Etihad offering £1,100 business class fares from Amsterdam to South Africa, Asia and more

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• Paul says:

  17 Sep17 September 06:24

  I think Bali and the other Indonesian routes are new for Etihad and it hey join EL and QR in providing services to Bali. It is a big expansion into the Indonesian market.
  For the leisure traveller a note of caution, Bali can be very wet from Nov-Mar and a miserable place in the rain.

• James says:

  17 Sep17 September 07:11

  You can credit to AA too which probably gives better value for some things than etihad guest even with triple miles!

  No elite points/miles unless on an AA codeshares though.

• dynamo says:

  17 Sep17 September 07:23

  Weirdly I can’t pull anything up for the end of March (out and back in March) anywhere near these prices. Tried Etihad, ITA and Google Flights.

  • Al says:

    17 Sep17 September 09:46

    Not a single flight below EUR3K to Singapore…

• Amtexfly says:

  17 Sep17 September 07:40

  What do you think of Etihad Guest, Raffles? They seem to be very aggressive with their points offers but from what I can tell it’s a fairly restrictive scheme for rewards.

  • Rob says:

    17 Sep17 September 09:27

    It was excellent until they racked up the points you needed a few months ago. Now a bit pricey BUT the quality, at least on the A380, is outstanding AND you get the chauffeur on redemptions.

    Note that you can redeem on Etihad using American Airlines miles and you need substantially fewer of them.

    They do one way redemptions so you could wait for the credit card bonus to shoot up again, get together enough for a one way somewhere and then come back on Avios etc.

    • Amtexfly says:

      17 Sep17 September 11:07

      Thanks for the info. Do you think the earning potential on Etihad would be enough for you to chose them over Emirates? I’ve looked at both and had decided on Emirates due to the consistency across their network and reward availability (even if they are fairly steep). The Etihad A380 looks amazing but it’s use being so limited gives Emirates the nod for me.

      • Rob says:

        17 Sep17 September 14:44

        For me, Emirates wins out because they release multiple J seats per flight, especially at the higher price level. Never a problem getting 4 seats. Etihad seems to be sticking to 2 business class seats per flight.

        I agree that availability at the higher Emirates price band – which in terms of miles needed is the same as the Etihad base level – is very good.

• Mark C says:

  17 Sep17 September 08:28

  Any idea if we’ll see more Qatar ex-EU fares appearing soon? Ideally some 2-4-1’s?

• Matthew says:

  17 Sep17 September 08:36

  I had a first apartment booked on the A380 LHR-AUH and last week they switched it to an A340-600 aircraft so no apartment. Gutted. Apparently aircraft swaps are very common. They were supposed to be 3 x A380 a day from LHR now but some days in Dec is only one. I recommend using My Flights app to monitor it and it will alert you of an aircraft change… So you can take action!

  No award seats available to change to but a few phone calls later they kindly opened one up for me on a later flight. It did take a while to ticket but all sorted now….which I’m grateful for.

  Its very hit and miss with the quality of the agent when you call but if you get though to the Manchester based Etihad call centre… they are great. Number can be found on saynoto0870.com

  • Rob says:

    17 Sep17 September 09:22

    Note that they will not do this if you booked using American miles as another HFP reader found.

    My A380 F remains in the diary for December, I am on the AM flight which is the busiest so should be ok.

    • Paul says:

      17 Sep17 September 13:46

      I’m booked LHR>AUH>SYD on AA miles so hope they don’t switch on me. Am already resigned to the F lounge not being open in time in AUH.

      • Rob says:

        17 Sep17 September 14:39

        I am also resigned to this. Pathetically, it looks like I will also miss the Qatar F lounge (I am coming back Qatar F). These lounges were BOTH under construction when I was there LAST OCTOBER!

    • James67 says:

      18 Sep18 September 03:46

      BKK seems to be ME3 first choice for a380s after LHR. With high seaon looming in Thailand and coinciding with low season in UK I suppose biggest risk is Etihad switching a380 from LHR to BKK wgile they await more deliveries.although no a380 sales yet this year, it was interesting that airbus increased their sales target a few months ago so perhaps they have a deal in the pipeline. At momebt only QR, EY or TK seem plausible.

• Roger says:

  17 Sep17 September 09:43

  Thanks for pointing out this offer, Rob, which I hoped we could use to get to Cape Town next year. Interesting that Port Elizabeth is also offered from the same price as CPT. Also interesting is that much of the offer to CPT/PLZ is on codeshare flights operated by KLM and SAA with a compulsory transfer at JNB as well as AUH (on the dates I checked, anyway). Also, cancellation fee is only €200.

  Unfortunately, availability to CPT/PLZ at these headline rates is next to nil – nothing at all next year, though I did see some in the next few days – so I did not need to choose between using my Etihad Gold or my AA non-status.

  For out trip, I’m still looking at BA ex-AMS and hoping for a QR offer.

• Kim says:

  17 Sep17 September 09:50

  Etihad Amsterdam to Cape Town means flying with Jet Airways, KLM, South African and Etihad itsef. Anyhow always 2 stops as Etihad does only fly to Johannesburg.
  When there are NO flights at all Etihad will write “sold out”.

  • Roger says:

    17 Sep17 September 10:06

    I think the reference to Jet Airways is to Jet Airways-configured Etihad flights, i.e. seats as the Jet layout but Etihad-operated. Unless they wet/dry lease?

    ‘Sold out’ means at all prices. On the dates I checked (Jan-March), there were usually seats available at higher prices with only a few dates sold out altogether.

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