Sale Fares Discussion

Old Feb 14, 2019, 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by celtic_warrior
For me it's a case of to wait or not to wait. Usually by now I would have booked at least three Long haul trips for the year. So far only Easter is booked.

Reminds me of a game of Chicken.
or who blinks first. We also now have to factor in the possibility of QR leaving One world to , since the rumours have started , I have still Benn looking for some of those golden j class fares but wondering if I should start to credit to BAEC! oh for a crystal ball.
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Old Mar 7, 2019, 1:53 am
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Just received an email for a promotion stating:
€539 for BRU-DAD or BRU-MBA in business class
Offer valid until 14 March.

Guess they made a mistake as these are the prices for economy :-(
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Old Mar 7, 2019, 2:10 am
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Originally Posted by nherbert90
Just received an email for a promotion stating:
Guess they made a mistake as these are the prices for economy :-(
Yes appears like an email typo - can't price anything below 2k this year.
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Old Mar 16, 2019, 6:45 pm
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Gave up waiting

Couldn't delay any further, so just booked CPH to AKL in J over Xmas. Would have preferred a 2-4-1 of course, but still happy(ish) with 2400 each.
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Old Mar 18, 2019, 4:43 am
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Nice fare ARN-SIN ( 2 passengers min) for Eur 1.260 PP

Source: YHBU (german)
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Old Mar 18, 2019, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by roy2016
A similar fare:
BUD/PRG - CKG (Chongqing, China) in J @ 1149 wide open until next year. (Min stay: 3 Days; Max: 12 Months)
Nothing too exciting, unlike ARN-SIN with QSuites, plus a Chinese visa might be needed if not transiting via CKG.

On the bright side, CKG has reasonably good & cheap options for int'l connections with AirAsis, MH, KA, CZ, MU, CA, etc.; so one can travel to elsewhere in CN or Asia easily.

An interesting route I found through this fare is that for a price of 1286, you can make stopovers at both HKG and DOH: Outbound: BUD-DOH-HKG(stopover)-CKG Inbound: CKG-HKG-DOH(stopover)-BUD (you do not have to route it via HKG for Inbound I suppose, but it adds a 40 TPs more for BAEC)
Maybe people are more knowledgeable with fare rules than me can make a better use of this fare. For me, it just helped me slightly lowered the price for my 2 trips this year ARN-HKG and ARN-BKK; I did not choose the stopover option.
Available Jan / Feb ??

How did you use it for QR to BKK for similar price ? simply change CKG for BKK or add another seperate hop ?
Ta.
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 1:22 am
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I was able to come up with this itinerary but not able to book it.. any ideas ?
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 2:04 am
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Originally Posted by sluneckov
I was able to come up with this itinerary but not able to book it.. any ideas ?
POS availability issues
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 2:38 am
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Originally Posted by londonexpert

POS availability issues
travel agent is able to book it on selected dates, otherwise priceline in June..
anyone knows if the visa is required for this trip ? not sure if HK - Chongqing - HK is eligible for the 72hrs visa free option
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 4:10 am
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Originally Posted by sluneckov
travel agent is able to book it on selected dates, otherwise priceline in June..
anyone knows if the visa is required for this trip ? not sure if HK - Chongqing - HK is eligible for the 72hrs visa free option
HKG-CKG-HKG is not eligible for TWOV, but you could buy a separate tix for CKG-3rd country-CKG.
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by sluneckov
I was able to come up with this itinerary but not able to book it.. any ideas ?
Or you can go via CAN for the A380 bar
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 10:42 am
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Originally Posted by honzeek_cz
Or you can go via CAN for the A380 bar
I tried to figure out how to do it via CAN for PRG/BUD-CKG fare after you mentioned, and failed. but found a new promo fare in R:
GF link: CAN-LHR @ 1523 to LHR // 1490 to LGW, not a great fare, but a good one. You can make stopovers both in and out at DOH, have no idea if you may do it via DOH/HKG.
an example for stopovers at DOH:

CAN-LHR stopover at DOH

GF link: CKG-LHR @ 1523
GF link: CKG-CDG @ 1370
GF link: HGH-MAD @ 1410

Min Stay is 3 days, Max 1 month. it must be booked before 31 MAR 19.
CKG receives so much love from QR, maybe because HU just started flying CKG-LHR recently.
I tried to play around these fares and combine other fares like ARN-BKK, BUD/PRG-CKG, to create an open jaw ticket so that I may shed a few quids overall, but all sadly failed. So frustrated as I do not understand context of fare rules (too much a headache when reading through). Maybe someone who are experienced can help us to utilise all these fares in a better way.
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Old Mar 19, 2019, 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by Sisyphus1carus
Available Jan / Feb ??

How did you use it for QR to BKK for similar price ? simply change CKG for BKK or add another seperate hop ?
Ta.
I think I forgot to mention I made an open jaw for ARN-BKK and ARN-HKG combined with CKG-PRG on the return, so it lowered the overall price for me (approx. 200-300 less);
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Old Mar 20, 2019, 1:26 pm
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[QUOTE=roy2016;30905498]I tried to figure out how to do it via CAN for PRG/BUD-CKG fare after you mentioned, and failed.

I had no problem finding itinerary going via CAN




one can also do open jaw PRG-DOH-CAN-CKG-HKG-DOH-PRG so you get to enjoy both qsuite and the bar
I did not pull the trigger yet, not sure if the visa hassle is worth it


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Old Mar 21, 2019, 4:53 am
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Git this email about a two for one promotion from France.
Then I checked the price. Some EUR3,000 to HKG, Vietnam, even 3,300 to SIN.
SO I thought that it was for 2 pax. NO NO, this is per pax.
The usual one-stop alternative for me is BA and runs around EUR2,100.
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