OFFERS: Oneworld and other business class flight offers from Dublin from £1280 return

I did a round-up of business-class flights earlier in the week but did not include Dublin. Given the amount of flights to Dublin it is easy to get there without spending a fortune for positioning if you are not bothered about which airline you fly on.

Dublin hotels near the airport tend to be quiet expensive so it worth looking at prices for Heathrow hotels rather than overnighting in Dublin sometimes. 

If you are not familiar with starting a trip in Dublin, most of the transatlantic flights will route you back through Heathrow. I always advise building in long gaps between flights in case of problems. If you are going transatlantic, I would not generally risk doing your positioning flight the same day as you would have to fly UK-DUB-LHR before you even get on the main flight, and it would be tiring and leave room for things to go wrong. I either fly to Dublin the night before or do my positioning flight, then have a few hours in Dublin, and then fly back to stay overnight near Heathrow.

Luggage needs considering as you won’t be able to check it all the way through on the positioning flight. So if you are not hand baggage only, you would need to collect it and go back to check in. The other alternatives are to stay at Heathrow or Dublin overnight or leave a long gap between flights (I never leave less than three hours even if I don’t need to check in luggage) and leave your luggage at left luggage to pick up and check in when you return to Heathrow.

Obviously, if you can find a direct flight from Dublin, such as the Qatar and Finnair ones, that makes life a lot easier. At Dublin, you have to go through passport control, which can be a little slow at peak periods, as can security in Dublin. At least at Heathrow, you don’t need to go through immigration or customs.

Fares from Dublin

Return fares per person in business class:

• Honolulu – £2257 British Airways (Dublin – London Heathrow in economy) Tues-Thurs Oct-March 25
• Cancun £1500 British Airways (Mon-Wed Jan 25 onwards)
• Fort Lauderdale/Miami – £1307 American (Jan 25 onwards)
• New York – £1280 American (winter schedule)
• Boston – £1449 Aer Lingus (nonstop)
• Toronto £1258 Aer Lingus (nonstop)
• Vancouver £1566 British Airways (Tues-Thurs Jan 25 onwards)
• San Francisco – £1412 TAP (Jan 25 onwards)
• San Francisco – £1555 British Airways (Jan 25 onwards)
• Los Angeles – £1555 British Airways (Jan 25 onwards)
• Phoenix – £1561 (American Mon-Thurs Jan 25 onwards)
• Las Vegas – £1466 British Airways (Tues to Thurs Jan-Apr 25)
• Austin – £1594 American (Tues to Thurs Jan-Apr 25)

• Bangkok – £1855 Finnair (November onwards, most availability Feb 25 onwards)
• Seoul – £1770 Finnair (November onwards, most availability Jan 25 onwards)
• Phuket – £1680 Etihad (Until early October)
• Jakarta – £1680 Etihad (until Nov 24)
• Maldives – £1896 Qatar  (Tues/Wed)
• Maldives – £1436 Etihad (Until early October)
• Dubai – £1580 Qatar (Mon-Wed Aug-Mar)
• Mumbai – £1343 Etihad (until Nov 24)