Flights to New York (FAO [TW]Fox!)

Russinating

Russinating

Russinating

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Looking at flights to New York and with 1 passenger it's £240 each way and with 2 passengers it's £290 each way.

Why is this and surely I can just book two tickets separately?

Using some of my Avios to get £100 off this brings it down to £379 each return travelling via AA for a long weekend over the 5th Dec. Is this a fair going rate give the time? It's certainly the best I can find atm.

Thanks in advance.
 
Russinating said:
Looking at flights to New York and with 1 passenger it's £240 each way and with 2 passengers it's £290 each way.

Why is this and surely I can just book two tickets separately?
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This will be because there is only one ticket at the lower price left in that particular fare bucket. So when you book with 2 passengers it books you into the cheapest fare bucket with 2 remaining seats, meaning you get ripped off a bit. Annoyingly booking them separately - which will get you the last seat in the cheaper bucket - will give you two separate PNR's meaning two check-in processes and a risk you won't sit together. In all likelyhood you'll probably be able to select two seats adjacent for free when check-in opens at 24 hours to go but it's not guaranteed.

Using some of my Avios to get £100 off this brings it down to £379 each return travelling via AA for a long weekend over the 5th Dec. Is this a fair going rate give the time? It's certainly the best I can find atm.

Thanks in advance.
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Using Avios for Economy travel is exceptionally poor value and I'd avoid it personally.

FWIW for that weekend (Out Thur back Mon?) Air Canada have indirects via Montreal for £362 return. Changing in Canada isn't quite as faffy as it seems as you will pre-clear US immigration at the pre-clearance facility in Montreal airport. This means you'll land in New York as a domestic passenger and can walk straight out with no immigration queue at the end of the trip. You have about 2 hours to change which if you imagine you'll allow an hour to faff about at New York on arrival on a direct flight anyway makes it a reasonable option.
 
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[TW]Fox;28834722 said:
This will be because there is only one ticket at the lower price left in that particular fare bucket. So when you book with 2 passengers it books you into the cheapest fare bucket with 2 remaining seats, meaning you get ripped off a bit. Annoyingly booking them separately - which will get you the last seat in the cheaper bucket - will give you two separate PNR's meaning two check-in processes and a risk you won't sit together. In all likelyhood you'll probably be able to select two seats adjacent for free when check-in opens at 24 hours to go but it's not guaranteed.
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Got you. There are multiple flight times at the cheapest option (£240). Does this rule still apply?

[TW]Fox;28834722 said:
Using Avios for Economy travel is exceptionally poor value and I'd avoid it personally.
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Yeah I know, but I've been collecting them for years via CCs and have 75,000 odd and I've literally no other use for them. I'll never travel anything but Economy, don't fly that frequently (certainly not with the same airline) and rarely even travel via BA! It's 15,000 for £100 off which I didn't think was too bad, though.
 
Russinating said:
Got you. There are multiple flight times at the cheapest option (£240). Does this rule still apply?



Yeah I know, but I've been collecting them for years via CCs and have 75,000 odd and I've literally no other use for them. I'll never travel anything but Economy, don't fly that frequently (certainly not with the same airline) and rarely even travel via BA! It's 15,000 for £100 off which I didn't think was too bad, though.
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Pretty sure ~30K will get you an upgrade from premium economy to to business one way on BA to the East Coast.
 
My partner is a teacher thus we can only go travelling (together) during the school holidays and that's very expensive
 
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