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TransCon Flyer Jun 23, 2014 6:11 am

longest cheapest business class flight
 
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pandaperth Jun 23, 2014 6:25 am

Longest is JFK-SYD, which is 9,961 miles according to
http://www.slfft.org/mm/award.htm?p2...=6000&cabins=j

Cheapest - who knows?

rafi2k6 Jun 23, 2014 7:00 am

longest cheapest business class flight
 
business class and cheap don't generally go hand in hand.....

jridge Jun 23, 2014 8:22 am


Originally Posted by pandaperth (Post 23080985)
Longest is JFK-SYD, which is 9,961 miles

There's no such non-stop. With a stop in LAX, yes. But if you start allowing connections, then for instance PER-DFW would be longer (10,000+ miles).

The longest non-stop flight is SYD-DFW, but certainly not the cheapest.

OP is asking an essentially impossible question, by stipulating two competing criteria without specifying a way to combine them - is it cents/mile, or what?

skunker Jun 23, 2014 1:22 pm


Originally Posted by TransCon Flyer (Post 23080933)
What is the longest, cheapest BUSINESS CLASS flight on One World to/from North America ?

From where? exCAI or exCMN flights to the US are fairly cheap on QR. I did CAI-DOH-PHL-DFW-SAN for under $1,400 in F and J. That is 10,548 miles.

Gardyloo Jun 23, 2014 2:29 pm

A 16-flight DONE4 bought in South Africa for US$6500 all in will result in a per-segment cost of $406, or around $.05 per mile for SYD-DFW or HKG-DFW.

pandaperth Jun 23, 2014 5:42 pm


Originally Posted by pandaperth (Post 23080985)
Longest is JFK-SYD, which is 9,961 miles according to
http://www.slfft.org/mm/award.htm?p2...=6000&cabins=j

Cheapest - who knows?


Originally Posted by jridge (Post 23081484)
There's no such non-stop. With a stop in LAX, yes. But if you start allowing connections, then for instance PER-DFW would be longer (10,000+ miles).

The longest non-stop flight is SYD-DFW, but certainly not the cheapest.

OP is asking an essentially impossible question, by stipulating two competing criteria without specifying a way to combine them - is it cents/mile, or what?

Not a non-stop I agree, but the OP didn't stipulate non-stop
And it is one flight QF107
Hair-splitting I know
anyhoo...,whateva...

jridge Jun 23, 2014 9:43 pm


Originally Posted by pandaperth (Post 23084474)
Not a non-stop I agree, but the OP didn't stipulate non-stop
And it is one flight QF107

Agreed, quite so. The question is pretty ambiguous - does "flight" mean non-stop/direct/journey including connections?

Dr. HFH Jun 24, 2014 3:24 am


Originally Posted by skunker (Post 23083173)
From where? exCAI or exCMN flights to the US are fairly cheap on QR. I did CAI-DOH-PHL-DFW-SAN for under $1,400 in F and J. That is 10,548 miles.

When? How? Which segments were in F? Sounds like potential MR material. Still available?

skunker Jun 24, 2014 1:06 pm


Originally Posted by Dr. HFH (Post 23086399)
When? How? Which segments were in F? Sounds like potential MR material. Still available?

May 5. Airplane. F,J,F,F. Did it as EQP run. Yes. :p

The exCAI fares have been around for a long time (prior to QR joining OW). Most of the west coast US locations are the same price or you can go further for slightly better EQP. Roundtrips bring the cent/point down as they are only about $1,000 more than the oneway. Booking to anywhere besides a QR destination requires a TA as QR.com and other OTAs crap out. Use ITA and contact a TA, I booked via FT member Sykes.


Cairo (CAI) to Honolulu (HNL) - Mon, Sep 8
Cairo (CAI) to Doha (DOH) - Mon, Sep 8
Qatar Airways(Q.C.S.C) 1302 Dep: 7:10PM Arr: 10:25PM 2h 15m Boeing 777 First (A)
Layover in DOH 9h 45m

Doha (DOH) to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - Tue, Sep 9
Qatar Airways(Q.C.S.C) 733 Dep: 8:10AM Arr: 3:55PM 15h 45m Boeing 777 Business (D)
Layover in DFW 21h 5m

Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) to Honolulu (HNL) - Wed, Sep 10
American Airlines Inc. 5 Dep: 1:00PM Arr: 4:15PM 8h 15m Boeing 767 First (A)


Cost per passenger (including taxes & fees) $1,624.20
Total cost for 1 passenger $1,624.20

Captain Schmidt Jun 25, 2014 3:58 am

Cheapest business class to North America would probably be from somewhere like Panama or El Salvador, but I suspect that isn't what the OP meant....

Guy Betsy Jun 26, 2014 12:48 pm

Cheapest J class flight from JFK/EWR to South East Asia via HKG for around $3800 a.i.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...-sale-usa.html

WhIteSidE Aug 4, 2014 7:34 am

CX fares can be had from DXB/BAH through HKG to LAX/SFO/JFK for around $1400.

mileageking Aug 10, 2014 7:20 am


Originally Posted by WhIteSidE (Post 23306885)
CX fares can be had from DXB/BAH through HKG to LAX/SFO/JFK for around $1400.

Is this return fare? Sample dates?

skunker Aug 10, 2014 12:23 pm


Originally Posted by mileageking (Post 23339526)
Is this return fare? Sample dates?

No, one way. Pretty much any date. Use CX's website with a +/- 3 day search.


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