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Air France launches a good Abu Dhabi business class flight deal from Dublin

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Whilst I’m not sure why Abu Dhabi is the focus of this deal, Air France is offering some aggressive deals out of Dublin to the Emirate.

How aggressive? £1,100 return, if you stay five nights:

Dates appear to be November to Summer 2024, although the Grand Prix period is excluded.

The only catch is that this is a Business Light fare which comes with no airport lounge access and no free seat selection until check-in. You do get fast track benefits though.

Air France business class

For sadists, there are also routes which go via Amsterdam AND Paris (Dublin – Amsterdam – Paris – Abu Dhabi!). This might be useful if you’re looking to maximise Virgin Atlantic tier points.

In fact, to be honest, the whole fare is best suited for someone looking to earn or retain Virgin Flying Club elite status. This article explains how many Virgin Atlantic tier points you earn from Air France. It looks like you’d get 280 points return on this itinerary.

For anyone else, flying UK – Dublin – Paris – Abu Dhabi may be a bit excessive even if the fare is £1,100 return plus the cost of the UK connection.

You can play around with dates on the Air France website here.

Comments (44)

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  • Richard Peters says:

    Just checked offer and cumulative 🙂 which is good news

  • Julia says:

    Are flights AK0638/1116 on short haul aircraft i.e. A320 with the middle seat blocked?

  • John says:

    No esso or klm on BA card here

  • Somchai says:

    There are some cheap Germany – Lima flights with Latam out there for under 1000 presently too

    • meta says:

      I can’t price them at all and when you click on the example in the email from Luxury Flight Club it prices at over £2k. Even on Latam website it’s not showing. Must have been an error.

  • Dev says:

    The flight from Dublin to Paris could end up being a single class of service … and it ain’t going to be all business! The XP/TP chasers have been warned!

  • Louis says:

    O.T: I still have the wine flyer offer on my AMEX. What If I spend the requested amount and after collecting the promotional avios I return the item? Will all the avios be d ducted?

  • His Holyness says:

    The KLM offer on the App proudly states they “conveniently” fly from 17 UK airports, but the offer only applies to 5 of those? Just a third of them.
    I bet the ASA would consider this to be misleading.

    • tony says:

      Why would the ASA give a hoot? It’s a targeted offer from 5 airports spread across the country (maybe where they overlap with AF?) and the terms are clear. It’s a darn site better than the Amex Fairmont promo that ran and only covered about 5 fairmont properties globally!

  • Dev says:

    Are you able to negate the lack of lounge access on these Light fares by having access via status?

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