Need Help. 15th Year Anniversary
Jul 24, 2016, 4:45 pm
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Need Help. 15th Year Anniversary
Hi All
I am a new member who occasionally travels for business mostly within USA and sometimes internationally. My upcoming 15th year anniversary is this November and I would like to seek your suggestions on how to score cheap business class tickets.
I personally don't like traveling different places but my wife likes it. So I decided to surprise her and take her to a destination she has always wanted to go.
Dubai is the destination.
We will travel between November 9th and November 13th.
I prefer to fly nonstop with Emirates and current prices for Emirates round trip from New York runs for $6500
Is there a good time to purchase business tickets? I have never ever purchased business tickets out of my own pocket. I always traveled on company dime and tickets were purchased by our travel department.
With that said, here are my questions.
1) I want to fly either Emirates or Etihad as I liked their business class a lot. Any other suggestions?
2) When is a good time to purchase business class tickets? Again our dates are firm and we will travel between Nov 9th and Nov 13th.
3) In case I can't get cheap tickets to Dubai, what other destination do you suggest?
I am a new member who occasionally travels for business mostly within USA and sometimes internationally. My upcoming 15th year anniversary is this November and I would like to seek your suggestions on how to score cheap business class tickets.
I personally don't like traveling different places but my wife likes it. So I decided to surprise her and take her to a destination she has always wanted to go.
Dubai is the destination.
We will travel between November 9th and November 13th.
I prefer to fly nonstop with Emirates and current prices for Emirates round trip from New York runs for $6500
Is there a good time to purchase business tickets? I have never ever purchased business tickets out of my own pocket. I always traveled on company dime and tickets were purchased by our travel department.
With that said, here are my questions.
1) I want to fly either Emirates or Etihad as I liked their business class a lot. Any other suggestions?
2) When is a good time to purchase business class tickets? Again our dates are firm and we will travel between Nov 9th and Nov 13th.
3) In case I can't get cheap tickets to Dubai, what other destination do you suggest?
Jul 24, 2016, 11:59 pm
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I've traveled far distances for short periods but flying to Dubai from NYC is ~12.5 hours and a short period in Dubai/UAE is quite a stretch.
Airlines throw specials from time to time and some are cyclical but others are random or a response to competition. Kayak has a fare trending tool that may help.
Other destinations? What do you want? What do you enjoy? Where have you been that you'd prefer not to repeat? For me I currently have a trip to Cape Town, Johanessburg a London booked for this fall and am looking at a trip for this spring that includes Budapest, Vienna & Amsterdam which sounds great to me but may not appeal to you at all.
Airlines throw specials from time to time and some are cyclical but others are random or a response to competition. Kayak has a fare trending tool that may help.
Other destinations? What do you want? What do you enjoy? Where have you been that you'd prefer not to repeat? For me I currently have a trip to Cape Town, Johanessburg a London booked for this fall and am looking at a trip for this spring that includes Budapest, Vienna & Amsterdam which sounds great to me but may not appeal to you at all.
Jul 25, 2016, 4:47 am
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I've traveled far distances for short periods but flying to Dubai from NYC is ~12.5 hours and a short period in Dubai/UAE is quite a stretch.
Airlines throw specials from time to time and some are cyclical but others are random or a response to competition. Kayak has a fare trending tool that may help.
Other destinations? What do you want? What do you enjoy? Where have you been that you'd prefer not to repeat? For me I currently have a trip to Cape Town, Johanessburg a London booked for this fall and am looking at a trip for this spring that includes Budapest, Vienna & Amsterdam which sounds great to me but may not appeal to you at all.
Airlines throw specials from time to time and some are cyclical but others are random or a response to competition. Kayak has a fare trending tool that may help.
Other destinations? What do you want? What do you enjoy? Where have you been that you'd prefer not to repeat? For me I currently have a trip to Cape Town, Johanessburg a London booked for this fall and am looking at a trip for this spring that includes Budapest, Vienna & Amsterdam which sounds great to me but may not appeal to you at all.
We have been to Europe many times. London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Cologne etc. We still want to go to Italy in Europe but this time I want to to take her somewhere not in Europe.
I will check out Kayak's tool. Appreciate the response. Have a nice day.
Jul 25, 2016, 5:01 am
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Maybe consider South America. Peru or Costa Rica are great places to visit and Business class fares are generally a good deal to this region. In any case check out GOOGLE FLIGHTS to get an idea of appropriate fares wherever you decide to go.
Jul 25, 2016, 5:33 am
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Jul 25, 2016, 5:54 am
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Jul 25, 2016, 7:07 am
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You also may want to discuss with a travel agent. He or she will be able to have a conversation with you and talk about pros and cons of various destinations in a more interactive setting than here.
Jul 25, 2016, 12:47 pm
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You may wish to also use www.kayak.com
Jul 25, 2016, 2:42 pm
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Check out the Premium (i.e., business and first class) Deals forum here at FT: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals-740/
Not sure about any great fares to Dubai, but discounted business class fares to various good destinations pop up there on a semi-regular basis.
Not sure about any great fares to Dubai, but discounted business class fares to various good destinations pop up there on a semi-regular basis.
Jul 25, 2016, 4:15 pm
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You may wish to also use www.kayak.com
Check out the Premium (i.e., business and first class) Deals forum here at FT: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals-740/
Not sure about any great fares to Dubai, but discounted business class fares to various good destinations pop up there on a semi-regular basis.
Not sure about any great fares to Dubai, but discounted business class fares to various good destinations pop up there on a semi-regular basis.