As usual, Virgin Atlantic are matching British Airways Club World sale mentioned in the previous post by having their own Upper Class sale. London to New York is available for £1,200. Note, the special offer page is also quoting the London – Tokyo offer as £1,200 in upper class – however the lowest airfare available is £2,000, so this is a mistype (which is a shame as a £1,200 fare to Tokyo would have been exceptional value…!) Book by November 25th for travel generally between November 20th and December 31st.
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Virgin Atlantic Business Class Sale ex- London
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Business Class Summer Offers from London
Monday, May 28th, 2007British Airways is offering some excellent Club World (business class) deals from London to many of its destinations worldwide. The offer is for travel in July and August and must be booked 21 days in advance (book by June 30th).
Some return prices all-in from London include:
Abu Dhabi £1,199
New York £1,199
Lusaka £1,460
Chicago £1,499
Los Angeles £1,599
San Francisco £1,599
Vancouver £1,699
Buenos Aires £1,999
Rio de Janeiro £1,999
Tokyo £2,020
Bangkok £2,089
Singapore £2,086
Sydney £2,929
Virgin Atlantic is also running a summer sale (book by June 8th, travel between July 20th and Aug 31st.) All-in return prices are:
New York £1,299 – £1,499
Dubai £1,300
Boston £1,349
Washington DC £1,349
Chicago £1,599
Miami £1,599
Barbados £1,399
Tokyo £2,199
Business Class Deals – Virgin Atlantic and EOS Airlines
Friday, April 27th, 2007Virgin Atlantic is offering some good upper class deals if you book before 9th May. Flights must depart in July or August. Return airfares all in are:
Dubai £1199
Barbados £1399
New York, Washington DC, Boston £1399
Chicago £1599
Miami £1699
Los Angeles, San Francisco £1799
Flight must include a Saturday night stay and these fares do not include the use of a chauffeur driven car transfer.
If you need a good deal between London and New York (book by tonight), then have a look at EOS Airlines – they are still offering a free companion ticket on fares “J1CMA” ($6250/£3200) and “J2CMA” ($4759/£2400) – if you enter promo code “APRCMP”.
Business Class Spring Airfare Deals
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Maxjet Spring Sale – All business class airline Maxjet has some excellent deals available to book between February 15th and March 5th 2007 for travel up to September 15th 2007.
UK travellers can fly business class from London to New York JFK, Las Vegas or Washington DC for just £599 all in return, an exceptional price. US travellers pay $1146 all in for ex-US flights. These flights can also be priced up on a one way basis where you will pay around half the stated fare.
EOS Airlines are also having a Spring Holiday Sale. Return fares ex-UK start at £1161 while from the US at $2600. Book by March 8th 2007 – however travel is restricted to between March 24th and April 9th 2007.
British Airways have a Club World offer for Spring to 32 destinations worldwide.
Selected return Club Class prices (all in) from London to the following are available:
New York / Boston / Washington DC £1349
Los Angeles / San Francisco / Miami £1649
Hong Kong / Beijing £1699
Mumbai £1359
Dubai £1259
Book by March 8th 2007. Travel dates between March 24th and June 30th. Flights must be booked 21 days in advance of travel.
Virgin Atlantic have their own Upper Class spring sale with flights from London but with more restricted travel dates:
New York / Boston £1349 (depart Apr 1st – 9th)
Mumbai £1349 (dep Mar 24th – 31st)
Shanghai £1687 (dep Mar 27th – Apr 7th)
Book by 8th March.
Air Travel – Flying Green?
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Flying from the UK will become more expensive from February 1st 2007. The Treasury will be doubling the rate of Air Passenger Duty (APD) as follows…
Short-haul flights:
Economy Class £10 (was £5)
Business Class £20 (was £10)
Long-haul flights:
Economy Class £40 (was £20)
Premium Economy/Business/First Class £80 (was £40)
So passengers flying long haul premium economy will be hit hard in the wallet with an £80 ($150) duty charge.
The extra revenue raised will be going to the general budget and not to any specific environmental projects. Green groups welcome the charge as a way of reducing passenger numbers. Not surprisingly, the airline industry remains strictly opposed to any increases in aviation taxation. Low cost carrier Ryanair states on its website:
“Taxing air transport will not have any effect whatsoever on reducing greenhouse gas emissions but will have substantial adverse effects on European economic growth.”
Flying Green
Virgin Atlantic is this month experimenting with towing its 747-400 aircraft to the runway area to reduce costly fuel consumption whilst taxiing. The trials will take place at London Gatwick and Heathrow with co-operation from the BAA and air traffic control. If successful they hope to carry further testing in the USA next year.
A small minority of travellers choose to donate money to charities such as World Land Trust in order to offset their carbon emissions from flying. You can input your route details on their site and it calculates the average amount of carbon emission involved and how much you should donate to offset the CO2. The money is then invested in environmental projects worldwide such as reforestation programs.
For example, a return flight from London Heathrow to Seattle would emit 1.69 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere which corresponds to a donation of £12.59.
However with the sharp increase in APD, the uptake for voluntary carbon offset is likely to stay low unless the airlines themselves get more involved.
Photo Credit: Frank Arman
