by Lufthansa Flyer | Dec 8, 2015 | Fare Sale, Featured, Lufthansa, Premium Economy |
For next several days, Lufthansa is running a relatively attractive Premium Economy fare sale from the USA to most of their European destinations.
This sale also includes flights operated by LH’s Low Cost Carrier flights operated by their ‘Cityline’ unit. For example Tampa Bay, Florida to St. Petersburg, Russia can be had for only $950 in Premium Economy.
Other attractive fares for this sale include Chicago – Krakow for $1350 and Houston – Milan for $1400. Otherwise most fares from the East Coast starting in $1400-$1500 range and West Coast departures range between $1700 and $1900.
The fare sale details:
Sale ends on December 15, 2015
Departures can take place between December 24, 2015 and March 17, 2016.
Return flights can take place between December 27, 2015 and June 17, 2016.
Tickets must be purchased 14 days prior to departure.
For those of you who have not flown LH’s Premium Economy, I can recommend it from personal experience. This year I flew a handful of Premium Economy segments including runs between the US and Frankfurt as well as between Frankfurt and Johannesburg. Though not a Business or First Class seat, they are quite acceptable, even for a 10 hour run between FRA and JNB!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 16, 2015 | Business Class, Featured, First Class, Swiss |
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!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 16, 2015 | Business Class, Fare Sale, Featured |
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.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 6, 2015 | Economy Class, Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
SWISS’ current fare sale for Economy Class travel between the US and Europe ends on October 7. This particular fare sale has 4 different groupings of valid travel dates between now and the first quarter of next year.
The first 2 groups cover departures between now and October 31 as well as between December 16 and December 23. The fares for these travel dates a little bit higher than the other 2 groups. On average I found these fares to be about $50-75 higher than the other group. For example, Chicago – Zurich during this time frame can be had for $932.
The second group covers departures between November 1 and December 15 as well as between December 24 and March 17. The same Chicago – Zurich airfare can be had for only $882.
The best fare that I was able to find from among the entire fare sale is a very attractive one between New York and Saint Petersburg which can be booked for ONLY $504.
Unfortunately the terms and conditions are not spelled out as well as they should be. There is no information provided as to when return travel has to take place, or what the minimum and maximum stay requirements are for the fares.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 25, 2015 | Fare Sale, Featured, Swiss |
Beginning at Midnight on September 26, SWISS will be running a 2-day fare sale on their global network.
SWISS has been pretty cryptic about the details. I’n not sure if the fare sale will be Ex-Switzerland, or ‘Ex-Everywhere’. All I can say is visit this link beginning at midnight this Friday to see what they’re offering!
