[PREM FARE GONE] SWISS Companion fares exUK in First & Biz ( from 999GBP per person)
Aug 15, 2018, 6:26 am
#47
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: London | Sydney
Programs: LH HON, QF CL, SQ TPPS, AF Plat, VS Gold, VA Plat, EK Gold, HH Diamond, WoH Globalist, Marriott Plat
Posts: 1,528
The problem is that there is hardly any A Class availability on any of these routes (except India, PEK, DAR and NBO). A is basically zeroed out on EZE, JNB and HKG.
I’m going to wait list A to JNB and see how I go.
Does anyone one have the fare basis for me to give my travel agent?
I’m going to wait list A to JNB and see how I go.
Does anyone one have the fare basis for me to give my travel agent?
Aug 15, 2018, 8:42 am
#48
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
The problem is that there is hardly any A Class availability on any of these routes (except India, PEK, DAR and NBO). A is basically zeroed out on EZE, JNB and HKG.
I’m going to wait list A to JNB and see how I go.
Does anyone one have the fare basis for me to give my travel agent?
I’m going to wait list A to JNB and see how I go.
Does anyone one have the fare basis for me to give my travel agent?
Aug 15, 2018, 11:45 am
#49
Join Date: May 2013
Location: GVA, BSL, ZRH
Programs: A3*, HH, club carlson: all gold and bonvoy plat
Posts: 466
Aug 15, 2018, 7:24 pm
#52
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
In case anyone is still debating and looking around, I was finally able to pull up an open jaw with appropriate pricing and long layovers on kayak.co.uk - it seems bookable through Expedia. The routing is LHR - MUC - PEK / HKG - ZRH - LHR with the outbound at the end of June and the inbound a couple of weeks later.
Aug 16, 2018, 1:59 am
#53
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 517
I'm not someone who flies Star Alliance frequently and not sure if there is anyway to purchase this deal, along with a hotel, on a pay later scheme (such as BA Holidays)? Anyone know? - I don't particularly want to go down a new credit card or non Amex route. I didn't budget for another £5K of travel spend in 2018! 
Aug 16, 2018, 2:50 am
#54
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 433
In case anyone is still debating and looking around, I was finally able to pull up an open jaw with appropriate pricing and long layovers on kayak.co.uk - it seems bookable through Expedia. The routing is LHR - MUC - PEK / HKG - ZRH - LHR with the outbound at the end of June and the inbound a couple of weeks later.
Aug 16, 2018, 7:27 am
#56
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 433
No its probably the availability. SWISS only has 8 seats in First so I would take a guess that only a few eats are available on any flight. Try a different return date to see what I mean.
Aug 16, 2018, 7:29 am
#57
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 433
Aug 16, 2018, 9:57 am
#58
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
Looking at historical information on Lufthansa and Swiss F pricing, I felt I couldn't pass this up. I wanted to go to China with my wife anyways, next year. She's always wanted to fly Lufthansa, so I guess we both win.
LHR - FRA - PEK / HKG - ZRH - LHR at $5,152 for both of us starting at the end of next June. We'll have a 6 hour layover in FRA (longest I could get to price out) but a 15 hour layover in Zurich so we can actually leave the airport and go into the city, I assume. Now I just have to figure out how to get to London :-).
I was able to use the multi-city tool on Expedia to pull up my desired itinerary (eventually) and grab it. I'm planning to move us from PEK - PVG - HKG during our time in China. I guess we'll see how it goes.
LHR - FRA - PEK / HKG - ZRH - LHR at $5,152 for both of us starting at the end of next June. We'll have a 6 hour layover in FRA (longest I could get to price out) but a 15 hour layover in Zurich so we can actually leave the airport and go into the city, I assume. Now I just have to figure out how to get to London :-).
I was able to use the multi-city tool on Expedia to pull up my desired itinerary (eventually) and grab it. I'm planning to move us from PEK - PVG - HKG during our time in China. I guess we'll see how it goes.
Aug 17, 2018, 8:43 am
#59
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Newcastle UK
Posts: 1,114
LH F companion fare questions
I haven't flown LH for years and when I saw the F companion offer decided to have a good look. I've ended up with quite a few questions that I hope people can help answer.
LH's website only seems to be quoting these fares if you do it from their promo page. If you try anything via multi-city for example you just get much higher fares. Any ideas?
Are these fares bookable over the phone with LH or only online? It doesn't specify in the fare rules.
When using the promo page on the LH website some routes (even though they are their) never seem to come back with any results and just return you to the promo page with no error message?
My next questions are about the flights rather than the booking methods......
Are you able to fly say MAN or LHR to FRA the day before your longhaul? I want to stopover for the night, but LH's website only returns flights with fairly tight connections on the same day. Any ideas please?
Depending on the answer to the above question, if I have to book a same day connection, what is the passenger experience then like at FRA? i.e. Do I get picked up from the inbound aircraft in a car? Do I get to use the dedicated F class terminal and if so how do you get there? I'm presuming my bags will be thru-checked at this point. If on a same day connections we can't use the dedicated F terminal I doubt I'll bother.
I'll probably end up having more questions after I get some answers.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
LH's website only seems to be quoting these fares if you do it from their promo page. If you try anything via multi-city for example you just get much higher fares. Any ideas?
Are these fares bookable over the phone with LH or only online? It doesn't specify in the fare rules.
When using the promo page on the LH website some routes (even though they are their) never seem to come back with any results and just return you to the promo page with no error message?
My next questions are about the flights rather than the booking methods......
Are you able to fly say MAN or LHR to FRA the day before your longhaul? I want to stopover for the night, but LH's website only returns flights with fairly tight connections on the same day. Any ideas please?
Depending on the answer to the above question, if I have to book a same day connection, what is the passenger experience then like at FRA? i.e. Do I get picked up from the inbound aircraft in a car? Do I get to use the dedicated F class terminal and if so how do you get there? I'm presuming my bags will be thru-checked at this point. If on a same day connections we can't use the dedicated F terminal I doubt I'll bother.
I'll probably end up having more questions after I get some answers.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Aug 17, 2018, 10:10 am
#60
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 310
I haven't flown LH for years and when I saw the F companion offer decided to have a good look. I've ended up with quite a few questions that I hope people can help answer.
LH's website only seems to be quoting these fares if you do it from their promo page. If you try anything via multi-city for example you just get much higher fares. Any ideas?
Are these fares bookable over the phone with LH or only online? It doesn't specify in the fare rules.
When using the promo page on the LH website some routes (even though they are their) never seem to come back with any results and just return you to the promo page with no error message?
My next questions are about the flights rather than the booking methods......
Are you able to fly say MAN or LHR to FRA the day before your longhaul? I want to stopover for the night, but LH's website only returns flights with fairly tight connections on the same day. Any ideas please?
Depending on the answer to the above question, if I have to book a same day connection, what is the passenger experience then like at FRA? i.e. Do I get picked up from the inbound aircraft in a car? Do I get to use the dedicated F class terminal and if so how do you get there? I'm presuming my bags will be thru-checked at this point. If on a same day connections we can't use the dedicated F terminal I doubt I'll bother.
I'll probably end up having more questions after I get some answers.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
LH's website only seems to be quoting these fares if you do it from their promo page. If you try anything via multi-city for example you just get much higher fares. Any ideas?
Are these fares bookable over the phone with LH or only online? It doesn't specify in the fare rules.
When using the promo page on the LH website some routes (even though they are their) never seem to come back with any results and just return you to the promo page with no error message?
My next questions are about the flights rather than the booking methods......
Are you able to fly say MAN or LHR to FRA the day before your longhaul? I want to stopover for the night, but LH's website only returns flights with fairly tight connections on the same day. Any ideas please?
Depending on the answer to the above question, if I have to book a same day connection, what is the passenger experience then like at FRA? i.e. Do I get picked up from the inbound aircraft in a car? Do I get to use the dedicated F class terminal and if so how do you get there? I'm presuming my bags will be thru-checked at this point. If on a same day connections we can't use the dedicated F terminal I doubt I'll bother.
I'll probably end up having more questions after I get some answers.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
The longest layover I was able to get in FRA was 6 hours. If I took the flight an hour previous from LHR, the price would jump by $10,000. I was able to successfully price and buy a 15 hour layover in ZRH, arriving from HKG at 6:10AM and then leaving for London in the late evening. It took some flexibility and fiddling with the dates to get what I wanted, but I eventually made it happen using a combination of the filters available on the Expedia search interface.
In regards to this "... never seem to come back with any results and just return you to the promo page with no error message?" I found that this is when I selected initial departure dates that were ineligible for one reason or another. Flying to China, for instance, seemed to have to commence on or before June 30, 2019.