SWISS First AND Business Class Sale Ex-ZRH:  48 Hours Only….Starting NOW!

SWISS First AND Business Class Sale Ex-ZRH: 48 Hours Only….Starting NOW!

SWISS has launched a rare Premium Fare sale for travel in First or Business Class to most of SWISS’ destinations worldwide.

Travel must originate in Zurich, however for only $4000 you can fly LX’s outstanding First Class product from Zurich to Montreal for $4000, $3700 to Muscat or Dubai or to Sao Paulo for $6300!

Business Class fares begin at $2000 for travel between Zurich and Beijing or Bangkok and go up towards $3000 for travel to Johannesburg.

As I mentioned, the fare sale seems to cover the entire SWISS network and great prices exist for each destination.   With a little bit of planning, its not to difficult to position yourself in Zurich to take advantage of the deals.

The details (applies to both First and Business Class fares):

The fare sale will last for only 48 hours.   It ends at midnight (local ZRH time) on October 18.

The fares are valid for travel worldwide (except to North America) between November 1, 2015 and June 19, 2016.

Valid travel dates to North America run between November 1, 2015 and and March 11, 2016.

In addition, there is no advanced booking period for non-North American destinations.   For travel to North America there is a 30-day advance purchase requirement.  Also for North America a 5 day minimum stay is required.   Non-North American destinations require only a Saturday or Sunday night stay.

Its been quite a week for fare sales.   This particular one comes on the heels of LUFTHANSA’s $2000 Business Class deal between the USA and London.    All of a sudden we’re given a ton of options to enjoy some of the best seats in the air!

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LUFTHANSA BUSINESS CLASS DEAL!  USA to London For $2000!

LUFTHANSA BUSINESS CLASS DEAL! USA to London For $2000!

In a direct response to British Airways’ fare sale, LUFTHANSA has launched a great Business Class fare from US Gateways To London for only $2000.  Depending on exact travel dates, it may be a few dollars higher or lower, but perhaps the LOWEST that you’ll ever see an LH Business Class fare ex-USA.

Availability for the fare is wide open well into next year (into mid-May!) and covers all of LH’s North American gateways.  In other words, you can fly to London from Newark for $2020 or from LAX to London for $2020.    This is not a bad Premium Cabin Mileage Run candidate (books to P fare class)!

I don’t know for how long these fares will be loaded into the system, so I suggest acting sooner than later.   I suspect once BA pulls their fares, LH will pull theirs.

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New Business Class Coming To Austrian?   Yes, According to CCO

New Business Class Coming To Austrian? Yes, According to CCO

Last week, Austrian’s CCO Andreas Otto was in New York to visit colleagues at Austrian’s offices and provided his insights on the airline and what the future will bring to OS.

As part of his comments, he suggested that a new Business Class cabin is on the way for Austrian’s long haul aircraft.    His plans called for the retrofit to be completed by 2020 and would include any 767, 777s and A350s that could or would be in the fleet at that time.    Maybe I missed something along the way, but I did not think OS was getting any A350s.

Regardless, I look forward to what the new Business Class concept will be from OS.  It feels like only yesterday that the current Business Class cabins were introduced.

Stay tuned.  I’m certain theres a lot more coming on this topic.

On another topic, he also mentioned SFO and LAX may be next on OS’ radar….but nothing definite at this point.

 


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