Rowyourboat

They believe they can extract even more profit from you i.e. a solo travel on two different dates. Let's say a companion fare is 999GBP pp, so 1999 GBP total. Let's say you're willing to pay 999 GBP per ticket for two different trips. But maybe your willingness to pay is higher i..e you'd pay up to 1199 GBP per ticket i.e. 2399 GBP for both. Maybe the leisure travelers decide that's too much and price themselves out of the market.

Airline's revenue management are responsible for figuring out who's willing to pay how much. They think they can make *even more* profit from someone like you, so they'll have a different deal/sale for your type of traveler (which is many of us I'd imagine).

karthik676

Hi, new member of FT here. I am based out of MAA (India) and my girlfriend and I are thinking of flying to London early next year in F class with these fares. Is there any way I could book the same tickets only originating out of India ?

Thanks in advance.

ecoforfuture

northeastflyer

Hi. Can you explain this in a bit more detail please? What limo should you get, but don't if tickets issued in Germany? Thanks.

nickohrn

Here are the details. Note the statement "This offer is only valid for tickets* issued in the UK or Ireland."

Lewis42

nickohrn

I have no idea. I messaged Swiss International Airlines on Twitter and asked them to confirm I would have access to car service in London, they asked for my booking reference, and then confirmed that I would.

chris63

cricketer

A couple of questions as I'm booking one of these for my parents:

1. Is there an easy way to book LH one way and LX the other? Not having any luck using either site directly or Kayak.
2. My mother is vegetarian - I've never flown LX in F, is there usually a vegetarian option for each course on the menu?
3. If I have to book either one all the way, which would people recommend? They haven't experienced either in F, and while I love the LH F experience, I've never experienced LX so can't comment. Seems that the general consensus is that LX is slightly better esp. with the new ZRH lounge thrown in?

thanks!

nickohrn

I was able to book LH one way and LX the other using Expedia. Dates were limited for which that was a possibility and it might be limited even more depending on your destinations. From what others have said here, you might want to hit up a travel agent with your desired itinerary and some dates that work and they might be able to help.

JanoSicek

1. No easy way, I just spend 2 hours trying that. Lufthansa, Swiss, Orbitz, Kayak, Expedia, all failed. I will call Lufthansa tomorrow, for $100 extra
2. You can select a Vegetarian meal (1+ days before flight!) and then you are guaranteed to have a nice option.
3. No strong points here. Look at the planes flying the route you want. Can you sit on a plane you haven't been to? Pick that. I really want to try Swiss 777 for example.

cricketer

Thanks all. Ended up getting LH on the outbound and LX on the return, with 5 hours in the F lounges in each direction for them. They'll have the experience of a lifetime (though I have had them in TG F before, so it will be interesting to see how it compares for them). Did use a travel agent to get it done, and they were able to book it on dates for which I couldn't find it on any site, so worth the extra fee.

torontochinese

whoever said amex plantinum travel can split payment is not true, I called and I was told that they could only take one form of payment, aka one credit card per reservation.

so I don't think strangers can pay through amex travel to split the payment.

chris63

Nizar

Hi guys, just a couple of questions about this fare please.

1/ I am based in Aus and was planning a Europe trip for 2019 may/june so could use this flight to help get home from there (was thinking LHR-HKG or something like that) but then I wouldn't need to use the return leg (eg. HKG-LHR) until past the validity of this fare (perhaps late 2019 or early 2020). For those of you who have done something similar before, could I call up LX/LH after I have taken the outbound leg and get the inbound leg dates pushed back for a nominal change fee ? Or will this likely trigger a reprice and I would have to pay a "fare difference" or several thousand or more ? If I just "lose" that second leg this companion sale fare is still (substantially ?) more than I would otherwise pay for one way F isn't it ?

2/ And just to complicate things further we have an infant who will be about 1 year old by the time the outbound leg of this flight will be taken (born May 2018). Should we mention this from the outset to our agent or just book the companion fare for my wife and I and then add my son to the booking later. How much will this likely add to the fare ?

3/ Can someone recommend a good TA who works globally ? I have a guy for hotels (Virtuoso etc) but not for airfares. Feel free to either reply on here or PM.

Cheers