#AER LINGUS FLIGHT 101 PLUS#

#AER LINGUS FLIGHT 101 PLUS#

We redeemed 30,000 Alaska Airlines' Mileage Plan miles plus $57.75 in taxes and fees.ĭo check however cash fares, as Aer Lingus tickets across the Atlantic can be remarkably cheap, which makes using points less attractive.įor more TPG news delivered each morning to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. Booking an award seat on British Airways from PHL to London Heathrow (LHR) during an off-peak period would also cost 13,000 Avios, but with $229 added in taxes and fees.įor this flight, however, we took advantage of the partnership between Alaska Airlines and Aer Lingus to make a last-minute booking. For example, if you’re flying during off-peak dates you can find availability from Philadelphia (PHL) to Dublin (DUB) for 13,000 Avios in economy and just over $100. One of the advantages of flying with Aer Lingus is that you can use Avios to book, with significantly cheaper taxes and booking fees than other airlines.

With three in the fleet of the long-haul A321neoLR variant and five more to come, plus six of the even longer-range XLR model, you can bet that Aer Lingus will put it on flights to more destinations soon. It currently flies from Dublin to Philadelphia, Newark and Hartford, Connecticut, as well as Shannon to Boston. Most of Aer Lingus' 14 destinations in North America are served by twin-aisle Airbus A330 jets and a single-aisle Boeing 757, but the A321neo is appearing on more and more routes across the Atlantic. So when we had to fly TPG UK staffers from London to New York for the 2019 TPG Awards in December, UK Director of Content Nicky Kelvin took the Aer Lingus A321neo in business class from Dublin to Philadelphia, and I did the same, in economy. The A321neo is an interesting aircraft: a single-aisle plane crossing the Atlantic, something that used to be rare but is becoming more common. The launch of Aer Lingus' new A321neo routes to North America in 2019 was the perfect occasion to try out the Irish flag carrier’s latest product, in lie-flat business class and economy. Here at The Points Guy we’re all about testing out new ways to get from A to B.

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