SC run on CX Business Class ex Korea
Mar 5, 2009, 5:31 pm
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SC run on CX Business Class ex Korea
This won't suit very many people here, but thought I'd put it out there as an interesting way to rack up some status credits relatively cheaply.
CX currently have some discounted business class (I class) fares ex Korea (ICN and PUS) to a number of destinations. Have a look here. They are restricted fares, max stay of 1 or 3 months depending on destination, other restrictions also apply.
The best deal that I can see for earning on QF is ICN-HKG-AKL-HKG-ICN for approx $2100 AUD inc tax. This yields 440 status credits and 17,430 miles (including 25% cabin class bonus).
This equates to about $4.77 per SC, not too bad.
CX currently have some discounted business class (I class) fares ex Korea (ICN and PUS) to a number of destinations. Have a look here. They are restricted fares, max stay of 1 or 3 months depending on destination, other restrictions also apply.
The best deal that I can see for earning on QF is ICN-HKG-AKL-HKG-ICN for approx $2100 AUD inc tax. This yields 440 status credits and 17,430 miles (including 25% cabin class bonus).
This equates to about $4.77 per SC, not too bad.
Mar 5, 2009, 5:37 pm
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Just a follow up, an even cheaper SC run can be achieved by ICN-HKG-SGN-HKG-ICN which yields 280 status credits and 5,520 miles for $960 AUD inc tax.
This is $3.43 per status credit.
This is $3.43 per status credit.
Mar 7, 2009, 3:32 am
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The CX deal (and others) come from this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha......-korea.html
Mar 7, 2009, 3:00 pm
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CX currently have some discounted business class (I class) fares ex Korea (ICN and PUS) to a number of destinations. Have a look here. They are restricted fares, max stay of 1 or 3 months depending on destination, other restrictions also apply.
Mar 8, 2009, 5:08 pm
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EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/OAKLAND Business Class Special Fare -
is intending to offer a special fare to Oakland - Auckland, yes but not Oakland ....
Mar 10, 2009, 5:05 am
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Hmm, if you're responding to my post (immediately above) then I think you missed my point. Airlines may well offer fares to places they don't fly but I don't think CX - on the page on its Korean website trumpeting its business class specials -
EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/OAKLAND Business Class Special Fare -
is intending to offer a special fare to Oakland - Auckland, yes but not Oakland ....
EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/OAKLAND Business Class Special Fare -
is intending to offer a special fare to Oakland - Auckland, yes but not Oakland ....
EUROPE/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND Business Class Special Fare
What's good (if you're interested) is the fare has gone down from Krw 1,990.000 to Krw 1,891,000.