Business Class To Melbourne??
Discussion
Evening, as the title says, i'm after some pointers for sensible priced flights to Melbourne in March 2019.
I'll be traveling from Manchester (UK) & ideally just one stop en route (not a full blown stopover as only going for 5-6 days)/
Emirates is the ideal route from MAN, but as you'd expect it's coming out as the most expensive (£3600ish). I hear about this departing EU (can't recall it's exact name & i don't mean Brexit), where the ticket would be say AMS-MEL & this could be significantly cheaper, however i don't know where to check out such fares. Happy if the saving's good enough to add an extra leg into the journey & can get to most European cities easy enough with their respective National carriers.
Thanks in advance.
I'll be traveling from Manchester (UK) & ideally just one stop en route (not a full blown stopover as only going for 5-6 days)/
Emirates is the ideal route from MAN, but as you'd expect it's coming out as the most expensive (£3600ish). I hear about this departing EU (can't recall it's exact name & i don't mean Brexit), where the ticket would be say AMS-MEL & this could be significantly cheaper, however i don't know where to check out such fares. Happy if the saving's good enough to add an extra leg into the journey & can get to most European cities easy enough with their respective National carriers.
Thanks in advance.
NorthDave said:
I travel on Emirates a bit and have a points account but my "elevated status" has expired. I always book economy but often get bumped up to Business and also often get emails a day or so before asking if I want to upgrade. I think it was £500 last time. Always worth asking at the gate if they have more leg room seats as this seems to be code for "please can I have an upgrade?".
Personally I would do the above and risk being in Economy but even as a tall fatty I dont mind economy on the A380. Money saved would pimp a hotel on arrival if you wanted to spend the budget?
Thanks, that's a good call but not sure i would want to take the risk as 40hrs in Economy would be somewhat tough to look forward to. Will be staying with friends in Melbourne so any money saved would purely be a saving & of little use as towards the hotel etc.Personally I would do the above and risk being in Economy but even as a tall fatty I dont mind economy on the A380. Money saved would pimp a hotel on arrival if you wanted to spend the budget?
I do have about 4000 miles with the Emirates loyalty scheme, but clearly not enough to use & likewise i've no status other than the basic level.
Emirates is of course the preferred given i can fly on the A380 direct to DXB from MAN & they have 3 flights a day so plenty of choice & also gives the lowest total travel time which is important given i'll only be staying in OZ for 4/5nights.
Maybe a Sale for Emirates will appear in the coming weeks, but was hoping perhaps an ex EU option would be available for closer to £2k, however not sure where to look for ex EU options?
fizz47 said:
Are you restricted on exact dates or anytime in March?
Just doing a qucik search on ex EU
Munich > Abu Dhabi > Melbourne on ETIHAD - Mar 5 - Mar 13 with only 2 hour stop overs in AD is coming at £2784
or
Oslo > Doha > Melbourne on QATAR - Mar 5 - Mar 11 with 3 hour stopevers - £2155
or
Paris > Singapore > Melbourne on Singapore Mar 4 - Mar 10 with 2 hour stopovers - £2550
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Dates unfortunately are fixed as flights are for the Australian F1 GP so not much movement i can apply.Just doing a qucik search on ex EU
Munich > Abu Dhabi > Melbourne on ETIHAD - Mar 5 - Mar 13 with only 2 hour stop overs in AD is coming at £2784
or
Oslo > Doha > Melbourne on QATAR - Mar 5 - Mar 11 with 3 hour stopevers - £2155
or
Paris > Singapore > Melbourne on Singapore Mar 4 - Mar 10 with 2 hour stopovers - £2550
I
Edited by fizz47 on Friday 14th September 11:25
Have looked at AMS & Paris for ex EU & not really seeing anything outstanding & some of the journey times really do increase with the extra leg each way.
Thanks for all suggestions.
Going to try BA to see the availability/cost to pay for Premium Economy & use Avios to upgrade to Club World.
Seen a few options via Germany with Lufthansa/Cathay that come in under £3k & Emirates (most direct) around the £3500 mark, but can't see any other options for the dates needed.
Going to try BA to see the availability/cost to pay for Premium Economy & use Avios to upgrade to Club World.
Seen a few options via Germany with Lufthansa/Cathay that come in under £3k & Emirates (most direct) around the £3500 mark, but can't see any other options for the dates needed.
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