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Old Mar 2, 2009, 6:24 am
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Thumbs up Super cheap business class from Korea!

I just noticed on the CX Korea that the business class fares ex ICN and PUS until the end of JUN are really amazing. 3 month stay in Europe from 1500USD for CDG. LHR/FCO and FRA are a little more.

1 month tickets to Australia are under 1100USD!

15 day tickets to selected SE Asian destinations are from 540USD for HAN/SGN to 658USD for CGK.

Pretty good deals. Hoping that the release some fares for the US soon.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 7:24 am
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Wow that's good. Too bad the fares are not valid for Summer
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:41 am
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1500 USD to Europe?! isnt that how much a B/H ticket is ex HKG?!?!
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by sxc
Wow that's good. Too bad the fares are not valid for Summer
Actually the validity is until 30 June 2009. So it is not a bad deal at all!! I might get one for my SYD trip in June. Also you can change the returning dates without penalty! Excellent value!
Thanks for posting to the OP.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 5:52 pm
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Originally Posted by johnkennett
I just noticed on the CX Korea that the business class fares ex ICN and PUS until the end of JUN are really amazing. 3 month stay in Europe from 1500USD for CDG. LHR/FCO and FRA are a little more.
The one to CDG is only for 263/262 (old configs). I bought mine ex-TPE for around HK$23,000.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 6:44 pm
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Originally Posted by MilesBuzz
The one to CDG is only for 263/262 (old configs). I bought mine ex-TPE for around HK$23,000.
Is ex-TPE at HK$23k good value? I've been seeing ex HKG fares to europe for about that price now during summer.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 7:37 pm
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Yikes! Couldn't have come at a better time.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by theworld
Is ex-TPE at HK$23k good value? I've been seeing ex HKG fares to europe for about that price now during summer.
Ex-HKG is around HK$32k. So, not too bad I suppose.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by MilesBuzz
Ex-HKG is around HK$32k. So, not too bad I suppose.
I've just popped in some dates in July in Zuji and am getting fares to LHR from HKG for HK$25k including taxes on CX. Add in the cost of getting to TPE and its basically the same price as an ex TPE.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:39 pm
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Originally Posted by theworld
I've just popped in some dates in July in Zuji and am getting fares to LHR from HKG for HK$25k including taxes on CX. Add in the cost of getting to TPE and its basically the same price as an ex TPE.
Well, for my trip, it happens to be HK$32k (I class) for HKG-CDG.

It's cheaper to get to LHR at HK$25k (also I class).
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by kaka
1500 USD to Europe?! isnt that how much a B/H ticket is ex HKG?!?!
Yes, they are equivalent to H/K fares.
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 8:53 pm
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Don't forget ex-HKG I class is extremely restricted:

Originally Posted by Fare rules from Zuji.com.hk
##AM_XML CANCELLATIONS TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE. CHANGES CHANGES NOT PERMITTED. **** FQN1-1*PE 1 - PSGR P1 ADT RULES DISPLAY FARE COMPONENT 1 ADT HKGLON CX IAP28RT FCL: IAP28RT TRF:2004 RULE: CXDI BK: I PTC: ADT-ADULT FTC: BAP-BUSINESS CLASS ADV PURCH PE.PENALTIES CANCELLATIONS TICKET IS NON-REFUNDABLE. CHANGES CHANGES NOT PERMITTED.
Changes not permitted, 28-day advance purchase and non-refundable. Ex-TPE tickets are valid for one year, have no advance purchase requirement and date changes are free of charge.

The dealbreaker for me was the inability to change dates. I went with ex-TPE D class to LHR and paid something similar to what MilesBuzz paid in I class to CDG...

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Old Mar 2, 2009, 9:00 pm
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The nice thing is: I can stopover in HKG (on my return) for as long as 6 mths, so, I don't have to go to TPE immediately (and return back to HKG). This allows me better flexibility in planning for another long-haul in Summer, by using this last portion of the TPE-CDG-TPE ticket and embarking on another TPE-()-TPE run at no extra cost of buying another HKG-TPE-HKG ticket.

Oh...and in case I do change this tix to ex-ICN, the refund penalty is only TWD1,200 (a mere HK$300). Moreover, I kinda like TPE because I have many relatives there and can treat it as a mini-break whenever I start my mileage run from there (done that once already this year).
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 11:01 pm
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Hi Quick question

I'm based in HK.. Say for example if I wanted to fly to CDG... Is there anyway I can just request a stopover on the return leg (since the flight will fly CDG-HKG) and just get off and forego the HKG-ICN leg? so the routing would be as follows


HKG-ICN(on my own) ICN-CDG and then CDG-HKG
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Old Mar 2, 2009, 11:32 pm
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The sale only till end of March.d

CX Taiwan also got biz class sale to major Asia city.
Here is the link
http://tinyurl.com/b756ar
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