Aer Lingus Business Class: Rome – New York for €800; Other Europe-US Routes for Less Than €1,300

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Oneworld member Alaska Airlines currently has a marvelous offer on its site. The Americans sell tickets for partner Aer Lingus‘ business for as little as €800 through its own website. The cheapest fare is available for flights from Rome via Dublin to New York.

You can find even more discounted routes, especially for departures from Italy or flights to New York. We don’t expect this offer to hold for a very long time.

Update

Prices for some routes, such as Rome-New York have gone up, but many of these cheap prices still remain, such as Dublin – New York for $918.

Warning

The low price results in Alaska Airlines not charging any fuel surcharges (YQ/YR) on these tickets. This might not be intentional.

We have been able to spot these prices on the following routes:

1 – With feeder flight(s) in economy class
2 – with an overnight stay in Dublin on the outbound or return journey
3 – Outbound and/or return journey with a second stopover in Manchester

The tickets are available exclusively on Alaska Airlines’ website. Most departures are available for departures between June 2026 to March 2026. Our Go2 tool forwards you to the carrier’s website:

EI C 2025 02 FCO JFK

While Alaska Airlines sells these tickets, all flights are operated by Aer Lingus. The Irish carrier has lie-flat seats equipped in their long-haul fleet of Airbus A330 and Airbus A321LR aircraft. You can find a review of the A321 business class here and a look into the A330 here.

On the shorter routes, you will either sit in an Airbus A320 in economy class or enjoy Aer Lingus’ AerSpace, which offers and empty middle seat, as well as better (and free) catering.

Visa Info

Most Europeans need an electronic system for travel authorization (ESTA) to enter the USA for up to 90 days. This costs US$21 (~€19) and you should apply for it a couple of days before your trip, at the latest.

There are some cases where you cannot apply for an ESTA, e.g. if you’ve been to Cuba since 2021 or to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, or North Korea since March 2011. In those cases, you’ll need to get a visa from a US embassy or consulate, which can take multiple weeks.

Search & Book

These tickets have been available for a surprisingly long time already, but the offer can still be withdrawn anytime. Departures are available from June 2026 to March 2026.

While Google Flights doesn’t preview flight dates with 100% accuracy, it does indicate when cheap flights are available and when not. In general, prices displayed by Google are roughly twice as high as on Alaska Airlines’ website.

If there’s no availability on that date, click on adjacent dates at the top. Usually, there’s an available date nearby. The prices displayed are economy-class prices, so sadly, they’re no big help.

Miles & Points

Alaska Airlines issues tickets in:

  • I for business class (Transatlantic)
  • C in premium economy (Feeder in AerSpace)
  • Y in economy class (Feeder in Eco)

Sadly, Aer Lingus is not a member of Oneworld Alliance. You can get the following credits in Alaska Mileage Plan, based on their new and old reward chart: 17,180 award miles + 17,100 tier miles

And these credits in other programs:

  • 11,630 Avios + 1,904 Tier Points on The British Airways Club
  • 8,458 Award Miles on United MileagePlus
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Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

Thanks to our source, Flyertalk!

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Comments (14)

  1. david says:

    I’m not sure if Alaska just pulled this & replaced them with MUCH higher fares vs a week/2 weeks ago when the OP’s advertised price $900 USD RT FCo-JFK was available but I don’t see ANY availability for fares less than $1200 USD currently. Anyone seeing anyting else different?

  2. Peter Wegscheider says:

    Hi Ditmar,
    Seriously thinking about booking FCO-NYC for the both of us in SEP, but what is your take on the so far NON applied fuel surcharges (YQ/YR).
    I simulated booking @ 1.670 USD total cost, got to the payment page where I eventually aborted.
    I know you cannot tell the future, but from your experience, what are chances that Alaska might claim them retro-actively ?
    And if they would do so, could we cancel and get a full refund ?
    Thanks for your feedback
    Peter

  3. Loverboy says:

    Felix, I see some reports that this yields 250% EQM thus around 21 000 miles on Alaska as it is a partner flight booked on Alaska.com.

    In the article you say 17180 but in another one you claim 21000 as well.

    What do you think?

  4. Gnome says:

    Booking not possible. Alert: “Our web server encountered an internal error. It was logged to aid our staff in finding a solution. Please try your transaction again. If the problem persists, call Alaska Airlines Reservations at 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522).”

  5. David G Travels says:

    Glad to see that you credited where you found this deal and nice work showing many route options.

  6. Losmano says:

    It’s nice that you credited FlyerTalk. That’s the way it should be.

  7. Simon Conroy-Hargrave says:

    HI, Thanks for the heads up Felix
    I just booked Rome to NY for end of March, returning 1st April, total cost was $1720.82 for two of us.
    That works out at $860.41 or £651 per person.
    Repositioning from London to Rome is about £100 pp return and I get to se Rome for a day or two.
    I know its economy from Rome to Dublin, but I need the Transatlantic Tier Points, so not a bad deal for a long weekend in NY!!
    And the Yankees are plating on the 30th March, so I guess I will head to the ball game too.
    Thanks
    SimonCH

  8. Richard Morton says:

    Hi, on the Rome to NY via Dublin, can you just pick up in Dublin? Thanks! 🙂

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