irishguy28

Return from Dublin to Australia (ADL, BNE, MEL, SYD) from now til 6 Feb 2023.

Cheapest fares are on LX via ZRH or LH via MUC/FRA to SIN, from where an SQ sector is included. On some routes/dates, some slight variations are included (saw HND on ANA, BKK on TG)

Books into P on Lufthansa (watch out; doesn't earn on some *A programmes, like Aegean), P on Swiss, and D on SQ (but only if booked via Swiss! The SQ sectors are issued in P on LH codeshares if booked with LH).
On Lufthansa tickets, they put their P on all sectors, including their own codeshare on SQ. On Swiss tickets, they put P on their own flights, and issue in D on the SQ sectors.

Open jaws are available.

Bookable direct with LH or LX.
On Swiss, paying about €200 more will get you a ticket that can be cancelled for a €250 fee.

NextWhiteDeath

Availability is very limited. The usual routing to Australia are available so can be via BKK, HKG, SIN.
ADL and MEL look like the cheapest options.

irishguy28

Only if, like me, you wanted to avoid LH!!!

I got an open jaw into ADL and out of SYD for the same price as a simple ADL return (I couldn't actually find a return on SQ/LX from ADL on LX, but found it easily enough out of SYD, which suits me better anyway)

NextWhiteDeath

For me Google flights had a lot of phantom pricing and matrix didn't show too many dates with any availability.

irishguy28

Best to go straight to the airline website. It's easy enough to see the dates with best availability there.

msm2000uk

I booked through Google Flights which sent me to LH directly - happy days!

M

Deckter

Thanks OP, managed to book myself onto QF1 (SYD-SIN). Great price

TalkingPoint

What did that price out at?

Deckter

1540€

no_idea

Where did you book ? LH or Swiss homepage ?

davem4

Hi Mate, would you mind PM'ing me how?

dp1586

Thanks OP, booked for early 2023 to go and visit my brother and his family, this was less than I paid for W in the summer!

Deckter

Found the flights on LX website.

k_sheep

Hmm any idea how they treat date changes after flying the first leg? I'd want to push my return past Jan 2023 (but still within 12mo)

TalkingPoint

Have a look at the fare rules:
IF CHANGES ARE MADE TO ANY OTHER THAN THE FIRST
TICKETED FLIGHT COUPON / THE FARES IN EFFECT AT
THE TIME OF ORIGINAL TICKET ISSUE WILL APPLY
PROVIDED THE NEW ITINERARY QUALIFIES FOR ALL THE
PROVISIONS OF THE ORIGINALLY TICKETED BOOKING
CODE FARE IGNORING ADVANCE RESERVATION OR
TICKETING REQUIREMENTS.