Article: Business Class to Europe on Budget Airlines: Worth the Savings?

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Business Class to Europe on Budget Airlines: Worth the Savings? is an article written by our new writer, Stephen.

Business Class to Europe on Budget Airlines: Worth the Savings?

Using low-cost carriers like Scoot, Jetstar and T'Way Air, you can get cheap Business Class airfares to Europe. But is it worth the savings compared to legacy airlines?

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[OZDUCK]

We used Scoot from Perth to Singapore in May/June to pick up 'cheap' J seats on Etihad for the Europe return leg of our France trip. We will be doing the same in August/September where we will be flying QR out of Singapore. As the article said just be aware of what you will and wont get on carriers like Scoot. And I always leave at leave at least about 24 hours between connections. For the under 5 hours flight to Sin the Scoot seats are pretty good. Especially compared to the Y seats in SQ or QF. Food is ok for such a short trip.

The Scoot/QR option is costing us about $5,000 each. Flying QR out of Perth would be about $8,800 each on special for 'Classic' fares. The Etihad trip was about $900 cheaper.

 

[harryhv]

Could try to take an LCC to Bali and get a cheap business or PE fare from there to Europe on someone like Turkish. Just be careful if you pick Virgin Australia for example, their business class is very much 'no frills' - hard recliners, no lounge accesss and you'll probably be sitting up all night on the way home without even a blanket.

One thing not yet mentioned is the horrible treatment in irrops, Jetstar for example has a very bad reputation for dumping and forgetting passengers. So don't count on the LCC to actually show up, pick a changeover port somewhere where you'd be ready to enjoy an extra day or week

 

[RooFlyer]

Nice first column (I think?) Stephen Gray.

One thing not yet mentioned is the horrible treatment in irrops, Jetstar for example has a very bad reputation for dumping and forgetting passengers.

Yes, for me that's an important consideration and always tips me to 'no' when I look at them as an option.

 

[Volando]

One thing not yet mentioned is the horrible treatment in irrops, Jetstar for example has a very bad reputation for dumping and forgetting passengers. So don't count on the LCC to actually show up, pick a changeover port somewhere where you'd be ready to enjoy an extra day or week

This is a really good point! Even more important when many LCCs only have one or two flights a week on certain routes. A bit of weather or a plane with a tech issue can have major scheduling impacts.

Nice first column (I think?) Stephen

Thanks @RooFlyer