Flying In Style

[barneyb12]

I seen the advert on tv there for qantus airlines. Looks really fancy, Ive been to 5 star hotels that dont look as nice as their first class suites.

I priced a week in melbourne for 2 people. £6000 quid for 1st class.

Is there anybody here that would actually pay that.

[Iccz]

If i'm going to be on a plane for almost a day, i'd want more than a week holiday...


I think it's more "can" you pay that.

[Earthworm Jim]

For what is almost a 24hr flight I think people would, I would rather pay slightly less and go for there business class.

[chrisw]

After flying round the world business class for our honeymoon, and then recently flying to NYC in economy, I'm seriously tempted to spend more money on flights next time I go anywhere. Being able to sleep properly on a plane and feel like a human being when you arrive and not losing 2 / 3 days due to jet lag seems worth it to me. Maybe not at £6k though!

[loz]

Originally Posted by barneyb12

I priced a week in melbourne for 2 people. £6000 quid for 1st class.

Is there anybody here that would actually pay that.

not sure what price you looked up, but...

they only fly the 380 from London to Sydney currently

and the price they are listing is £8114 per person for 1st class return

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by barneyb12

Is there anybody here that would actually pay that.

We went to Sydney for Christmas 2007 and flew cattle class. I did briefly toy with the idea of upgrading but was put off by the extra £9,000 for the three of us and we managed to have a fortnight in Spain at Easter, a fortnight in Cyprus in the summer and a fortnight in Lanzarote this Christmas using the money I saved by not upgrading to First Class

[signs]

Originally Posted by Ian J

We went to Sydney for Christmas 2007 and flew cattle class. I did briefly toy with the idea of upgrading but was put off by the extra £9,000 for the three of us and we managed to have a fortnight in Spain at Easter, a fortnight in Cyprus in the summer and a fortnight in Lanzarote this Christmas using the money I saved by not upgrading to First Class

bloody hell Ian , when you come back through customs ,do they make you sign the visitors book ?

[loz]

my sister-in-law and family went to the Australian gold coast for Christmas. Flew Business Class to Brisbane. She said they could have bought a very nice car for what it cost them.

[Earthworm Jim]

I was looking at tickets back to South Africa for a holiday in April time, was looking at £675 for cattle class for a 13hr flight and £900 for business. Some destinations its not such a huge difference in price between the different classes.

[Monopot]

I'd never pay to upgrade, but I have upgraded myself a few times using airmiles / flying club.

IMO once you've flown in premium/business then going back to cattle class is torture, but I still can't justify the price increase to pay for it myself. Moving to Oz in May and flying cattle class the whole way.

[LFCRules]

Luckily about 8.5 years ago, I got to work in Aus (Perth) for a few weeks, making 2 round trips in total. The company I worked for at the time had a contract policy that coz it was Perth, i.e. Western Aus, it was economy only for business travel. If I had gone with them to Syndey, as a colleague did, it would be business class default coz of the extra journey time.

However, I bucked the trent for Perth, buy my height I'm 6'7", and went to see one of the directors at the time, and he signed it off for me going business class.

So had 2 trips, one with Quantas, one with Malaysian. Must admit, Malaysian was better, food, seats, and amenities (TV and video and that in flight, and lounges at airports). The lounge at Kuala Lumpar airport is amazing, absolutely huge

Anyway, I learnt from this, for a distance like that, Business Class was the only choice for me. So 2 year later, I went back there on hols, and paid about £2500 for business class, with Malaysian. And in terms of 24 hours in a planes, I am glad I did it

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by LFCRules

I'm 6'7"

Doyou play cricket as you'd make a marvellous fast bowler

[eric pisch]

I hate confided spaces so I am happy to pay a premium for more space but not 6k a ticket

That A380 does look amazing thou

[LFCRules]

Originally Posted by Ian J

Doyou play cricket as you'd make a marvellous fast bowler

Well England do need all the help they can get....suppose I could try and oust Straus as well

[Drd]

I've got time off in March and having spent a pleasant fortnight in the Maldives in October for the last two years thought I might look at another break there in March,even though it's peak season. I came across this bargain holiday,two weeks bed and breakfast with buisness class flights.It includes 5% online discount


OUCH!!!!!!

Who pays this kind of money for a holiday??