Travel & Holidays Flying First Class and Business Class

If you fly economy then get a nice massage or spa treatment when you arrive - still much cheaper than business and feel so refreshed afterwards.

 

Yes on the old 747 seat 1A gets there before the pilot lol

 

Pleased you finally flew business class
You work hard
You work smart
You are successfully

It is great you are getting some benefits from your success!

 

How did you upgrade with points?

I am planning to go on Nov to Morocco and Europe....

 

Depend which Airline you are with and your level within the reward system , and at what level you are within the card ..
But the one we use ,we book economy first,then maybe 2 weeks down too the last 48 hours the offer's become lower each time..Sometimes up too 50% and above,the only downside is they offer you nothing and you end up down the back,but's that's never happened so far..imho..

 

paid around $1000 each.... very nice I can tell you those slippers felt good and I even got PJs.
Champers immediately and then the list of French wines and was told that I could order anything off the menu anytime I liked, no limitations to what and when I wanted to be served. As I said I felt like a rock star, its no wonder they are number one.
My partner has flow BC with Qantas he said it does not hold a candle to Qatar, they take it to a totally different level.

 

so you bought economy and requesyed it?

agree about Qantas....Australians dont understand the concept of service......

 

that's the one
I now know this little trick with Qatar, friend been doing this one for years
If you dont go this way you will be up for around $15K... ouch

 

please pm the trick about to book for my next trip with other half

 

will do

 

ta you da numero uno!

 

Me too ..I normally pay $6k to the usa

 

Korean Air business class is excellent... Great way to get to the USA. Fly to Seoul on the A380 , which has a bar at each end of the upper deck...



Arrive @ 4PM local time. Catch a train and find worlds worst hairpiece... ever. Photograph it!




Stay overnight at the Hyatt @ Incheon...sleep, eat, chill...



fly 2nd leg @10am the next morning....

 

Garuda Business- also excellent.

 

Askhole...hehe... that looks amazing, flying in luxury when its 30+ hours its the only way to go.

 

Usually Economy for say, CBR to SYD. International, Business Class. Got a cracking deal recently at around a 50% discount including flights from CBR to MEL.

 

man once you go first class is hard to go back to economy

 

I flew international business class many times when I was working. Sure, it was nice and comfortable but IMO it is terrible value for money. It would have been much cheaper to fly me economy and give me two days off at either end of the trip, which would also have helped greatly with recovering from jet lag, but such logic never 'flew' with management. I would never pay for it for my own travel, no matter how much money I ever accumulate.

 

For a trip to say the USA how much do you think it is worth paying over economy for premium economy ? And how much over PE is it worth to pay to obtain Business class ?

 

Emirates takes it even a step further by including ground service pre & post flight. Ie. Chauffeured transfers etc... In flight service is comparable to Qatar.