Oneworld carriers American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia offer an amazing deal for business class flights to the USA. When starting your journey in Ireland and finishing your trip in Spain, you can cross the Atlantic twice in a lie-flat-seat for as little as €1,298.
Here are some examples of possible fares during this sale:
- Dublin – Norfolk – Madrid at €1,298
- Dublin – Tucson – Madrid at €1,305
- Dublin – Santa Barbara – Madrid at €1,305
- Dublin – Palm Springs – Madrid at €1,320
- Dublin – San Jose – Madrid at €1,339
- Dublin – Sacramento – Madrid at €1,358
- Dublin – Boise – Madrid at €1,358
- Dublin – San Antonio – Madrid at €1,374
- Cork – Santa Barbara – Barcelona at €1,386
- Dublin – Memphis – Madrid at €1,399
- Dublin – Birmingham (Alabama) – Madrid at €1,399
- Dublin – Charleston – Madrid at €1,399
- Dublin – Omaha (Nebraska) – Madrid at €1,411
- Dublin – Milwaukee – Madrid at €1,417
- Dublin – Missoula – Barcelona at €1,427
- Dublin – Fargo – Madrid at €1,453
- Dublin – Miami – Madrid at €1,459 (nonstop)
To book flights, you can use our Go2 tool. It will forward you to either British Airways or Skyscanner. While booking with the airline is always the safer option, not all flights are available on BA’s website. You can find availabilities between October and March 2025.
Most destinations are available with a single stop on either Philadelphia or Dallas. In this case, you’d be flying American Airlines nonstop to these cities and add a domestic first leg. There are also connections with a stop in London and a nonstop British Airways flights on the outbound.
If you are looking to get tho California, we recommend avoiding a change of planes at the East Coast, since you will spend more time in a proper business class cabin when stopping twice in London and Los Angeles, spending the 11-hour-ride to California in a proper business class cabin.
Both American Airlines and British Airways feature a state-of-the-art business. On some flights to Spain, you may catch a connection with Iberia, which also features a perfectly fine premium cabin.
Even if American Airlines doesn’t enjoy a good reputation for many, its business class is very good. Every seat has direct access to the aisle and the service, as well as the food and the seat, are at a very high standard. Travel-Dealz founder Johannes tested the Boeing 777 and really enjoyed the flight.
British Airways was the first airline to offer lie-flat seats – over 20 years ago. Sadly, many seats are still from that time and no longer reach today’s standards in other aspects. Especially in the Boeing 747, the seats were extremely narrow. Furthermore, it is unusual that every other seat is facing backward. If you, however, fly in a plane that has the new Club World seats installed, you’ll be flying in a much better product, sometimes even with Suite seats that offer a lot of privacy. A general downside at British Airways: there is no free seat reservation, which is unusual for a business class.
Iberia is one of the few airlines that has the same product across its entire long-haul fleet. A positive is that every seat has direct access to the aisle. The seats which are directly next to the window (in every 2nd row) offer especially high privacy. In total, it’s a very good product, as Travel-Dealz founder Johannes could witness on his short test flight on an A340.
Search & Book
The fare rules give no expiration date for this deal. It seems to be valid for departures between October and March 2025. A minimum stay of one night from Saturday to Sunday applies.
To search these flights, you have two options. The first is Google Flights‘ multistop search. Sadly, it has no preview function, so you are reduced to trial-and-error. But at least, the prices are displayed rather quickly.
The second is the ITA Matrix. While the search is a bit more complicated, our tutorial will help you find suitable flight dates and use the plethora of options to your advantage. While booking on British Airways‘ or American Airlines’ website is the best choice, some tickets are only available through OTAs.
Even Cheaper with ITA Powertools
If you search for flights on the ITA Matrix, you will come across prices starting at €1,095. Unfortunately, booking directly through the Matrix is usually not possible. Therefore, you need to install a small browser extension beforehand. Read how it works here:
Afterward, a new button will appear on the right sidebar. You can use it to book the flights directly on AA.com:
Mileage
All airlines involved issue tickets in booking class I. As a reference, the ticket above DUB - DFW - SJC - DFW - MAD earns the following miles & points:
- 18,431 Avios + 142 Qpoints on Qatar Privilege Club
- 18,431 Miles on Alaska Mileage Plan
- 18,431 Miles on Royal Air Maroc Safar Flyer
- 18,431 Points on Finnair Plus
- 18,431 Miles on Royal Jordanian Royal Club
- 18,431 Miles on SriLankan FlySmiLes
- 18,431 Award Miles on Etihad Guest
- 16,076 AsiaMiles + 170 Club Points on Asia Miles
- 15,358 Points + 24 Elite Points on Malaysia Airlines Enrich
- 15,358 Miles on GOL Aéreos Smiles
- 15,358 Miles on Japan Airlines Mileage Bank
- 3,518 Miles on American AAdvantage
- 3,376 Avios + 360 Tier Points on British Airways Executive Club
- 3,280 Avios + 1,230 Elite Points on Iberia Plus
Since operating carriers and possible routings vary wildly, we recommend using our mileage calculator to find out about your personal earnings: