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I have found a good fare for BA Premium Economy -SYD- LHR, and am wondering about the quality of the seating, in flight service etc. Any comments/help appreciated.
I have found a good fare for BA Premium Economy -SYD- LHR, and am wondering about the quality of the seating, in flight service etc. Any comments/help appreciated.
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The price is $3796. Would it be possible for you MEL_ Traveller to be more specific on the particular business flights for less, I would appreciate it
This was alluded to in the other thread 'which airline'... but basically involves flying Australia to Singapore in economy (your choice of airlines, but probably recommend Singapore Airlines), followed by a separate ticket on Sri Lankan Airlines from Singapore to Europe.
From Singapore, business class return fares (which include a full flat bed on the Colombo-London sectors), are around $2400. The transit in Colombo is just a couple of hours.
In your case I'd be choosing someone like Singapore Airlines for the Australia-Singapore sector... the midnight departures from Australia arrive into Singapore around 6am. The Sri Lankan flight departs SIN at 0950am. Of course you'd have a business lounge to wait in during that time, and even if baggage can't be checked in all the way through from Australia, it can easily be arranged once on the ground in Singapore without having to collect bags or clear immigration.
The trade-off is that you will be flying on two separate tickets. I'm not so concerned about the outbound connection in SIN (three hours should be more than enough), but on the return you'd want to make sure you leave enough time in case there is a delay on the flight form Colombo to Singapore.
Taking a singapore airlines flight for say $1000, plus the Sri Lankan flight, will give you a total cost under British Airways' premium economy, and the long hauls will be very comfortable.
The price is $3796. Would it be possible for you MEL_ Traveller to be more specific on the particular business flights for less, I would appreciate it
Thanks for your help. Looking at Finnair
Is SQ's PE intro price ($3487 for SYD to LHR, return) any good to you, or are the dates wrong? (10th of August to the 30th of November)
Given that Mrs 2905 can no longer tolerate Y for more than a few hours (and I'm not far behind her!), anything out of Australia will have to be PE (or better) for us from now on. Our last trip to the UK / Europe and back was PE with QF; about $4000 each, ex-CBR.
I'll definitely have SQ PE on my short list next time.
fly economy to Singapore
Whilst I could probably endure it, there's no way that Mrs 2905 could. And exit rows for her are not an option.