'Cheap' Business Class fares from Europe to Singapore
Feb 12, 2018, 5:20 am
#1
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'Cheap' Business Class fares from Europe to Singapore
Hi
I'm based in the UK and looking to do a trip to Singapore later in the year, partly for vacation and partly as a mileage-point run.
I see that booking a QR Business Class fare out of Oslo is very good value at the moment, and on certain days Stockholm too. (Berlin was, but fares seem to have risen).
My question is, is Oslo the best place to look at starting from or is there another ex-Europe (or North Africa?) QR departure city that gives consistently low Business fares at the moment?
Thanks
I'm based in the UK and looking to do a trip to Singapore later in the year, partly for vacation and partly as a mileage-point run.
I see that booking a QR Business Class fare out of Oslo is very good value at the moment, and on certain days Stockholm too. (Berlin was, but fares seem to have risen).
My question is, is Oslo the best place to look at starting from or is there another ex-Europe (or North Africa?) QR departure city that gives consistently low Business fares at the moment?
Thanks
Feb 12, 2018, 6:42 am
#3
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My better-half and I managed to do TXL - SIN for £850 last June, on a last-minute promotion (Sale + MASTERCARD promo), though that was with an A330-200 TXL-DOH, and A330-300 DOH-TXL.
The older planes, state of Tegel, and cost of connecting flights from London means we wouldn't do it again. Nordics seem to be a better experience all round.
Oslo is typically cheapest, though you should include ARN (cheapest I saw in the Valentines promotion), along with HEL, CPH and VCE.
Best Sale prices recently seem to have been around £1,050.
You might see cheaper prices out of Eastern Europe / Pisa, though I'd question that choice once you've factored in older planes and positioning costs.
The older planes, state of Tegel, and cost of connecting flights from London means we wouldn't do it again. Nordics seem to be a better experience all round.
Oslo is typically cheapest, though you should include ARN (cheapest I saw in the Valentines promotion), along with HEL, CPH and VCE.
Best Sale prices recently seem to have been around £1,050.
You might see cheaper prices out of Eastern Europe / Pisa, though I'd question that choice once you've factored in older planes and positioning costs.
Last edited by citytom; Feb 12, 2018 at 8:37 am
Feb 13, 2018, 4:20 pm
#5
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Depends who you want to position with as well. I did a ARN - SIN last year. BA (keeping it OW) have lots of flights to ARN a day so easy to get positioning flights there especially with their flexible fares. I changed to an earlier flight on the way back for free. The ARN - DOH route also has the 787 which is a nice hard product IMO.
Feb 14, 2018, 10:45 am
#6
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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When looking for cheap QR J fares from Europe to Asia, regardless of whether there is a published sale I ALWAYS search google flights for HEL/OSL/CPH/ARN to SIN/BKK/KUL/DPS and a combo of that is usually the cheapest (HEL-BKK is the most common combo).
Be aware that whenever QR launch a new destination they often do cheap sale fares from or to there, especially where the destination is a European city served by a less desirable A330.
For Asia, Pattaya and Penang are new destinations...
Be aware that whenever QR launch a new destination they often do cheap sale fares from or to there, especially where the destination is a European city served by a less desirable A330.
For Asia, Pattaya and Penang are new destinations...
Feb 14, 2018, 10:48 am
#7
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Programs: VA WP, NZ *A SG
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My better-half and I managed to do TXL - SIN for £850 last June, on a last-minute promotion (Sale + MASTERCARD promo), though that was with an A330-200 TXL-DOH, and A330-300 DOH-TXL.
The older planes, state of Tegel, and cost of connecting flights from London means we wouldn't do it again. Nordics seem to be a better experience all round.
Oslo is typically cheapest, though you should include ARN (cheapest I saw in the Valentines promotion), along with HEL, CPH and VCE.
Best Sale prices recently seem to have been around £1,050.
You might see cheaper prices out of Eastern Europe / Pisa, though I'd question that choice once you've factored in older planes and positioning costs.
The older planes, state of Tegel, and cost of connecting flights from London means we wouldn't do it again. Nordics seem to be a better experience all round.
Oslo is typically cheapest, though you should include ARN (cheapest I saw in the Valentines promotion), along with HEL, CPH and VCE.
Best Sale prices recently seem to have been around £1,050.
You might see cheaper prices out of Eastern Europe / Pisa, though I'd question that choice once you've factored in older planes and positioning costs.
Feb 20, 2018, 1:06 am
#9
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I flew out of OSL on Sunday on the way to MEL. -5 deg C and a foot of snow on the ground (however, unlike UK everything still appeared to work as normal).
Departure delayed by 10 minutes while the de-icing trucks gave us a good going over.
Departure delayed by 10 minutes while the de-icing trucks gave us a good going over.
Feb 20, 2018, 12:02 pm
#10
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Good QR business class fares are also posted in this forum: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals-740/
Jun 22, 2018, 8:21 pm
#11
Join Date: Nov 2016
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Hi guys I'm looking to do a similar trip as well. Any word on what's the best ex-eu flight for Singapore at the moment?
The changed to the ITA matrix have made ex-eu searches very difficult!
The changed to the ITA matrix have made ex-eu searches very difficult!