Bits: £1000 SWISS fare to Rio / Beijing / Bangkok, Good To Go discount, Norwegian family accounts

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• Tony says:

  9 Jun9 June 04:26

  OT – but anyone caught up in the 27/5 fiasco and subsequently rebooked notice anything strange happen overnight on their BAEC account?

  • Tony says:

    9 Jun9 June 04:27

    Don’t want to say too much as I don’t want to jinx it.

    ; – )

    • Jovanna says:

      9 Jun9 June 08:07

      Still nothing.

      • Tony says:

        9 Jun9 June 08:50

        Same for me, Jovanna. My Tier Point year end still hasn’t been extended. Hopefully this will be soon.

• Asher says:

  9 Jun9 June 05:16

  Hi,
  With the Swiss sale can I fly into Beijing and out of Bangkok?

  Thanks,
  Asher

  • Rob says:

    9 Jun9 June 08:14

    Only way to check – apart from ploughing through the fare rules – is to give it a try on the Swiss site …..

• Ben E says:

  9 Jun9 June 05:21

  I ended up on the Edelweiss Rio to Zurich flight a few weeks ago when my internal Brazil flight ended up in the wrong city… it’s a really nice product, and the seat was far more comfy than the virgin upper class product which I took the week after.

  Annoyingly, however, Aegean or Turkish won’t credit the flight for me because, despite having a Swiss flight number, it’s not operated by Swiss.

• Czechoslovakia says:

  9 Jun9 June 06:38

  Flown LX380 when operated by Edelweiss and that fully qualified.

  • Ben E says:

    9 Jun9 June 08:17

    to which FF programme?

    • Czechoslovakia says:

      9 Jun9 June 08:30

      LH M&M. *A can be funny about these things though. PPB is even worse

• tony says:

  9 Jun9 June 07:56

  Not sure if it has been reported by some OTAs are offering LHR-BKK on GF for just a shade over £1k in late August.

  • aviator says:

    9 Jun9 June 10:23

    which website?/airline?

    • tony says:

      9 Jun9 June 11:26

      GF = Gulf Air
      Sample date of 16th-23rd August.
      Cheapest is Crystal Travel at £1071; Expedia is £1127.

      Might not be quite as good as LX but saves a schlep out to Brussels on the way…

      • Fenny says:

        9 Jun9 June 12:47

        Even better if it’s not tied to 2 flying together.

        • Tony says:

          9 Jun9 June 17:53

          While since I flew them but indeed it wasn’t dry then and subsequent trip reports I’ve seen suggest it isn’t now, either. Happy for guidance as that sort of fate for 2018 appeals a lot!

  • Gavin says:

    9 Jun9 June 14:00

    Dry airline I think?

    • Mzungu says:

      9 Jun9 June 17:28

      Not when I flew with them a couple of years ago 😉

• Cate says:

  9 Jun9 June 09:28

  Hilton are also running a 40% discount in their China Summer Sale so this makes the Swiss flights even more attractive.

  • Cate says:

    9 Jun9 June 10:26

    First (777) looks really nice. May take a punt if I can get the ever lovely Mr Cate to take more time off…

• JPH says:

  9 Jun9 June 11:59

  Brussels to Bangkok
  I can’t seem to find this offer in Oct & Nov, routing through Zurich right? Doesn’t seem to be a direct flight.

  • Tony says:

    9 Jun9 June 12:53

    It certainly wouldn’t be a direct flight as it’s Swiss, JPH. Great price but for my wife and I would mean LHR/LGW to BRU, change, next stop ZRH, change for direct to BKK.

    The good lady wife would never forgive me, ever.

    • Polly says:

      10 Jun10 June 06:00

      Tony, yes she would forgive you! Once she’s settled into the lounges with glass of champagne in hand, all is forgiven. As for when she tucked up in that cosy flat bed, she will decide it’s the only way to fly… Then the pressure will be on to keep up those standards!

      • Genghis says:

        10 Jun10 June 06:59

        When I suggested yesterday that Mrs G flies in Y to visit me on a NYC work trip, she wasn’t too happy. “I only travel in business now”. We’ve agreed on an IB / EI flight now in J but what a monster I have created!

• James says:

  9 Jun9 June 13:02

  How does Swiss business compare to Finnair business ? For dates I’m after their prices are similar (Finnair marginally cheaper).

  Looking for 3 adult seats to BKK for a month or so in Dec/Jan.

  Usually fly Qatar. Will be a shame to lose QPoints & my Platinum benefits for the flights but seems a good move at the moment !!

  • John says:

    9 Jun9 June 19:33

    If price is similar then would choose on schedule and whether I want oneworld or star miles/status credits.

    AY departs BKK at 0900, hard to get to airport so early, but you could get home in the evening, also it’s an A350.

    LX arrives ZRH 1900 which means a hotel in BRU.

    • Yan says:

      9 Jun9 June 19:43

      LX use 77W new J seats on this route, which is slightly better than the 350 used by AY/CX

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