We’ve increasingly seen airlines offer more discounted premium cabin fares. Rather than offering free upgrades, they’d rather sell the tickets, even if they’re at steep discounts.
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Always include the economy fares as well to highlight how good the v fares are.
I’d love to, but the connection time in Zurich is only 1hr 5min, which isn’t exactly long to enjoy a first class lounge.
I hate these fares. I'm not a business traveler, but I do most of my travel alone, and none of the people that I do occasionally travel with would be at all willing to pay for anything more than an economy ticket.
Any chance this could be used with the Amex companion ticket ? That really puts this in phenomenal deal territory. And would Amex be able to book this and get the 35% rebate ?
@ Gaurav -- Sorry, which companion ticket are you referring to? If you're talking about the US Amex Platinum Card, here we now have the International Airfare Program, which offers a discount on some tickets originating in the US and Canada, so that wouldn't be available due to the departure point. I think the Amex Travel Portal should be able to price this out, though, so you could potentially use the 35% rebate.
LHR/BHX to BOM is one I look at quite often and for those who travel alone the fares can still be fairly reasonable. Booked in July 2017 a christmas 2017 (19/12 - 30/12) in India was around £2.4k return. It was Lufthansa 747-8 there and a SWISS 777 return.
Having just checked similar dates for this year it comes to £3.7k. This is mostly due to the return journey only having First flex tickets left. If you were to book First Basic you get £2.7kish.
This might not be "cheap" but FRA to BOM is 8hr, which is longer than a flight to JFK but I'd guess it's cheaper than a business class flight to New York.
@Zymm You hate the fact that other people are able to enjoy something you cannot? In fact, the issue here seems to be less with you not being able to enjoy these fares, but the people you know not being able to afford them
How do I book a flight that shows up on Matrix ITA? I am able to find dates from LHR to HKG in march, but not able to book it on lufthansa website.
@Jacob L, a good travel agent can book it for you, or learn how to use bookwithmatrix or the ITA powertools on Flyertalk. You can google it for more details.
@Speedbird
It's mostly that the headline doesn't mention that it's a partner fare. I'm tired of getting excited just to click through and realize it's not something I can take advantage of.
I have same issue as "Jacob L", this fare doesnt appear in any UK booking sites, even LH direct! but showing A cls available, is this offer for NON-UK pax only ? BTW Im checking HKG.
I get a great price in ITA Matrix but almost the double price in the Lufthansa webpage? Can a travelagent bypass this problem?