by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 24, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa is running a fare sale until this Sunday, September 28, targeting travel from Germany to destinatons througout Europe. LH has set aside 1 million tickets for travel between November 1 and March 18 with fares starting as low as €99.
The fare covers most, if not all, of LH’s European destinations and the only black-out period seems to be for departures surrounding the days around Christmas.
Specifically, departures must take place between November 1 and December 18 and return travel must take place between November 2 and March 18. The fare sale does allow you book return travel during the Christmas holiday period.
A one night stay is required if traveling to a German destination. If traveling to a European city outside of Germany there are 3 minimum stay options: 3 nights, a Friday night OR a Saturday night. This makes it relatively easy to book a weekend trip at reasonable rates.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 9, 2014 | Business Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
It’s that time of year again! The time when airlines start offering fantastic Business Class fares to Europe for travel during the Thanksgiving Holiday.
SWISS has launched their Business Class fare sale to Europe with fares starting as low as $1899 for travel to Barcelona from New York.
Most of the fares for this sale are ranging in the low to mid $2000 level from the East Coast while fares from the West Coast range in the very low $3000 range. Great fares!
I sampled a few fares, and found that this deal is available for travel between November 22 and December 1 with very good availability from their USA gateways. The Business Fares are being booked as ‘P’ fares.
Please pay SPECIAL ATTENTION to who will be operating your flight. Most of the fares that I sampled had SWISS as the carrier for the transatlantic segments. However, there were pockets where United and Air Canada were options. My suggestion is to make sure you fly on SWISS to fully enjoy the experience.
SWISS is consistently recognized as having one of the best Business Class experiences in the industry. If you’re going to spend $2000-$3000 to travel, you may as well fly with one of the best!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 4, 2014 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa is running a quick fare sale until September 8 for travel between New York and Milan. The fare covers travel between September and January and fares are attractive at only $679. This is part of a larger sale to Italy, but this $679 deal from NY is 50% less than the next best deal between a US city and Italy. The fares cover departures from Newark and JFK.
Additionally, the fare covers flights operated by Lufthansa, Swiss, Air Canada, Brussels & United so pay attention as to who’ll be operating your flight since the amount of miles you earn and the hospitality that you’ll experience can vary greatly.
Terms are straight forward. Departures must take place between September 17 and October while return travel must occur between September 19 and January 25. Tickets must be purchased 14 days ahead of scheduled departure date. There does not appear to be a minimum stay requirement.
This Milan fare looks like it’s part of a fare war with Skyteam and Oneworld carriers and in this instance it looks like the Star Alliance pricing is $20-$50 cheaper than the competitors.
