Etihad MEL to Europe $3500 - $4200 rtn J.

[LionKing]

Has the fares gone? I cannot find them this morning.

 

[futaris]

https://www.etihad.com/en-au/offers

 

[RAM]

I just tried pricing a SYD MUC rtn for Dec 30 to Jan 31, and bad news. It came back at well over $18,000 including lounge access & 'free' seat selection. Without either then price would have been just over $17k.

Worth looking but sad result.

 

[WilsonM]

I just tried pricing a SYD MUC rtn for Dec 30 to Jan 31, and bad news. It came back at well over $18,000 including lounge access & 'free' seat selection. Without either then price would have been just over $17k.

Worth looking but sad result.

This fare is only valid for travel from now till June

 

[Duffa]

I just tried pricing a SYD MUC rtn for Dec 30 to Jan 31, and bad news. It came back at well over $18,000 including lounge access & 'free' seat selection. Without either then price would have been just over $17k.

Worth looking but sad result.

They won't be discounting that far in advance!!

 

[RAM]

They won't be discounting that far in advance!!

I always (try to) follow the principle never cough/u/me. Often works in my favour. I'm also an optimist.

Have you heard of O'Toole's Law?
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Read out loud using Irish accent...
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"Murphy was an optimist."

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Didn’t proceed to the booking pages but the $3500 seems to have gone up… entry fares now $4800.

 

[SYD]

Didn’t proceed to the booking pages but the $3500 seems to have gone up… entry fares now $4800.

ITA Matrix is showing the cheapest combo for April is A$4250 (into MUC and out of MXP). Which is up from mid A$3ks earlier but still cheap by Oz standards.

Similar prices / combos in May and first half of June by the looks and then back to mid A$8k late June onwards.

 

[Duffa]

OK, I think I'll pass on these flights.
Not because I'm worried about getting hit ( I lived in Belfast for 10 years in the early 80's !!)
but because I'm worried about getting stranded on either leg. Too many disruptions in the Gulf.
The clever gamble would be booking flights towards the end of May, in the hope that it will be all over?? I can't go then due to commitments at home.

 

[Happy Dude]

Interesting that flights are being sold ex-AUS with high probability of being cancelled. Didn't QF get a smack for similar not that long ago?

 

[Lux]

Took my chances last week. Sydeny to Athens // Barcelona to Melbourne.
$3800. Mid May departure. The inner gambler in me liked the risk / return. Will keep you posted if it ends in tears!

 

[CaptJCool]

On reading the tea leaves,
Be bold and try something new ….

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Interesting that flights are being sold ex-AUS with high probability of being cancelled. Didn't QF get a smack for similar not that long ago?

QF sold them for flights that were cancelled. And then we’re slow to advise pax once the flights were cancelled.

A different scenario to this.

 

[clifford]

No inner gambler in me any longer. Too old for that, and previously bitten many times.

Worth noting that my Agean flight from ATH to DXB in late May has just been cancelled, so full refund is coming my way. Non UAE airlines are not quite as optimistic as EY.

 

[Happy Dude]

QF sold them for flights that were cancelled. And then we’re slow to advise pax once the flights were cancelled.

A different scenario to this.

Flights that are cancelled vs flights that are never going to operate. Not that different if you squint.

 

[Lux]

Planes are flying, though, especially from Melbourne and Sydney.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Flights that are cancelled vs flights that are never going to operate. Not that different if you squint.

But pax are also going in with open eyes to this. The flights will go subject to an attack/danger… that’s sort of transparent. With covid it was shuffling around behind the scenes that pax had no visibility of.

 

[k_sheep]

My only concern is that will travel insurance cover ANY of the flights? Or is the whole trip not covered since you went through a 'do not travel' zone?

 

[Rayesfeg]

My only concern is that will travel insurance cover ANY of the flights? Or is the whole trip not covered since you went through a 'do not travel' zone?

Probably not, It's not so much due to the 'do not travel' zone, it's more that travel insurance won't cover anything as a result of war.

 

[MELso]

My only concern is that will travel insurance cover ANY of the flights? Or is the whole trip not covered since you went through a 'do not travel' zone?

I imagine it would be whether travelling through a DNT area affected the other loss.

If you lose a non-refundable deposit to a hotel because the flight got cancelled due to war-like conditions, I imagine it wouldn't be covered. If you do make it but there's labour unrest leading to a train being cancelled that would be covered.

But your policy T&C will spell this out I'm guessing.