SuperSaver Return Fares to UK/Europe from Only A $1,588 with Cathay

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Lkoko668 on 03/04/2012 - 16:50 cathaypacific.com (375 clicks)
Last edited 03/04/2012 - 17:12 by 1 other user

Travel from May to October 2012^ on flights to Europe's most popular destinations such as Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Moscow, Paris and Rome. Fly from Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Cairns.

Low season departure dates
1 – 31 May 2012; 16 August – 31 October 2012. Higher fares apply for departures 01 July – 15 August 2012.

From To Fare AUD
Sydney London 1,837
Melbourne Paris 1,686
Brisbane Frankfurt 1,744
Perth Milan 1,588
Adelaide Amsterdam 1,668
Cairns Moscow 1,655
Sydney Rome 1,660

Terms and conditions
Sales and ticketing period: to 11 April 2012.
For departures: 1 May to 31 October 2012. *Note: These fares are not available for departures from 1 – 30 June 2012.

Terms & Conditions
Fares include all taxes and surcharges. Taxes and surcharges are correct at 2 April 2012 but subject to currency fluctuation. Surcharges are subject to change.
The fares detailed in this offer are subject to availability and offered on a first come, first served basis. The limited number of seats for these fares allocated to a particular flight may be fully booked, although seats are still available in other fare types in the same class of travel.
Minimum stay: 2 days; Maximum stay: 3 months.
STOPOVERS: NOT PERMITTED TO HONG KONG
Cancellation penalty: No refund before or after departure.
Other terms and conditions apply.

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  Davo1111 on 03/04/2012 - 16:59

  +2

  referral link. try this instead

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    [Deactivated] on 03/04/2012 - 17:10

    +4

    Davo if this is the case - please use the report button so mods can fix. Voting down the deal helps no one.

    Help us to help you and others please. Thanks

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      Davo1111 on 03/04/2012 - 17:51

      np, sorry

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  csg001 on 03/04/2012 - 17:06

  Doesn't seem cheap to me, in fact 1.8k to uk seems very standard. Where's the bargain?

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  isdnman on 03/04/2012 - 17:10

  -1

  Can't even earn FF points on this fare.

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  DaTa on 03/04/2012 - 17:18

  FF Points are worthless , Ive traveled a lot of the world and never gotten FF points kinda useless really as you need to spend 16k to get something in return.

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    jesseboy89 on 03/04/2012 - 17:20

    $16k on a credit card to get a useful amount of points. But on flights, particularly where you have a status with OneWorld, sees you accumulate points a heck of alot quicker.

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      braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 17:28

      +4

      But if you need to pay $200 extra on a return flight to London to earn points, then it's a false economy… the points earned are probably not worth the extra expense (unless it's business travel, in which case, go for it!).

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        jesseboy89 on 03/04/2012 - 17:34

        Very true :)

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        hypocrisyinaction on 03/04/2012 - 18:51

        I just had a look and a return flight to London in economy would yield me 42,344 points, so yes, I would pay that $200. I place a valuation on points of 1c each, slightly lower if you cash out in gift cards, higher if you spend them on cost-effective redemptions.

        As to whether they're useless or not, I fly around the world every year in business class for 280,000 points (+~$1000 in fuel surcharges), which isn't bad for 5-6 business-class tickets. If you know your way around the system you can get good value for your points (3-4c each), in which case the value is much better than if you had to fork out cash for that sort of expense. Not keen on $15,000 airfares.

        That said, this deal does look like a dud to me. No value here.

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        braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 22:41

        +1

        Okay - so on 42K points SYD-LHR, that would make you platinum member,so you do a lot of flying anyway. For anyone else it's only worth 21K points, Which is less than 1/6th of the points required to fly return to London (128K points), or les than the points required for a return flight MEL-SYD.

        So… in your circumstances, with your business/employer paying for most of your flights to get the platinum status, then it is worth it. For anyone else, probably not!

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        hypocrisyinaction on 04/04/2012 - 03:40

        No, I just like to travel :-). The only business travel I do is domestic in economy once in a while (maybe 15% by volume, less by value), the rest is because I like to see the world.

        That said, I agree that circumstances are different for everybody, results vary and so on. I just don't feel that the statement that FF points are categorically useless is always accurate, since sometimes they can give good value. The rewards yielded have an attributable financial value that make them sometimes financially worthwhile to get (and, obviously, sometimes not). If you fly internationally more than once a year it's almost impossible not to hit silver status, which gives another 50% and changes it again.

        Also, I actually agree with your statement more than the original poster in this chain, earning points and status entirely through flights is a hard grind. I generate points through credit card spending, these give me flights as the preferred redemption since they're the most efficient use, and some of these flights are points- and status-bearing. These then result in an accidental elite status, which means that flights give copious amounts of points. I would not want to do it the other way around.
        Also, to be fair you do need a fairly high income to qualify for the cards that have the really lucrative schemes (Amex Platinum/Centurion, Visa Select).

        Lastly, buying MEL-SYD with points is a waste of them, that route is so highly trafficked that it's cheaper to just buy a discounted ticket. In generally, the longer the route the better value with points (with some exceptions).

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  braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 17:29

  +2

  I wouldn't fly Cathay again if they still have the horrid non-reclining seats in economy. I'd happily pay extra for another airline to avoid it.

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    jesseboy89 on 03/04/2012 - 17:35

    I wouldn't either, but they're currently pulling them out. Not sure the progress of that though.

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    Tal_Shiar on 03/04/2012 - 18:26

    It's kind of nice knowing your drink won't get squashed by some dillhole infront though?:p

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      ozAzn on 03/04/2012 - 21:14

      +1

      i guess everything has advantages and disadvantages.
      like many others before, cathays non reclining seats are great if you are awake. No one to disturb your entertainment or food.

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    geordie on 03/04/2012 - 18:28

    I cannot understand how they could expect someone to fly all the way to UK without reclining seats, unfortunately my 67 year old mother was caught by this, disgusting

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    chris449 on 03/04/2012 - 19:31

    Conversely, I prefer Cathay because I know no one will disrupt my TV viewing, limit my tray table space or make it harder for me to go to the toilet. Though I slept easily on my last Cathay flight, I haven't tried it for a leg as long as Hong Kong to London.

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  sane on 03/04/2012 - 17:33

  Hmm, well the flight London <> Sydney on Cathay, in the period mentioned, is $1646 at current exchange rates, and that's more expensive than most (Singapore Airlines would be $1352).

  So not exactly a bargain.

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    braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 17:41

    where do you find Singapore for $1352?

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    csg001 on 03/04/2012 - 18:14

    LHR-SYD is not the same as SYD-LHR, you can't compare it like that. You will always pay more flying out of Australia than into Australia.

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      sane on 03/04/2012 - 18:24

      I know you do, but it's a con. A working government would hold the airlines to account for ripping people off.

      The reason the airlines do it, is because they are allowed to do it.

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        braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 23:12

        Still, not exactly comparing apples & apples now is it…

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        sane on 03/04/2012 - 23:35

        Exactly the same flights, different labels on the tickets.

        So its a red apple vs a green apple.

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        braddsey on 03/04/2012 - 23:47

        +1

        Except that the offer is for a flight from SYD-LON-SYD, while the cheaper flight you offered was LON-SYD-LON. So unless you plan to fly to London to get the cheaper fair, it's not comparing the same thing, no matter how you spin it.

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  SuiCid3 on 03/04/2012 - 17:51

  No bargain here

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  ozAzn on 03/04/2012 - 21:19

  +1

  boo hoo. No Stopover.

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  DKC on 04/04/2012 - 01:04

  Can anyone tell me why they don't allow stopovers with discount fares? Does it cost the airline anything to allow someone to stopover?

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    Davo1111 on 04/04/2012 - 09:07

    more things to go wrong? They also have to recheck your baggage, pay the security fee and a passanger fee for the terminal (i assume that would be more expensive than a transfer)