Andy_Bangle Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 @Busby - booked anything yet? The latest round of ex-Europe deals offer best value from Scandinavia, but there is a number of good value options available on departures from the UK, including London to Bangkok at £1830 return, Cape Town at £1910 return and Hong Kong at £1925 return. Linky ---> http://www.qatarairways.com/uk/en/special-offers.page A number of Economy Class routes are also included in this sale, some of which are at very good prices. However, in terms of the product you are getting, undoubtedly the best value is in the Qatar Business Class sale. The other stand out deals available from the UK and Europe are as follows: Business Class flights from the UK (book by 11 June) London (Heathrow) to Bangkok – £1,830 London to Cape Town – £1,910 London to Colombo – £1,795 London to Dubai – £1,885 London to Ho Chi Minh City – £1,830 London to Hong Kong – £1,925 London to Jakarta – £1,825 London to Kuala Lumpur – £1,830 London to Phuket – £1,930 London to Shanghai – £1,835 London to Singapore – £1,835 London to Tokyo – £1,935 Edinburgh to Tokyo – £1,965 Edinburgh to Singapore – £1,965 Edinburgh to Shanghai – £1,860 Edinburgh to Phuket – £2,100 Edinburgh to Kuala Lumpur – £1,965 Edinburgh to Jakarta – £1,960 Edinburgh to Hong Kong £2,015 Edinburgh to Ho Chi Minh City – £1,865 Edinburgh to Dubai £1,920 Edinburgh to Colombo – £1,825 Edinburgh to Cape Town – £2,100 Edinburgh to Bangkok – £1,865 Manchester to Bangkok – £1,865 Manchester Cape Town – £2,105 Manchester to Colombo – £1,830 Manchester to Dubai – £1,925 Manchester to Ho Chi Minh City – £1,865 Manchester to Hong Kong – £2,020 Manchester to Jakarta – £1,960 Manchester to Kuala Lumpur – £1,965 Manchester to Maldives – £2,480 Manchester to Phuket – £2105 Manchester to Shanghai – £1,860 GBP Details Book Manchester to Singapore – £1,970 Manchester to Tokyo – £1,970 Business Class return flights from Norway (book by 31 December) Oslo to Bangkok – €1807 Oslo to Dubai – €1892 Oslo to Ho Chi Minh City – €2259 Oslo to Kuala Lumpur – €2265 Oslo to Phuket – €2146 Oslo to Singapore(SIN) at €1999 Business Class return flights from Sweden (book by 31 December) Stockholm to Abu Dhabi – €1763 Stockholm to Bangkok – €1923 Stockholm to Dar Es Salaam – €2051 Stockholm to Delhi – €2073 Stockholm to Dubai – €1859 Stockholm to Hong Kong – €1758 Stockholm to Nairobi – €1977 Stockholm to Phuket – €1870 Stockholm to Sharjah – €1859 Stockholm to Singapore – €2089 Business Class return flights from Denmark (book by 31 December) Copenhagen to Bangkok – €1922 Copenhagen to Dubai – €1714 Copenhagen to Hong Kong – €2397 Copenhagen to Phuket – €2243 First up, some of the UK departure prices compare favourably even to the Euro-priced Scandinavia flights. Otherwise, at these prices, you will often still be saving a fortune by taking a positioning flight to Oslo etc and flying on from there. Ryanair, easyJet etc can be used to very good effect here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 You on a commission with all these airlines, Bangle..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 He wants to guarantee his job as trolley dolly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted June 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 He wants to guarantee his job as trolley dolly. What has the doctor, your wife and I told you those fantasies Mr Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) Qatar has another sale from UK airports ending tomorrow £500 to Oz etc. Oz fromwas £460 return - so cheap. Dubai fr £315. http://www.qatarairways.com/uk/en/special-offers.page Edinburgh – Perth: £461 Manchester – Perth: £472 Manchester – Adelaide: £478 Birmingham – Perth: £481 London – Perth: £485 Birmingham – Adelaide: £486 Edinburgh – Sydney: £489 London – Adelaide: £490 Manchester – Sydney: £512 Edinburgh – Adelaide: £517 Manchester – Melbourne: £517 Birmingham – Melbourne: £526 London – Sydney: £528 Edited April 17, 2016 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabby Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 The filter on that search page isn't very helpful - looking for business flights at Xmas Lon -> Dubai or Abu Dhabi and getting what seems like every route/class returned e.g. Birmingham to Islamabad for different dates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonC Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 These are economy prices, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 The filter on that search page isn't very helpful - looking for business flights at Xmas Lon -> Dubai or Abu Dhabi and getting what seems like every route/class returned e.g. Birmingham to Islamabad for different dates! Might stand a better chance with the Emirates sale, with the introduction of their 10th Daily flight from London to Dubai they have 5000 seats per day to fill. Plus they've just introduced an A380 service from BHX - that's a lot of bums on seats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Qatar started a new sale today new. The headline fare is Birmingham to Perth for £1,250 return in Business Class. This would be an astonishing fare – except that I couldn’t find one. There IS plenty at £1,425 return though. There is LOADS of availability for Edinburgh to Dubai at £880 return in Business. Birmingham to Phuket in business £980 is a real bargain.. The full list of deals is on their website. You must book by Sunday but can travel up to 31st March 2017. http://www.qatarairways.com/uk/en/special-offers.page Also, the ex-BHX/MAN sale by *A and DL/VS runs out tonight as well. Under £1200 to the West Coast with great availability through to the end of next March. Even cheaper to Florida (not MCO). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Just another quick look at the Business class fares: These routes are under £1,000 in Business Class – and remember that you can fly until 31st March 2017 in most cases:Edinburgh to Dubai – £880Birmingham to Phuket – £980 These routes are under £1,250:Edinburgh to Maldives – £1,130Edinburgh to Bangkok – £1,140Edinburgh to Singapore – £1,200Birmingham to Perth – £1,250 (the most astonishing price I have ever seen for a flight to Australasia from the UK – but, in practice, I couldn’t find it. I did find seats at £1,425 return however. Sydney is around £1,700.)London to Dubai – £1,250 VS/DL ex MAN USA £1057 fare extended until tonight by the way. Tampa, West Palm Beach and Key West included in Florida. Same price as economy high season! @cabby Friend just booked 2 weeks in the sun at Christmas (through Expedia) for £853 (R/I) using their ‘special fare’. Edinburgh-Doha-Dubai. Whilst someone else booked Business BHX-DOH-HKT on a 787 on both legs, Over Christmas for £1053. Just went to my online banking (Halifax) and under their cashbook rewards programme you can also get 8% cashbook on Qatar at the moment – lasts until some time in May. And don’t forget TCB/Quidco for 2.1/2% respectively on top Edited April 20, 2016 by Andy_Bangle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cabby Posted April 21, 2016 Report Share Posted April 21, 2016 @cabby Friend booked 2 weeks in the sun at Christmas (through Expedia) for £853 (R/I) using their ‘special fare’. Edinburgh-Doha-Dubai. Whilst someone else booked Business BHX-DOH-HKT on a 787 on both legs, Over Christmas for £1053. Just went to my online banking (Halifax) and under their cashbook rewards programme you can also get 8% cashbook on Qatar at the moment – lasts until some time in May. And don’t forget TCB/Quidco for 2.1/2% respectively on top Cheers Andy although not sure departing from anywhere other than London is an option given we'll be travelling with a 10 and 4 yo . H'row and Gatwick are less than an hour from us. Not flown Virgin before but Upper Class is looking pretty good value. Seem to have reduced fares in-line with the competition. Also noticed that many flights on this route are cheaper in business than premium at present . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busby Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Cheers Andy although not sure departing from anywhere other than London is an option given we'll be travelling with a 10 and 4 yo . H'row and Gatwick are less than an hour from us. Not flown Virgin before but Upper Class is looking pretty good value. Seem to have reduced fares in-line with the competition. Also noticed that many flights on this route are cheaper in business than premium at present . Virgin UC is very nice - personally I don't think the new seats are as comfortable when used as a bed as the old ones used to be but that's a very minor gripe! I just wish they collected you from home on all UC fares rather than just full price ones. We've used up all our miles for our next flight and might switch to Emirates now as they will do chauffeur transfers on any business ticket. Would be a shame really as we've flown with Virgin in UC for 15 years! The London lounges (especially Heathrow) are awesome too and both have children's areas (better kids area is at Gatwick). If you go from Heathrow you can use the drive through check-in too which is great when you have the family with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 (edited) Virgin UC is very nice - personally I don't think the new seats are as comfortable when used as a bed as the old ones used to be but that's a very minor gripe! I just wish they collected you from home on all UC fares rather than just full price ones. We've used up all our miles for our next flight and might switch to Emirates now as they will do chauffeur transfers on any business ticket. Would be a shame really as we've flown with Virgin in UC for 15 years! The London lounges (especially Heathrow) are awesome too and both have children's areas (better kids area is at Gatwick). If you go from Heathrow you can use the drive through check-in too which is great when you have the family with you. We flew Virgin UC back from Dubai a few years back. It was good (the service was superb) but your comments on the seats are spot on. Oddly enough, the best first class we've ever flown was Air Mauritius. It was the type of trip where you didn't really know what to expect on such a small airline, but they are outstanding and the comfort was out of this world. The contrast couldn't have been starker to Air France whom we flew home with, again first class - it was the worst first class we've ever had. Truly atrocious. Old, grubby, crap service, uncomfortable and some entertainment functions and seat functions not working. Edited April 22, 2016 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Oddly enough I'm musing Edi to Beijing next month. Dirty 7 hour stop over in Doha though on the way there. Might opt for Cathay out of LHR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 22, 2016 Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Doha is anything but dirty. The new airport is stunning. Take a taxi into the City and visit the spice souks. In fact, just take a taxi and ask them to show you the Corniche (a road). You'll see a City landscape like nothing else on earth. I took hundreds of photo's and never got bored of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Good gen, thank you. How long does it take to get a taxi into town and do I need a visa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted April 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) I will be passing through Doha again in June and get complementary hotel / visa / food as my layover is over 8 hours Depending on your timings there's a free city tour you can sign up too: http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/offers/doha-city-tour.page otherwise as mrme said, jump in a taxi as things are pretty close and fares are reasonable (cheap). You'll need to pay in local currency and get a visa on entry which is 100 QR (20 quid) If you're flying business class with Qatar then the al mourjan business lounge is amazing, it's easy to waste a few hours in there ...and don't forget to take a picture of the multi-million dollar teddy bear for your kids Edited April 23, 2016 by Andy_Bangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 As Andy said, there are tours. He's spot on about taxi fares too - they're dirt cheap. Have a walk around, everything is very close together in Doha and make sure you go to Villaggio, a venetian themed mall where seeing is believing - because it has a full canal system inside it and is also the home of the Doha Raiders - Qatar's Ice Hockey team! Their rink is in the centre of the mall.... You'll also get to the see the stadia for the 2022 World Cup, because thet're almost all complete and have been for a long time. In doing so, you'll see this - The Torch hotel. It is attached to one of the stadiums and you can see a little part of it stuck out half way up. That is a viewing platform. It is huge! A few others for you, to whet the appetite (it is a fantastic place in my opinion): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) NNMM and the word walk, that's messing with my mind :-p Edited April 23, 2016 by Calm Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 I walked miles in Doha. In 48 degrees. It wasn't the best idea I've ever had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Not flying business as our corp policy is economy. Shite. But BA Gold card should see me right when on the ground at least! Thanks guys, might well go Doha route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Premium Economy on KLM to Qatar is suprisingly good, especially if you get in the first row of centre aisle seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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