Attractive Aer Lingus business class fares to New York

Aer Lingus has launched some attractive business class fares to New York.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that you need to go to Paris or Rome to get these deals, and then fly via Dublin.

Why would you bother? The key reason is that these fares do NOT require a Saturday night stay, or any minimum stay at all. This is a big difference to most discounted fares we write about.

If your lifestyle means that midweek breaks work best for you, this may work.

Another upside is that you will clear US immigration in Dublin, allowing you to walk off the aircraft and straight out of the airport after landing.

Remember that Aer Lingus flights do NOT yet earn British Airways Executive Club tier points. You do earn Avios – as long as you credit them to Aer Lingus AerClub – but not tier points. This will change at some point but the date keeps slipping back.

Here’s the deal:

• fly from Paris or Rome to New York
• travel between January and August 2024
• no minimum stay required
• no Saturday night stay required
• connecting flight to Dublin will be on a one class aircraft unless you get one of the flights which is served with an A321LR or a long haul aircraft

Fares are roughly €1,400 (£1,200) return from Paris and €1,275 (£1,100) from Rome. I didn’t struggle to find availability last night although the fares could be pulled at any time.

Here are our latest Aer Lingus business class reviews:

• Review of Aer Lingus business class on the A330
• Review of Aer Lingus business class on the A321LR

You can search fares and book on the Aer Lingus website here.

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How to earn Avios from UK credit cards (January 2024)

As a reminder, there are various ways of earning Avios points from UK credit cards.  Many cards also have generous sign-up bonuses!

In February 2022, Barclaycard launched two exciting new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard cards with a bonus of up to 25,000 Avios. You can apply here.

You qualify for the bonus on these cards even if you have a British Airways American Express card:

There are two official British Airways American Express cards with attractive sign-up bonuses:

You can also get generous sign-up bonuses by applying for American Express cards which earn Membership Rewards points. These points convert at 1:1 into Avios.

Run your own business?

We recommend Capital On Tap for limited companies. You earn 1 Avios per £1 which is impressive for a Visa card, along with a sign-up bonus worth 10,500 Avios.

You should also consider the British Airways Accelerating Business credit card. This is open to sole traders as well as limited companies and has a 30,000 Avios sign-up bonus.

There are also generous bonuses on the two American Express Business cards, with the points converting at 1:1 into Avios. These cards are open to sole traders as well as limited companies.

Click here to read our detailed summary of all UK credit cards which earn Avios. This includes both personal and small business cards.