Originally Posted by
maddjake
Greetings! I'm a new frequent flyer and have really learned a lot from lurking on these forums. Many of you talk about frequent trips in first and business class, and I imagine they can't all be earned through upgrades.
I'm trying to buy a pair of business class tickets direct from LAX to HKG. (I'm an AA Gold.) The quote I get is over $8200! I'm buying a month in advance, and I've checked many dates only to get the same price.
This is nearly 7 times the price of a coach class ticket on the same direct route. What I want to know is how it's possible that US$8000+ is the going market price for a business seat?
Do people and companies really pay this much? Would you? I'm just thinking that even if I had an income of $165K per year, I would not spend 5% of it just to eat $40 worth of upgraded food and to sit in a nicer chair.
Surely I must be missing something here! Please enlighten me. There must be a secret to flying business without paying this price.
1. Do you have an American Express Platinum/Centurion card? They offer a 2-4-1 deal in business, which may be cheaper then 8k. In my experience, it would be 8k for both.
2. You could also try flying a Round-the-World fare product. If you dont care about flying in OneWorld, you could do a EK/UA RTW for $4510 USD in business:
XXX-ORD-HKG-DXB-CDG-IAD-XXX
Where XXX is your home city. you could
add alot of more places on that routing, depending on your amount of time, etc.
3. You could also try flying the MH/VS RTW for $4850. I am not very well versed in this product though. Maybe something like this:
JFK-LHR-HKG-SIN-KUL-TPE-LAX