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Air Asia X Flight Offers from London & Australia

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Air Asia X is offering a £399 one way fare in its XL “business class” for flights from London Stansted to Kuala Lumpur. Whilst the seat does have a 60″ pitch we would class it as a good premium economy seat. There is no lounge access but you do get a meal provided which you would have to pay for in economy class.

Flights from Perth to KL are available from AUD 47 in economy and AUD 201 in XL. Melbourne to KL is priced at AUD137 (economy) and AUD 398 XL. Gold Coast to KL can be had for AUD 178 / AUD 398.

Flights can be booked up to 26th April 2009 for travel between 5th May and 31st July 2009. Don’t forget Air Asia X is a budget airline and you pay for any extras like checking luggage, meals, seat assignments.

And check out prices on the legacy carriers because there have been some great deals recently between UK and Australia.

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Great Business Class Fare to Australia – BA / Qantas

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

British Airways and Qantas have excellent deals to various cities in Australia. You can fly business class to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth for just £1,999. This is actually a very good airfare as the usual sale price comes in at around £2,700. You can also fly to New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch or Wellington) for £2,199 whilst Singapore / Bangkok are priced at £1,599.

Fares are ex- London Heathrow, for travel April 4th to August 31st (book at least 14 days in advance with QF, 28 days on BA). Sale ends March 25th.

Qantas is allowing a stopover in Asia (Bangkok, Singapore or Hong Kong) each way. You can also find some flights on the Airbus A380 which flies out of London 3 days a week currently.

The business fare to Sydney via Asia both ways should earn 560 QFF Status Credits or 480 BA Tier Points. (A straight LON-SYD ticket would earn less – 480 SCs or 440 TPs).

Qantas also has First Class fares at £2,999 return (this would earn 840 SCs via Asia, enough for QFF Gold status; or 720 BA TPs, almost enough for BA Gold for Euro based flyers).

Unfortunately for Australians coming the other way there are no similar priced discount offers.

adelaide

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Business Class Sales from London / UK

Friday, March 13th, 2009

It’s time to take another look at business class airfare sales from the United Kingdom on a few carriers. With the current tough economic conditions there are plenty of deals to be had. Let’s start with British Airways which is currently holding a business class sale for ex-UK flights. Book by March 24th 2009. Prices for selected routes:

New York £1,099
Boston £1,199
Orlando £1,299
Toronto £1,499
San Francisco £1,699
Los Angeles £1,699

Cairo £899
Tel Aviv £799
Dubai £1,359
Barbados £1,319
Mumbai £1,359

Club Europe stand-out fares from Gatwick LGW are:
Turin £159
Amsterdam £169

The Turin fare looks like a great Tier Point (or QF Status Credit) run.

Virgin Atlantic is matching many of the BA offers, again bookable by March 24th.

KLM also have some business class offers from various airports ex-UK. For example, from Manchester:

Tel Aviv £798
Cairo £908
Dubai £1,058
Mumbai £1,186
Sao Paolo £1,489
Jo’burg £1,558

Middle East Airlines

Emirates has a companion fare business class offer bookable to 16th March 2009. Fares to Asia and Africa look competitive (per person for 2 people travelling from London):

Cape Town £1,402
Hong Kong £1,493
Singapore £1,495
Bangkok £1,496

Rival Etihad also has the following biz class fares out of London Heathrow:

Mumbai £1,192
Johannesburg £1,404
Bangkok £1,584

Qatar Airways offers from London:

Mumbai £1,035
Dubai £1,151
Bangkok £1,577

Something to consider if travelling to India via airlines from the Middle East. It has been reported that service levels on the Middle East – India segments can be patchy as these flights tend to be full with migrant workers.

Obviously one has to account for regional services being often inferior than long-haul services – this is applicable worldwide.

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Etihad Airways Business and First Class Deals

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Etihad Airways is offering some excellent deals in its Pearl Business Class and Diamond First Class on much of its route network via its Abu Dhabi hub. Effectively they are giving a free upgrade with a full fare ticket. Book by Feb 28 2009, travel should commence by Mar 31 2009, return by May 31 2009. Let’s take a look at some selected return fares (all-in) on offer:

London Heathrow to Sydney: £1,702 business, £3,452 first

London Heathrow to Johannesburg: £1,239 business, £2,099 first

London Heathrow to Mumbai: £1,160 business, £2,210 first

New York to Abu Dhabi: $4,080 business, $6,110 first

New York to Johannesburg: $4,417 business, $6,357 first

Frankfurt to Sydney: €1,678 business, €3,678 first

Frankfurt to Johannesburg: €1,355 business, €2,605 first

Frankfurt to New Delhi: €1,340 business, €2,390 first

The Frankfurt – Sydney business class fare looks an excellent deal at under €1,700.

Etihad are also offering 2,500 bonus Guest miles for booking online. They are not part of the three major alliances.

etihad-dubai.

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