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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
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card went through a major refresh in 2026 adding new bonus categories, travel protections, statement credits, and remains one of the best travel starter cards in the market. It earns Premium Ultimate Rewards that can be transferred into over a dozen partners many of which are US based including Hyatt, Southwest, United, IHG, and Marriott. Note that Hyatt is now a 4:3 transfer partner
Welcome Offer
Earn 100,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
Earn
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- NEW ACCELERATED EARN CATEGORY: 3x points on gas and EV charging
- NEW ACCELERATED EARN CATEGORY: 3x points on vacation homes at top brands
- Cardmembers will earn 3x points on vacation homes at these top brands: Airbnb, Vrbo, Plu Guide, HomeAway, Homestay.com and Vacasa.
- 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)
- 2x on all other travel
- 1x on everyday purchases
- 5x points on Lyft rides Earn 5x total points on eligible Lyft rides including ride share, bike and scooter rides and subscription and membership products through September 30, 2027.
- 5x total points on Peloton equipment Earn 5x total points on eligible Peloton equipment and accessory purchases over $150 through December 31, 2027.
Benefits and Credits
- $100 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- NEW: $120 Global Entry, TSA PreCheck or NEXUS fee credit Cardmembers will receive one statement credit of up to $120 every four years as reimbursement for the application fee charged to the card.
- NEW: Complimentary Apple TV subscription for one year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
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® Card is great 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: Chase Ink Business Cash® , Chase Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into the Sapphire Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee remains quite low at $95 a year and if you use the $100 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠ you’ll wipe out that annual fee every year. It has great bonus categories and other useful statement credits to enhance your travel.
One thing that is a bummer is Chase lowered the transfer ratio to World of Hyatt from 1:1 to 4:3.
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