It’s rare I receive an email from an airline advertising what I would consider a good fare, especially for premium cabin tickets, but Etihad is offering some very compelling fares as part of their business class sale.
Continue reading: Great Deal: Business Class Flights To India ~$2500
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Actually, Emirates, Qatar and Etihad have these promotions very frequently during the lull periods for travel to/fro India so this is not a rare occurrence. However, I am sure some of the readers here will appreciate this.
Thank you. As someone who travels to India frequently this is not a rare occurrence and from now to dec 12 is not a low period... Unfortunately I'm already booked in EY F.. 🙂
Etihad even has sale on business class for all flights out of UAE. It runs until 15 April and valid for travel between 12 April to 12 December!
https://browniemiles.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/etihads-business-class-sale-flights-from-auh/
These are definitely good prices but, as others have pointed, by no means exceptional or rare. I've bought business class tickets from US to India for $2500-2700 and Europe to India for $1700-1900 several times on AF, LH, Emirates, Jet Airways. Just avoid the busy months like May and Dec.
In fact the lowest right now as I see it is Turkish which is $1950 from Toronto to Mumbai, which is available through next March. Seats may not be as good as Etihad's, but food is certainly a lot better and it is $500 cheaper.
Also, if you do use Etihad, you can get a 5-10% discount on these fares just by closing the browser, opening up virtually any other site and see an Etihad ad offering 10% off.
Etihad business class on 777s operated on most of the routes is not as good as the business studio though.
This is good, but not phenomenal.
The best time to travel to India in terms of climate is mid-late December. (During the American summer, it's the monsoon/rainy season in India.)
I've booked fares over spring break (when it's super hot) for $2200 per person round trip on Star Alliance business.
Strange. Asiana Club is my main FFP so that's likely where I'd credit miles if I were to take advantage of this. Asiana's accumulation chart for Etihad says that the discounted "Z" class earns 150% of flown miles whereas "W" only earns 125%.
These kinds of sales to India actually aren't all that unusual. QR had a "2 for the price of 1" sale about a month and a half ago where J class tickets would price out in the low $3,000s, assuming you purchased 2 seats. Regardless, it's a good deal. Too bad I won't be able to make a trip to the homeland work out this year.
@Bill - the last half of December is a good time to be in India climate-wise, but the period from roughly 12/15 through the first week of January is by far the most expensive when it comes to plane tickets. Literally every Indian family living in the U.S. is heading over there to visit extended family while the kids are on Christmas break. Fares crater about the second week of January; it's not unusual to see fares in the mid-$800 range in Y compared to $1,200-1,500 over the holidays, and you get the same wonderful, cool weather across most of the country.
Hello, I live in Bangalore, India and I want to get to Los Angeles in first class, with costs totaling to around $2500-ish.
Is it possible!
I am looking for three business class tickets to india , one in oct and 2 in dec . all three returning Jan 7th.
Any help to get a reasonable fare or any help at all would be greatly appreciated .
i am trying to book business calss to india from NY for last two weeks of December. Is that doable?
looking for business class tickets to Chennai from Atlanta . Any help here please?
dod Oct 10th /Jan 5th
My budget is 3000 to 3300
I am looking for business class tickets going from iAd to Del Mar 17 Mar 31, 2018