Sydney / Melbourne / Auckland for £1365 in Business Class

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• Samuel says:

  24 Dec24 December 04:01

  China Southern AMS-HKG in business class for £978 return.

• LOADS OF MONEY says:

  24 Dec24 December 04:58

  Why bother when you can go from LHR to any where in Asia for under £4000 in First Class.
  Cheap as chips.

  • Calz says:

    24 Dec24 December 07:01

    +1 Lol

• Will says:

  24 Dec24 December 07:20

  Are you guaranteed proper flat beds in business class to AKL on AC? Anyone ever flown AC who can vouch for their standards?

  • Rob says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:17

    They are Star Alliance and obviously meet all EU safety requirements. You would need to check on SeatGuru etc if seat is fully flat on your aircraft type but all the pics I have seen are flat.

• Amanda says:

  24 Dec24 December 08:22

  Trying to get the business class offer on air China from Germany to Sydney in feb or bancock in April and can’t get either. Tried translating site to English and booking in German but couldn’t get anywhere near low fares. Anyone else had any luck?

  • Rob says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:14

    Found it in May first time of asking yesterday. Bring up the grid view.

  • TG says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:50

    Try typing in Bangkok instead of Bancock then… might help 😉

• Anon says:

  24 Dec24 December 07:49

  Rob do most carriers also a sale at Easter to book a year out?

  Relative looking at getting to Singapore & Perth Feb 2018, likely not enough points for a redemption, so a MAL or SIN sale would be good.

  • Rob says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:15

    You won’t get good long haul deals a year out. 90 days out is more likely when airlines can see the seats are not selling.

    • Anon says:

      24 Dec24 December 09:33

      Appreciate the quick response, so I guess that’s another hidden added benefit of a redemption Business Class, bagging it 355 days out, peace of mind, and redemptions can be cancelled if a spectacular sale comes up.

      • Talay says:

        25 Dec25 December 06:11

        Just bagged 241 on Amex / Avios LHR-BKK on 14/12/17 at a few nanoseconds after midnight Xmas Eve.

        There was nothing for SYD which was still around 2 minutes after midnight.

• Alex says:

  24 Dec24 December 08:43

  Air China (shivers)

  • Imbruce says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:06

    Why shivers on Air China, Alex?

    • Andy says:

      24 Dec24 December 16:33

      Some of the comments here might give a little insight, though most people didn’t seem take issue with the actual airline: https://headforpoints.com/2016/12/15/air-china-virgin-atlantic-flying-club-miles/comment-page-1/#comments

• Sergeant Major says:

  24 Dec24 December 09:20

  Any idea how many miles and more miles it would earn for LHR-AKL business on Air China?

  • Third Passport says:

    24 Dec24 December 10:38

    Good question! The flights I found book into R class but that doesn’t seem to earn any miles on Miles & More. It’s 125% miles on Aegean.

• David S says:

  24 Dec24 December 09:45

  If their long haul is anything like their domestic flights we took last year in China, I would give them a wide berth. Poor time keeping (although could be due to the notorious Chinese ATC) ,poor onboard amenities, free food but not very nice and wife got sick after eating their food. The aircraft were OK including their 777 which we flew domestically on one of our legs.
  I suppose Business long haul MIGHT be better but I think I will stick to my QR sales ex EU ( £1450 to Sydney from last sale).

  • Anon says:

    24 Dec24 December 09:52

    David S – Cracking QR price to Oz, what was the full routing + month of departure and time of year you booked ?

    • David S says:

      24 Dec24 December 09:57

      OSL-DOH-SYD, SYD-DOH-HEL. Going May 2017. Booked August 2016 on their last big sale. QR usually have a Newyear sale although with Brexit and exchange rate for Euro to Pound, value is not as good as it used to be but still miles better than going ex UK.

      • Anon says:

        24 Dec24 December 16:33

        Thanks! 🙂

  • John says:

    24 Dec24 December 13:59

    China ATC is controlled by military which always has priority over civilian aircraft.

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