Maximise your Avios, air miles and hotel points

Air China bringing back its amazing Business Class Oceania deals for Black Friday

Links on Head for Points may support the site by paying a commission.  See here for all partner links.

Air China is bringing back, for Cyber Week, the exceptionally strong deals it ran over Singles Day weekend in early November.  If you are happy to start your trip in Germany there are deals to be had.

Take a look here and see.  We’re talking, departing Frankfurt, Munich or Dusseldorf in Business Class:

  • Tokyo – €1,184 (£1,053)
  • Seoul – €1,186 (£1,055)
  • Singapore – €1,194 (£1,062)
  • Hong Kong – €1,133 (£1,007)
  • Sydney – €1,506 (£1,340)
  • Melbourne – €1,506 (£1,340)
  • Auckland – €1,506 (£1,340)

Air China business class

You must book from TOMORROW (22nd) and before 27th November (Tuesday).  You cannot book today.

Travel dates for the Business Class sale are:

  • 11 December 2018 – 3 January 2019
  • 29 January – 8 February 2019
  • 2 April – 21 April, 2019
  • 28 May – 24 June,2019
  • 28 June – 23 August 2019

Air China is part of Star Alliance so you could (depending on which booking class the ticket books into) earn miles and status credit with Lufthansa Miles & More or one of the other Star programmes.  Use wheretocredit.com to find the most generous programme – you are looking for ‘R’ class earning which is typically 125% of miles flown.  

I know very little about Air China, so do some research on what planes are flying which route and what kind of seating it will offer.  A typical Air China business class is pictured above.

Air China A350 business class

Some flights use brand new A350-900 aircraft with the impressive 1-2-1 layout below.

Earlier this year reader Joel reviewed the Air China Boeing 777 business class service from Heathrow to Beijing for us – see here.

Category

General

Comments (160)

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

  • Elguiri says:
    21 Nov21 November 22:37

    O/T: Can I still try and earn another Lloyds avios upgrade voucher? Still have the account and not been told when it will be converted to their new cards so hoping to get another one before it closes.

    • ADS says:
      21 Nov21 November 23:09

      somebody reported the other day that they had been told by Lloyds telephone support that it was no longer possible. but since Lloyds haven’t notified us of a change of T&Cs, this may not be valid. either way, you will probably have to fight for your voucher if you do manage to earn one !

      • Rob MC says:
        21 Nov21 November 23:20

        Just had email confirmation of my upgrade voucher. Annual fee charged in May

    • KimJoi says:
      21 Nov21 November 23:39

      Lloyds just issued me the Avios Upgrade Voucher (expiry date: 30.11.2019) BUT even before I hit the £7K annual spend – very unusual (just touched £6K only). Card anniversary: mid May (hope it helps).

      Still NO notification from Lloyds with regards to the changes on Amex card.

      • Alan says:
        22 Nov22 November 00:40

        Interesting, still no voucher on mine, been keeping spend under £6.5k mark to ensure not triggered yet. No contact from them at all yet re any changes.

      • Elguiri says:
        22 Nov22 November 07:49

        Did you also get the extra (mistake) voucher, or are they just issuing one late to you maybe?

        • KimJoi says:
          22 Nov22 November 11:15

          No (mistake) voucher for me, BUT whether if it’s possible that this could be a delay on issuing me a “mistake voucher” – I wouldn’t know, all I can say – highly unlikely.

          Decided not to be greedy – since the Avios Upgrade Voucher have been triggered, I am not a high spender, (moving forward) going to divert all the spend on my Amex BAPP (for the 2-4-1 voucher).

  • Louie says:
    22 Nov22 November 07:04

    Tried FRA/MUC/DUS to SYD/MEL leaving 1 to 3 Jan, returning first week June. No sale fares available.

    • Joe says:
      22 Nov22 November 07:26

      No, and where they are available (July/August for example) they are much higher than €1,500 and very long journey times at that (43hrs+).

      Anyone have any suggestions?

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

New to Head for Points?

Welcome!  We’re the UK’s most-read source of business travel, Avios, frequent flyer and hotel loyalty news. Let us improve how you travel. Got any questions? Ask them in our forums.

NEW: Sign-up bonuses boosted to 3,000 and 18,000 points

Latest Forum Posts

Get 40,000 bonus points (worth 40,000 Avios) and £300 dining credit with The Platinum Card

Check reward flight availability instantly for free!

See a whole year of reward seat availability on one page at SeatSpy.com

Get £10 when you spend £150 on your free Currensea card

Booking a luxury hotel?

Our luxury hotel booking service offers you GUARANTEED extra benefits over booking direct. Works with Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, The Ritz Carlton, St Regis and more. We've booked £1.7 million of rooms to date. Click for details.

SME? SPECIAL OFFER TO 12TH MAY EARN POINTS WORTH 30,000 AVIOS WITH CAPITAL ON TAP

Get 20,000 bonus points, four airport lounge passes and your first year free with American Express Gold

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website uses cookies, which you can block via your browser settings. Continuing implies your consent to this policy. Our privacy policy is here.

Got it!