Certain markets, like Europe to Asia, and the reverse, regularly see discounted premium fare deals. It is rarer to see great deals between Asia and Australia, so there are two fares that have caught my eye this week. Right now, oneworld member Malaysia Airlines has return business class fares from Tokyo Narita to Sydney for…
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There are two flights for Malaysia Airlines from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo Narita, the morning departure is A350 and the evening departure is A380. First class seat is for sale, so you cannot select first class seat for free if you are only a business class passenger.
Again, please do you research.
James you are amazing. Interesting and relevant information and you don’t waste time on the greedy CC nonsense
James, another great post.
As I said before - sticking with your Aussie premium roots suits you
@ adam - as I said in the article, there is a chance of selecting a first class seat on the Sydney leg on the A350. I didn't mention anything about an A350 (or a first class seat) on the Tokyo leg ; )
Folks - both fares clearly 'originated' in the Premium Fares section of Flyertalk where YHBU copies from.
We posted the Melbourne deal a few days prior and another poster added the MH deal (initally in
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1921436-mh-icn-kul-lhr-business-1-874-a.html
This places NO monetary value on the 13 extra hours EACH WAY it takes to get there (26 hours). Surely some of your readers are worth more than 50 USD per hour.
For some reason I am not seeing any of these Malaysia Air flights, but I am consistently seeing from both SYD and even moreso BNE through at least next spring, all around the $1500 mark with most of those flights on EVA or China Airlines. Some days are in the $800s if you are willing to fly a Qantas/Aircalin combo through Noumea. Is this Malaysia fare really that excellent?
James, as an aside, being the new South Pacific expert on here, I am hoping you can help. I am trying to decide on my return flight from Aus next March to the east coast of the US. Is there anywhere I could contact you directly for a quick ranking/preference of 3 flights I have found in case you have experience in any of them? Did not want to hijack the comment section on this article if not relevant, but happy to just ask here for others to provide input.
Doh! I'm a moron - was still searching one-way flights for my own personal use. Return bumps those flights up to $2k, so yea the Malaysia fare would be excellent.
I keep reading about serious safety concerns for Hong Kong Airlines.
This is the article that first gave me concern about the airline's safety. One of their former pilots (who resigned because of such safety concerns) said "I wouldn't put my wife and kids on Hong Kong Airlines - I really wouldn't."
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1287104/safety-questioned-hong-kong-airlines
And here's a more recent article grabbed randomly after a search for "Hong Kong Airlines safety". (as much about government oversight as for Hong Kong Airlines)
@stvr, how the hell are you getting from Osaka to Tokyo, rickshaw? It's certainly not 13 hours.
@Adam seriously? You come off as a puerile pedant.
@stvr for many who read these forums getting from A to B in the shortest possible time is not the concern. A cheaper flight with access to great lounges compensates nicely.
@adam - You should try reading the article a bit more closely before asking other people to do their research.
Eh. James, you wrote a recent article about selecting F seats on J bookings. But i’ve been reading a lot of people’s experience about being kicked out of the cabin and being randomly assigned another seat before check-in. There is even a story on this very site about the inaugural domestic sectors where people got kicked out.
Hi James, How about vice versa journey ? for example BNE - HKG - NRT ? how about any flight inbound or outbound flight to Korea?
I fly to Between Australia and Asia at about 110,000 miles per year, but I haven't seen good deal for residents in Down under.
@ Brendan - premium fare deals from Australia to anywhere are extremely rare. I will definitely be writing about any that come up.