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There are a few good ways to save money for travel on British Airways that originates in the US:
- If you have the British Airways Visa Signature® Card, you can save 10% on the cost of a ticket using promotion code CHASEBA10
- If you’re an AARP member, you can save up to $200 on the cost of a British Airways ticket
- If you have The Platinum Card® from American Express or The Business Platinum Card® from American Express, you can use the International Airline Program to save on the cost of a British Airways first class, business class, or premium economy ticket; note that while the British Airways Visa and AARP deals can be stacked, the International Airline Program can’t be stacked with the other offers
As of this post, the British Airways Visa Signature® Card 10% discount is valid for travel throughout British Airways’ schedule.
However, the AARP British Airways offer is valid for bookings through January 31, 2022.
The British Airways AARP discount is valid for:
- $200 off the cost of a Club World ticket
- $65 off the cost of a World Traveller ticket (not valid for Basic fares) and World Traveller Plus ticket
It’s great that this offer is still around. I should also mention that the terms now say that “this offer is not combinable with any other discount or deal,” though as of now the AARP discount and BA Visa discount still seem to be combining just fine.
I have been trying to book a round trip business class ticket using the AARP link for 3 weeks now. I final got frustrated enough I called BA. They told me they no longer allow AARP discounts on discounted business class fairs. Since most of Europe is currently available for ~$2,000 round trip from the West Coast, they will not honor the AARP discount in addition to the current "discounted" BA prices.
This is...
I have been trying to book a round trip business class ticket using the AARP link for 3 weeks now. I final got frustrated enough I called BA. They told me they no longer allow AARP discounts on discounted business class fairs. Since most of Europe is currently available for ~$2,000 round trip from the West Coast, they will not honor the AARP discount in addition to the current "discounted" BA prices.
This is very disappointing...
Ben can you verify you are seeing the same thing on your end?
The AARP & BA "ChaseBA10" discount code stack worked for me the first week of January. At first it would error out as Lonjax indicates above, but after being relentless one weekend I got it to work once:). Managed Houston - Inverness, Scotland in June for $1600 r/t for TWO tickets!!! The combined discounts worked out to be $350 or $175/ticket. After this purchase I never was able to manage the "stack" again as I...
The AARP & BA "ChaseBA10" discount code stack worked for me the first week of January. At first it would error out as Lonjax indicates above, but after being relentless one weekend I got it to work once:). Managed Houston - Inverness, Scotland in June for $1600 r/t for TWO tickets!!! The combined discounts worked out to be $350 or $175/ticket. After this purchase I never was able to manage the "stack" again as I am still shopping Houston - Munich for Oktoberfest. Finding the better options on the consolidator front though via Kayak / Justfly.com. I think BA caught on to the stacking situation and put a stop to it altogether.
I can't get the AARP and Chase discounts to stack. If I start at AARP website to book I keep getting an error message telling me the ChaseBA10 no longer works. If I start at BA.com there is no mechanism to add an AARP membership number. I phoned BA and they said call Chase. I called Chase and they said call AARP. Help?
Lucky, Is is still valid for $65 off premium economy?
You must be at least 50 years of age to join as a full member of AARP — or be the spouse of a full member of AARP, regardless of your age — but associate membership is also available to people younger than the age of 50… …and this is where the sticking point lies: by eliminating the AARP rate, this means that only members of the Starwood Preferred Guest program who are at least...
You must be at least 50 years of age to join as a full member of AARP — or be the spouse of a full member of AARP, regardless of your age — but associate membership is also available to people younger than the age of 50… …and this is where the sticking point lies: by eliminating the AARP rate, this means that only members of the Starwood Preferred Guest program who are at least 62 years of age can qualify for the Senior rate. The AARP rate yielded a discount from five percent to as much as 15 percent off of the room rate at participating hotel and resort properties of Starwood Preferred Guest. Some people consider the disappearance of the AARP rate to be good news: “Well I for one am glad the AARP rate is replaced by the Senior rate” is what FlyerTalk member drron opined. “It had been nearly impossible to get a decent senior rate when AARP was around.
@steve BA is actually an airline you want to pay cash for a lot of the time imo. Those YQ are killer.
Steve
I think you will find that BA has great load factors on flights to and from the US, most of whom are paying cash
only relevant if you are ever going to consider paying cash for a BA ticket. :/
+1 to Rich's comment.
"Extended but devalued" is a great summary of British Airways these days!
I could never get this to work for Premium Economy anyway. it would show as discounted but when you compared to a regular search, the price was always the same. At least they are being transparent about it now.
AARP Associate membership (or the regular one, if you're over 50) is a great way to save money all over the place. Right after I joined I was offered several years of extension for an average of under $9 a year. That's not at all hard to recoup if you find a deal even once every few years.