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Old May 21, 2013, 12:18 pm
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Good Deal Premium Fares 2013

Old Aug 12, 2013, 10:43 pm
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AC: LAX-BKK rt $3,703 ai

Not a fantastic fare, but certainly one of the better ones under $4k that I've seen to BKK ex-USA in a long time. Limited seats remaining...

LAX>BKK rt US$3,700+ ai on AC in Z via YVR and ICN/HKG/NRT depending on codeshare for BKK leg. Various dates in November. Unable to see fare rules on iPad... appears to be Tu/We/Sa departure ~14day stay, but can't be sure (???).

Be careful as many of the BKK flights do not have exec class and d/g to Y seats for pretty much same money.
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Old Aug 14, 2013, 4:55 am
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DXB - KUL/BKK/SIN on UL for <600 return in Z.

UL sale fare. DXB - KUL/BKK/SIN for well under 600 return in Z class. The UL business product isn't too bad at all.

You can get to DXB from MAD on RJ for 1150 return in Business. Or KLM and AF are also around the 1200 mark.

EU return to Asia with a stop in GCC for under 1800 is a fair price; especially when EY/EK don't have any sale fares on. Dates in November but it's probably more widely available.
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Old Aug 14, 2013, 2:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Wozza2404
Really? It has been a while since I looked at them.

Is DONE4 still available super cheap out of SEZ?
Don't think so anymore. I looked just when QR joined OW, I recall fares were 10k +
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Old Aug 14, 2013, 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by aBroadAbroad
Not a fantastic fare, but certainly one of the better ones under $4k that I've seen to BKK ex-USA in a long time. Limited seats remaining...

LAX>BKK rt US$3,700+ ai on AC in Z via YVR and ICN/HKG/NRT depending on codeshare for BKK leg. Various dates in November. Unable to see fare rules on iPad... appears to be Tu/We/Sa departure ~14day stay, but can't be sure (???).

Be careful as many of the BKK flights do not have exec class and d/g to Y seats for pretty much same money.
No...
Interline with Z on TG, I on CX, Z on UA...
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Old Aug 14, 2013, 8:41 pm
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Too bad it doesn't work in reserve. I'd love to fly business class on UL for SIN-DXB-SIN for that price. :-( Economy on MH is only 368 USD but I'll be willing to upgrade myself if the price is right. Right now the cheapest is on AI for 1100 USD.


Originally Posted by Wozza2404
UL sale fare. DXB - KUL/BKK/SIN for well under 600 return in Z class. The UL business product isn't too bad at all.

You can get to DXB from MAD on RJ for 1150 return in Business. Or KLM and AF are also around the 1200 mark.

EU return to Asia with a stop in GCC for under 1800 is a fair price; especially when EY/EK don't have any sale fares on. Dates in November but it's probably more widely available.
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Old Aug 14, 2013, 10:37 pm
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Originally Posted by bonsaisai
Too bad it doesn't work in reserve. I'd love to fly business class on UL for SIN-DXB-SIN for that price. :-( Economy on MH is only 368 USD but I'll be willing to upgrade myself if the price is right. Right now the cheapest is on AI for 1100 USD.
Just be aware SIN-CMB on UL is an A320 and CMB-DXB seems to be A320 about 50% of the time too, so make sure you are comparing apples with apples..
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Old Aug 15, 2013, 12:49 am
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Similar to the $3400 JL YVR-SIN fares mentioned upthread, there are some flights (very limited availability though) running from YVR-HKG for $2401 connecting in NRT on JL. Bookable. Sample dates: Sep3-Sep17 // Sep5-Sep16 // Sep19-Oct7.

Edited to add: these seats are not fully flat type but will be upgraded as of December as was announced in this thread.

Last edited by tcook052; Aug 20, 2013 at 3:49 pm
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Old Aug 15, 2013, 5:23 am
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DXB-MLE available for 550 on UL as well. ^
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Old Aug 15, 2013, 1:46 pm
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TYO-SHA-DXB China Eastern Business (I) $920 rt.
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Old Aug 15, 2013, 3:16 pm
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ANC-SFO UA & Virgin $596 RT ai First class

This is only good while the seasonal non-stop is running, but it's a nice first class fare.

$596RT Anc to SFO on Virgin and United's non-stop seasonal flights.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 8:49 am
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PR: LAX/SFO-MNL $2559 RT all in

PR (Philippine Airlines) LAX or SFO - MNL $2559 RT including taxes. Bookable at the PR website or Orbitz. Received an email business promo offer that's also published at the PR website.

Not a fantastic fare, but certainly one of the better ones under $4k to MNL. Various dates available. I have not flown with PR in a long time since they do not have any mileage partner at this time. I found an older post from a Flyertalk member reviewing the PR Business class seat

I hope this post might be helpful to some Flyertalk members.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 5:27 pm
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SFO LHR First class usd 3,663; lie flat biz for 2455

not sure how good of a deal it is but I haven't seen much lower first class trip from SFO

SFO LHR First class usd 3,663

Nov 27/28 - Dec 1st

I took Nov 28-Dec1st

Business class is about 1200 less (lie flat 777-200)


16,104 pqm (15c/pqm in biz)
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 5:35 pm
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Originally Posted by FrenchCaliFlyer
not sure how good of a deal it is but I haven't seen much lower first class trip from SFO

SFO LHR First class usd 3,663

Nov 27/28 - Dec 1st

I took Nov 28-Dec1st

Business class is about 1200 less (lie flat 777-200)


16,104 pqm (15c/pqm in biz)
Welcome to FT!

These are standard Thanksgiving Sale fares which have been around for a long time and also oft discussed in this thread.
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Old Aug 17, 2013, 5:37 pm
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Thanksgiving sales. Airfares to Europe all drop in price for the most part during that week.

Originally Posted by FrenchCaliFlyer
not sure how good of a deal it is but I haven't seen much lower first class trip from SFO

SFO LHR First class usd 3,663

Nov 27/28 - Dec 1st

I took Nov 28-Dec1st

Business class is about 1200 less (lie flat 777-200)


16,104 pqm (15c/pqm in biz)
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Old Aug 20, 2013, 8:35 am
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There is a pretty good fare on CX from NRT to USA CX locations. Obviously flying from Tokyo to USA via HKG is maybe not the best routing but for $2850 if OW miles are needed it will be a pretty comfortable ride.
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