New Years sale?
Jan 1, 2018, 8:01 pm
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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New Years sale?
Hello everyone and a happy new year to all of you!
Usually Emirates has a new year sale with 20-30% off in the first ten days of the year. Since I'm about to book a ticket with them I was waiting for that but didn't see anything yet. Is anyone aware of this sale coming up soon?
Ben
Usually Emirates has a new year sale with 20-30% off in the first ten days of the year. Since I'm about to book a ticket with them I was waiting for that but didn't see anything yet. Is anyone aware of this sale coming up soon?
Ben
Jan 1, 2018, 8:36 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: London, Dubai, Hong Kong
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I’ve never noticed this for a long time, maybe in certain regions?
From the UK we seem to have an ongoing and never ending promotional fares that have been creeping up on each renewal, in fact India used to be Ł1500 in J and now it’s hitting Ł2k so it’s up by about Ł150 per year, these fares ticket as SAVER and I have not seen a PROMO fare for a very long time.
PS.....Update
Just sitting in turbojet lounge in Macau and just had an advert for the EK global sale book by Jan23.
Though still to look and lacking any email from them at the moment, not sure if it's real tbh.....
From the UK we seem to have an ongoing and never ending promotional fares that have been creeping up on each renewal, in fact India used to be Ł1500 in J and now it’s hitting Ł2k so it’s up by about Ł150 per year, these fares ticket as SAVER and I have not seen a PROMO fare for a very long time.
PS.....Update
Just sitting in turbojet lounge in Macau and just had an advert for the EK global sale book by Jan23.
Though still to look and lacking any email from them at the moment, not sure if it's real tbh.....
Last edited by Seat54; Jan 1, 2018 at 10:19 pm
Jan 4, 2018, 12:47 am
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Jan 4, 2018, 6:49 am
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Jan 4, 2018, 6:47 pm
#9
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Jan 5, 2018, 12:48 am
#10
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Thanks, itisme. That helps by letting me go ahead and book without looking over my shoulder all the time.
Many, many years ago (when they were still trying to break into the big time) they did occasional 2 for 1 type promotions in F and J. I guess they don't need to do that any more.
Many, many years ago (when they were still trying to break into the big time) they did occasional 2 for 1 type promotions in F and J. I guess they don't need to do that any more.
Jan 5, 2018, 6:32 am
#11
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Look around different flights on a given day a bit if it suits your schedule. Sometimes you get them on two of the flights and not on the third.
Jan 5, 2018, 6:48 am
#12
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I have recently been able to book F saver fares out of CPT (to LGW). They’re were basically on a par with J Flex. The main requirement appears to be 21 days advance purchase. Maybe not ‘promotional’ as such but if you don’t need the flexibility (or are prepared to pay a R3500 change fee), I think this is excellent value.
Look around different flights on a given day a bit if it suits your schedule. Sometimes you get them on two of the flights and not on the third.
Jan 6, 2018, 12:28 am
#13
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I have recently been able to book F saver fares out of CPT (to LGW). They’re were basically on a par with J Flex. The main requirement appears to be 21 days advance purchase. Maybe not ‘promotional’ as such but if you don’t need the flexibility (or are prepared to pay a R3500 change fee), I think this is excellent value.
Look around different flights on a given day a bit if it suits your schedule. Sometimes you get them on two of the flights and not on the third.
It's been years since I booked an EK F ticket but I see the seat reservation is still rubbish: most of the cabin blocked! So impossible to get two seats together.
Jan 6, 2018, 1:06 am
#14
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Yep, it's those Saver fares that got me interested. Managed to find them for flights on (almost) the dates I want. And you're right that the change fee is rather daunting. But it's a real mission finding the Saver fares on the EK web site - and ITA Matrix shows phantom availability. Eventually tracked them down using ExpertFlyer to identify availability in A class.
It's been years since I booked an EK F ticket but I see the seat reservation is still rubbish: most of the cabin blocked! So impossible to get two seats together.
It's been years since I booked an EK F ticket but I see the seat reservation is still rubbish: most of the cabin blocked! So impossible to get two seats together.