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Skip over at Luxury Flight Club is bringing the noise once again with some killer roundtrip Business Class fares on One World. Loads of departure cities and these are bookable on OTAs, BA.com, Chase and Amex. I found dates to be available from now through early 2022 and even out of smaller airports like Indianapolis that connect through hubs. I think this is a great cash fare personally, but if you’re looking to save dough and use up some points…I broke down why I think it could be a good deal with Chase or Amex. I would highly suggest you look at cabin layouts if you end up on a flight issued by BA and flown by BA that you do it with a 1-2-1 cabin so you lock down Club Suites. AA’s business class is pretty solid throughout, but their super diamond and 77W are my favorite.
Credit Cards I would use to Book it if using cash
There are a wide range of cards that earn bonus points on travel
- American Express Platinum – 5x on tickets purchased in Amex travel or directly with the airline
- American Express Gold – 3x on tickets purchased in Amex travel or directly with the airline
- Chase Sapphire Reserve – 3x on travel
- Chase Ink Business Preferred – 3x on travel
- Chase Sapphire Preferred – 2x on travel
- Citi Thank You Prestige – 5x on Air Travel
- Citi Thank You Premier – 3x on Air Travel
Using Chase or Amex to book – here’s how many points it would cost you.
Chase
If you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve, you get 1.5c per point. So a $1500 flight would set you back just 100k points. This is roundtrip business class for 50k each way and none of those outrageous fees that you normally pay when going in/out of London. If you’re using a Chase Sapphire Preferred or a Chase Ink Business Preferred, you’d get laying down 120k points. Still a really fine redemption. Ordinarily, flights in/out of London have between $500-$1000 in fees roundtrip. Booking this way avoids those and also uses fewer points than you would probably use with a partner.
American Express
If you have an Amex Business Platinum, you get a 35% rebate when using points for business/first class. This would mean you’d be paying 97,500 points for a $1500 roundtrip ticket. Pretty awesome if you ask me. Have an Amex Business Gold? You would get a 25% rebate and end up paying 112,500 points for a $1500 flight. Ordinarily I’d shoot to get 2 cents per point, but you could book these flights in/out of london for less than these point rates by transferring into partners. That’s a darn good deal if you ask me. You could even try out BA’s new club suites.
Here is a list from Luxury Flight Club – these are their affiliate links, not mine.
Boston (BOS) – London (LHR) $1,393*
Boston (BOS) – Edinburgh (EDI) $1,436
Charlotte (CLT) – London (LHR) $1,600*
Chicago (ORD) – London (LHR) $1,430*
Denver (DEN) – London (LHR) $1,408*
Houston (IAH) – London (LHR) $1,505*
Las Vegas (LAS) – London (LHR) $1,408*
Los Angeles (LAX) – London (LHR) $1,408*
Philadelphia (PHL) – London (LHR) $1,602*
Phoenix (PHX) – London (LHR) $1,605*
Miami (MIA) – London (LHR) $1,505*
Nashville (BNA) – London (LHR) $1,709
New Orleans (MSY) – London (LHR) $1,601
New York (JFK) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,313
New York (LGA) – Milan (MXP) $1,433
New York (EWR) – Edinburgh (EDI) $1,442
Orlando (MCO) – London (LHR) $1,460*
Salt Lake City (SLC) – London (LHR) $1,603
San Diego (SAN) – London (LHR) $1,602
San Francisco (SFO) – London (LHR) $1,408*
Seattle (SEA) – London (LHR) $1,408*
Washington (IAD) – Barcelona (BCN) $1,384
Washington (IAD) – London (LHR) $1,408*
*Non-stop
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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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