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British Airways First Class is a fantastic way to cross the pond and often prices in a flat out nosebleed prices ( like $7k+). Recently, British Airways has been promoting more and more fares out of cities like Inverness Scotland that allow these aspirational flights to be had for much, much less. Today, Secret Flying, released an incredible deal where you can fly roundtrip from Europe to North America ( via Inverness and Vancouver ) for just over $2k. That’s a darn good business class fare let alone flying in BA’s best. Let’s take a look at the offer and how you can lock it down yourself.
Available dates to Vancouver
You can search on Google Flights to figure out what makes the most sense for you, but I found dates starting in October and going until early next year. You can stay for as little as a few days to well over 2 months.
There are dates to Chicago as well for a bit more….$2100 give or take
San Francisco for $2500 give or take
What’s British Airways First Class like?
Endless fancy bubbles, large reverse herringbone seats, pjs, fine scotch, and access to exclusive lounges – read our A380 and 747 reviews here. BA First is a big step up from their current business class as we discussed here.
I always credit mine to Alaska these days
A while back Alaska introduced an incredible partner earn chart for flights credited to Alaska, but flown on British Airways.
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- First – 150% Cabin bonus ( both RDM and EQM) + 200% promotional bonus (RDM)
Just calculating the miles for the longhaul first class portion to Vancouver using Milecalc.com you’ll earn over 40k miles. Have MVP Gold or 75k? You’ll crack 50k
You can book using one of our affiliate links if you want to help us out – Orbitz , Travelocity, or Expedia. We’ll earn a small commission
You can also book this straight through British Airways. If you choose to book through an airline’s direct site, make sure leverage cards like the American Express Platinum which earns 5x points on all direct to airline purchases. It’s one of the 10 reasons we think the card is worth the annual fee.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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