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Fares in this article (jump to whichever interests you most):
Following on from the last two days of good fares to Singapore and yesterday’s emergence of a good British Airways fare to Hong Kong, I’ve noticed a few other airlines offering good business class fares to Hong Kong as well.
Finnair (OneWorld)
Pricing: From $2,017 (£1,345/€1,800)
Route(s): ARN/OSL/CDG – HEL – CDG
Travel dates: November 2015 – May 2016 (most availability Nov-Feb)
Booking: Must book 14 days in advance
Minimum Stay Requirements:
Other restrictions: Tickets must be issued on Finnair.
Example flight/routing (click to enlarge):
Availability:
As mentioned above, these fares are available for travel through May 2016 but most of the availability is condensed into the period November 2015 to February 2016.
The fares were found using the ITA Matrix search engine and, although the “calendar view” of available fares will show the cheapest fare at $2,017…..
When you drill down to see what ‘s available, the slightly cheaper fares at $1,998 show up:
As I pointed out with the great Finnair fares to Singapore, the aircraft that Finnair is flying on these routes (A340) are not guaranteed to have the latest Finnair Business class product onboard. If that’s a deal-breaker for you I’d suggest contacting Finnair to get the latest news on their fleet updates and to check which aircraft you can expect on these routes.
SAS (Star Alliance)
Pricing: From $1,942 (£1,295/€1,735)
Route(s): AMS/BRU/DUS – ARN – AMS/BRU/FRA/DUS
Travel dates: November 2015 – July 2016
Booking: Must book 28 days in advance
Minimum Stay Requirements:
As one of the sectors is an overnight flight the minimum stay requirement (the period that you’re physically in Hong Kong) is just 2 nights as this set of options shows:
Example flight/routing (click to enlarge):
Availability:
Availability is very good throughout the whole period the fare is available (November 2015 – July 2016).
Example months:
SWISS (Star Alliance)
Pricing: From $2,003 (£1,335/€1,790)
Route(s): BCN/MAD – ZRH – BCN/MAD
Travel dates: November 2015 – 21 January 2016
Booking: Must book by 20 October 2015
Minimum/Maximum Stay Requirements:
Other restrictions: All travel to be completed by 21 January 2016
Example flight/routing (click to enlarge):
Availability:
This a very similar fare to the SWISS fare from Spain to Singapore that I posted yesterday.
Availability is best in November and December….
While availability in January is poor….
It’s a shame that this fare is the one with the shortest date range as it’s probably the one (of the three here) that I’d most like to try out. As I mentioned in the Singapore fare alert yesterday, the business class offering on SWISS has had some great reviews recently so I’m very keen to try it out. Unfortunately my travel is pretty set for the next few months so I’m just going to have to live vicariously through anyone I know that books one of these fares 🙂