Long haul flight stopover tips

SW17

richardw wrote: »

OSL was the cheapest overall with BA, second Etihad from DUB. But I didn't find a business class fare for less than £2k pp, demand seems to be pretty good.

Could be demand, but not necessarily. GBP 2K in business class is about as good as it gets for Australia with the major carriers, I would take that in a heartbeat if I were looking for business class flights.

The deals that appear around £1K on BA are mostly for N American destinations, perhaps the odd Asian route thrown in. You'll occasionally find fares around that level with Qatar Airways (on a 2-4-1 basis), but more often to Asia than Oz.

richardw

Seems BA are not happy http://www.headforpoints.com/2015/07/20/british-airways-clamping-down-on-dropped-final-legs-on-ex-eu-tickets/

EssexExile

richardw wrote: »

Seems BA are not happy

Sorry, could be my fault, I sent them an email telling them what I thought of their service.;)

SW17

richardw wrote: »

Seems BA are not happy http://www.headforpoints.com/2015/07/20/british-airways-clamping-down-on-dropped-final-legs-on-ex-eu-tickets/

Yes, a very convenient place for BA to plant a story like this. They may or may not actually do anything, but easily avoided if you just fly the last leg from LHR and then position back home. It's a non-issue then, nothing they can do, and usually worth the slight extra inconvenience for the saving.

EssexExile wrote: »

Sorry, could be my fault, I sent them an email telling them what I thought of their service.;)

Well, the greatest shock there would be that they actually read the email...

EssexExile

SW17 wrote: »

Well, the greatest shock there would be that they actually read the email...

And replied!

lollol

Hi I am looking for flights to Canberra for October for a month.
I can travel from the 29th and plan to spend 4 weeks there.returning the last week of October. Cheapest i have seen is just over a £1000. please help, Thanks

SW17

lollol wrote: »

Hi I am looking for flights to Canberra for October for a month.
I can travel from the 29th and plan to spend 4 weeks there.returning the last week of October. Cheapest i have seen is just over a £1000. please help, Thanks

Where is your home airport?

NiftyDigits

Surely cheaper to fly to Sydney, then to take a bus from the airport to Canberra for around £12.

lollol

Thanks will look into that..

AlanPHill

I found it was £1343 to fly a mutli-stop flight from Lodnon to Cairns (Australia) and then from Perth (after a road trip in OZ) to Auckland and then home again to London.

Then I checked from Stockhom where I will be a few days earlier and it was cheaper to fly from there even though it had an extra flight! It only cost £1048 to fly the same trip from Stockholm instead of from London - nearly £300 cheaper! If you wanted to save about £250 you can fly to Stockholm for about £50...

I am not sure if they allow you to "skip" the first flight (i.e. buy the flight from Stockholm and then say that you will get on at London)!!

Probably not I guess...