? How bout the rebate?
i dont see any non stop flight scheduled before march 25
does it make sense?
@David:
Not enforced.
@CtownBin:
Call, though I’d book a seat.
@yosel:
From the post,
“-Philadelphia to Athens for $278+30K Avios (Service starts 03/26/16)”
Anyone see any deals from miami?
@CtownBin: For the Extra few dollars thsi will cost (more then the lap child price) your going to ruin your first class trip. Book a seat for the kid and let him fall asleep in his car seat for the whole flight.
I think it’s dead now
I think so too – not letting me pick Business. And changes price to ~1500 when checking out
prices have changes
Still alive?
I don’t understand – if the ticket price is $278 – how is the total on your screenshots over $1k – that much in taxes??
2 seats PHL-CDG Buisness, $677.38 + 60K Avios
Thank you Dan! Got my tickets to Barcelona for $406. Thanks!!!
Can you join aarp wh an israeli address
@runnergirl which dates is your travel for? I cant seem to find anything on the same route. thx
So that I’m clear, even though I used 30k Avois along with cash these are considered full revenue tickets booked in the indicated class, correct? Can I credit these miles to my Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan without issues?
@Pure: @Pure: I think by the time you were searchinh the deal was dead
That deal… which made the fare about $400 lower than official sale price of $2015 before $400 AARP discount turned out to be a glitch fare. I kind of noticed it when I booked it… fare shows $0 and rest were all taxes and carrier imposed fee… website kind of acted weird too. I managed to book 4 tickets at that price but 2 of them with wrong arrival date so I called back to change that but the glitch was already discovered and corrected and BA called me back today and said it was a glitch and they will honor it but will not make the change unless I pay the difference of $400 per ticket.
oh well… half of my family will just stay at London one more day.
@Blake:
Absolutely, this is a full fare ticket in (I) booking class. 150% of actual miles flown unless you have an elite status with Alaska. Make sure your booking has AS mileage number.
for a flight to Madrid is it better to credit to BA or AA?
its in march so no 25k promotion
@bs:
I believe you get 150% actual miles flown if you chose BA or Alaska miles. but for AA, it seems you only get 125% of actual miles flown. That is if you don’t have any elite status. Remember you get elite qualifying miles/points too on top of redeemable miles/points so if you are working to achieve status on one program then it’s a no brainer. It all depends which type of miles/points you value the most.
@tjp74:
thank you!
Thanks for the deal. I was able to book two trips next year, Rome and London for a family of 4. 240K Avois and $3300 for 2 trips.
Is there anything similar for Canadians. Wish I could use this. Thanks.
Thanks Dan!
Found tickets Phili-Rome for $1000 (and $280 after AVIOS redemption)
But didn’t yet register for the promotion.
Did we need to have registered for the 25,000 promotion BEFORE BOOKING, or can that still be done now?
Is there a different whether BA or AA promotion?
Thanks!
is there any chance these tickets will be canceled? i’m looking at booking hotels now and some dont have refunds…