Fly Business Class to Australia for €2,002 (£1,700) from Dublin with Etihad

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• ATP says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:14

  A word of warning – I booked the cheap £1,200 fare with Etihad a few weeks ago for LHR-BOM. I struggled to get Etihad to commit to the free hotel and this is now coming out of my own pocket. Upon further research on FlyerTalk, this appears to be a well known issue and therefore I’d factor in the cost of your own hotel provision if stopping in AUH.

  • Stuart says:

    13 Feb13 February 11:16

    I’ve just taken advantage of this with Etihad and had no iddue at all. It wasn’t the best hotel, but it was 100% free!

• daveinitalia says:

  13 Feb13 February 08:53

  “since I’m currently in Iceland”

  If money is tight I’d suggest Aldi or Lidl

  • Andrew. says:

    13 Feb13 February 09:27

    Ooh, I like a bit of Iceland. They do 72 cans of 7-up for £24. They also do an Irish brand of carbonate at £6 for 24.

    • Michael Jennings says:

      13 Feb13 February 09:50

      The frozen seafood can be really good, too.

      • Richie says:

        13 Feb13 February 10:02

        Thanks for the suggestion, sounds good for tomorrow’s special dinner.

    • xcalx says:

      13 Feb13 February 12:41

      I was there this morning for my 80 large bottles of Essence lemon and lime water. 10% off for us oldies today too.
      Only just got my £68 refunded to my bonuscard that someone in Kilburn decided to use on December 29th.

      • PeteM says:

        13 Feb13 February 14:17

        Their online delivery service is also excellent!

  • BA Flyer IHG Stayer says:

    13 Feb13 February 10:18

    Nice to see that dads go there as well!

    Iceland (the Country) is popular. Have two sets of friends there at the moment!

    • Richie says:

      13 Feb13 February 11:42

      BTW there’s an Iceland Bonus Card app available in the app store.

• Peggerz says:

  13 Feb13 February 09:26

  I flew out of DUB with them a few years ago and Etihad had their own lounge with superb food and beverage options, before being led to the gate by a staff member for priority boarding. Really good experience pre-flight.

• Mhughes says:

  13 Feb13 February 09:48

  Etihad no longer have a dedicated lounge at DUB, it’s a shared facility now I think.

  The return in the sample looks like it has a 24hr or so layover.

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  13 Feb13 February 09:56

  If in Edinburgh, and the days match, can recommend Eurowings direct to Dusseldorf. Back with BA via London City was very smooth too.

  Dusseldorf easier and cheaper than Dublin for the recommended overnight for non-connecting tickets!

  • Michael Jennings says:

    13 Feb13 February 10:34

    Yes, I’m not sure why it was stated that Dublin was more convenient, either. Dusseldorf is easy to get to, well served with hotels (if you need one) which are cheaper than the ones in Dublin, and it’s in the right direction.

    • Ryan says:

      14 Feb14 February 18:54

      Longer time in biz class = better? Well that might be the logic here

• can2 says:

  13 Feb13 February 10:09

  24h to MEL and 44h return.
  Plus flying back from DUB…

  • barry cutters says:

    13 Feb13 February 10:13

    But its £1650-1700 for business to Australia.
    That’s the point i think you are missing

  • Rob says:

    13 Feb13 February 10:38

    And a free stopover in Abu Dhabi is bad why?

  • can2 says:

    13 Feb13 February 10:48

    It is not necessarily bad. Not everyone has that much patience and time, and energy..
    Yes, I understand that it is a steal..

    • Qrfan says:

      13 Feb13 February 11:13

      Family of 4, saving of about £8k. I can find an extra day off for £8k, and quite a bit of patience too. It’s not like there’s a direct alternative. This is a great offer – the good old days are back.

      • Will says:

        13 Feb13 February 11:53

        Saving of £8k if you were paying to fly business.

        If it’s just upgrading from economy then let’s say same price as direct but you have 3 flights each way instead of 1 and a total journey time in of 2-3x more.

        I think I might find myself waking up in a hotel in Dusseldorf wishing I’d taken the direct economy flight.

        • pbcold says:

          13 Feb13 February 13:32

          Are you in the right place?

        • CamFlyer says:

          13 Feb13 February 14:48

          That feeling would disappear as soon as you looked at the EY J seat and compared it to Y!

        • will says:

          13 Feb13 February 15:05

          If I were on my own, I’d probably take the connections and make an adventure of it, but the thought of dragging 2 kids through 6 flights instead of 2 and tens of hours of faff in airport hotels / lounges waiting for connecting flights sounds like purgatory.

          When you add up how much time you spend on your short haul connection, standing in queues / busses / passport control / taxis / check in desks and waiting in departures lounges there’s certainly a question to ask as to whether or not you might prefer to have an extra few days in Australia instead.

          I’ve done a few tier point runs in my time and the conclusion I’ve come to is that they are great fun as long as you make sure you go and do something in as many places you are visiting as possible and if you have young kids connecting flights are best avoided wherever possible.

        • The Savage Squirrel says:

          13 Feb13 February 15:09

          I am happy to stay in Dusseldorf’s dumpiest motel if you’re paying me £8k/day to be there. Maybe even a bus shelter 😀

        • Paul says:

          13 Feb13 February 17:34

          There’s no non-stop offering to MEL currently so it’s not “instead of 1” in this instance. Personally I don’t at all see a scenario in which I’d prefer “1” (I think it’s really 2) flight in economy vs 3 in a really good quality business class, but each to their own.

        • will says:

          13 Feb13 February 21:10

          To each their own for sure, but let’s be clear you’ve taking a short haul flight to somewhere like Dublin or Dusseldorf, going through security and getting your bags, then spending time/night there, then checking in your bags again. On the outbound you’ll just stop in AUH and luggage will transfer but on the return you have a layover in AUH so your picking up bags and clearing passport control again and then again at your European connection.

          It’s a little different from stopping for fuel/connection, spending an hour or two in the departures lounge, bags either staying on plane or being transferred to onward aircraft and being on your way again after a relatively short period of time no immigration and no overnight stays.

          You’re not really trading 1/2 flight in economy for 3 in business either, your first flight in europe is going to be either in short hall economy or business class both of which have smaller seats than a long haul economy seat.

• Scandinavian Traveler says:

  13 Feb13 February 10:16

  Seems like the deal is dead. Can’t find any dates out of any airport that works.

• Stuart says:

  13 Feb13 February 12:01

  Any good J deals from (EU) to TYO?

  Seems to be omitted from most sales

  • The real Swiss Tony says:

    13 Feb13 February 12:30

    Am seeing EY DUB-TYO, Mar 10-18 for EUR2200 direct from the airline. 10% less if you book via an OTA.

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