I'm flying business class to New York for half the price of an economy ticket... 7 February 2017 at 2:38PM in Credit cards 28 replies 6.3K views

MSE_Luke

'I'm looking forward to that flat bed, lounge access and decent plane food. And the best thing is it was far cheaper than flying in economy...'

Read MSE Guy's full blog: 'I'm flying business class to New York for half the price of an economy ticket – here's how you can'

JJG

And all you had to do was spend nearly £80,000 on your card to obtain that many points.

jpsartre

If two people each go through the two BA Amex cards and the Gold Amex for the signup bonusses it would be much less than that. In theory you could make 120k+ points with a £12k spend.

jaybizzl

Amateur

I've taken my OH and 2 friends BA First class to the states twice. Using 2 x companion vouchers each time. Admittedly its from work travel points and using the Amex card but worth it.

4 x First tickets to San Francisco £64k or ~£4k taxes
4 x First tickets to Boston £45k or ~£4k taxes

No_6

wouldn't go there if you paid me.

2 hours is my limit on a plane, so
Spain, Menorca and other med Islands

Candyapple

jaybizzl wrote: »

Amateur

I've taken my OH and 2 friends BA First class to the states twice. Using 2 x companion vouchers each time. Admittedly its from work travel points and using the Amex card but worth it.

4 x First tickets to San Francisco £64k or ~£4k taxes
4 x First tickets to Boston £45k or ~£4k taxes

Great example of a pointless post. So if you weren't using your work travel points you wouldn't have gone anywhere.

No_6 wrote: »

wouldn't go there if you paid me.

2 hours is my limit on a plane, so
Spain, Menorca and other med Islands

Who cares?



Why do people post such pointless posts?

Pound

I tried to use the companion promo to book two seats. Was told that I had to pay with Avios points (which i just about did by buying some with tesco vouchers) and could only choose economy class. Would have gone business class if I was allowed.

eskbanker

Candyapple wrote: »

No_6 wrote: »

wouldn't go there if you paid me.

2 hours is my limit on a plane, so
Spain, Menorca and other med Islands

Who cares?

Why do people post such pointless posts?

That poster has form for driveling random and irrelevant stuff on many other threads, I think 2 hours flying time approximates to the distance by which he/she usually misses the point of the thread....

Yawn

Pound wrote: »

I tried to use the companion promo to book two seats. Was told that I had to pay with Avios points (which i just about did by buying some with tesco vouchers) and could only choose economy class. Would have gone business class if I was allowed.

Yes, with a lot of these upgrade deals you have to pay the amount completely in Avios. I guess it is to stop you from flying all the way to Australia or Argentina with them with a minimum spend!

jaybizzl

Candyapple wrote: »

Great example of a pointless post. So if you weren't using your work travel points you wouldn't have gone anywhere.

It's less pointless than hanging around forums critiquing replies - yours is a meta pointless post.

I have introduced several colleagues to using the right credit cards for business expenses to maximise the returns.. thus saving themselves some money on holidays... this is really the point of MSE - being savvy in your money management and using the levers of your situation for maximum benefit.

JFYI I put every penny of personal spending that is possible on the BA Amex to earn points so it isn't purely work travel points.

silvercar

Pound wrote: »

I tried to use the companion promo to book two seats. Was told that I had to pay with Avios points (which i just about did by buying some with tesco vouchers) and could only choose economy class. Would have gone business class if I was allowed.

Sounds like there were no reward flights available for the flight you wanted. As the article suggests, booking as soon as the flights become available is key.