esseeeayeenn
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For various reasons I have been looking into ways to get out of Perth to take advantage of cheap business class fares from Asia to the Middle East and Europe.
This has been made both necessary and difficult by the exit of QFi from all Perth routes.
A flight PER-DXB costs the same as a flight PER-DXB-LHR (or any EK destination in Europe) and is much less likely to be on sale.
Looking at flights leading up to Easter the cheapest QF could offer was between $2400 and $3600 for a one way flight to SIN, KUL or BKK.
And those options would also cost a day of my time, wasted flying PER-SYD/MEL/BNE on QFd to pick up the QFi leg.
The best option I could find was to pay $735 for a VA flight PER-DPS, then $380 DPS-KUL.
From KUL I could pick up cheap flight options to the middle east and beyond.
Anyone found any clever cheap options to get from Perth to an Asian hub in business?
Preferably earning with either one world or a VA partner airline.
Note: please don't question the strategy of getting to an Asian hub to access cheap fares, there are reasons why that works for me which won't be apparent to others.
This has been made both necessary and difficult by the exit of QFi from all Perth routes.
A flight PER-DXB costs the same as a flight PER-DXB-LHR (or any EK destination in Europe) and is much less likely to be on sale.
Looking at flights leading up to Easter the cheapest QF could offer was between $2400 and $3600 for a one way flight to SIN, KUL or BKK.
And those options would also cost a day of my time, wasted flying PER-SYD/MEL/BNE on QFd to pick up the QFi leg.
The best option I could find was to pay $735 for a VA flight PER-DPS, then $380 DPS-KUL.
From KUL I could pick up cheap flight options to the middle east and beyond.
Anyone found any clever cheap options to get from Perth to an Asian hub in business?
Preferably earning with either one world or a VA partner airline.
Note: please don't question the strategy of getting to an Asian hub to access cheap fares, there are reasons why that works for me which won't be apparent to others.