There is a very reasonable business class fare on Singapore Airlines, a five-star airline, from Ahmedabad, India to New York City. Costing ~S$2500 round trip and for 3 sectors each direction. Not to mention it involves some backtracking eastwards to Singapore and then Westwards to Frankfurt and New York.
Ahmedabad, India -> Singapore -> Frankfurt -> New York City
I learnt about this fare on a travel blog but took time to select the dates. Dates were quite extensive, but limited in the dates that I could travel. Such is the nature of my work commitment so sometimes I had to forgo certain flight deals. By the time I decided, many dates were gone.
I have taken Sq business class previously on the regional A330 seat, long haul seat on the A380 and B773-er aircraft. Its business class fares are always on the high side compared to other carriers. However, it regularly has promo business class fares departing from Colombo, Sri Lanka. In return for the high fares, the service by cabin crew is close to excellent, seat is great and there is the book the cook feature that allows customers to order many tasty meals. Almost always they are better than the inflight meals. Thus, the fare this time represents a great value to me.
Based in Singapore, heading to the American continent and back requires days, if not a week. The only available time I have in the year to travel is mainly in June and December.
By now, I have more or less came up with a travel itinerary for June. Many flights and some accommodations were already booked, and usually non-refundable to save costs.
My original travel plans were mainly in Europe. But as I really wanted to take advantage of this deal, I had to make adjustments and forgo certain things. Finally, yesterday, I booked the Sq fares and I'm now excitedly looking forward to the great flights.
I realised one limitation of this fare is that the outbound flights will always involve taking a daytime flight instead of the overnight option on the Singapore -> Frankfurt sector. As I will reach Frankfurt at night and depart the next morning for New York, I will need to spend a night there, thereby incurring my cost. One way to save cost is to just overnight at the airport.
Online research indicates that the airport lounges closes for the night. So probably I'll stay till the lounge closes, then take a power nap on the airport seats, and revisits the lounge again when it opens the next morning. That's something good about travelling in business class !
My outbound flights from India to New York will be in June and my inbound flights will be in September. Not exactly my first choice really. I would have liked to return in June as well but if that happens, my Europe trip will be in disarray. Many intra Europe flights will be forgone with no refunds and many exotic destinations will have to be missed. This is certainly not what I want.
To make the best of the situation, I have booked my flights out of India towards the end of my Europe itinerary. Sadly I will most likely forgo my Scoot inaugural flight from Berlin to Singapore and definitely forgo my trip to the Amalfi coast. As much as the Amalfi coast and the Isle of Capri looks so enticing on photos, I will have to save them for another day. At least I'll still be able to visit the exotic Svalbard, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Dubronik, Croatia.
Fortunately, the only forgone costs is the Scoot flight. I have yet to make any paid bookings on the Amalfi tour. So much for my procrastination. Haha!
With that, my June holiday trip is going to involve more continents. Other than Europe, I will be travelling to India and North America. Right now, I haven't made, and I need to find time to make plans for these 2 new destinations.
I'm toying with the idea to visit the taj mahal in India, one of the wonders of the world. And in North America, perhaps visit Toronto and ride the train across Canada to Vancouver.
Yup, the Sq fares have enticed me to book the flights. But there are additional costs involved. I need positioning flights from Europe to India and from North America back to Singapore. Time to constrain my travel budget !
Ahmedabad, India -> Singapore -> Frankfurt -> New York City
I learnt about this fare on a travel blog but took time to select the dates. Dates were quite extensive, but limited in the dates that I could travel. Such is the nature of my work commitment so sometimes I had to forgo certain flight deals. By the time I decided, many dates were gone.
I have taken Sq business class previously on the regional A330 seat, long haul seat on the A380 and B773-er aircraft. Its business class fares are always on the high side compared to other carriers. However, it regularly has promo business class fares departing from Colombo, Sri Lanka. In return for the high fares, the service by cabin crew is close to excellent, seat is great and there is the book the cook feature that allows customers to order many tasty meals. Almost always they are better than the inflight meals. Thus, the fare this time represents a great value to me.
Based in Singapore, heading to the American continent and back requires days, if not a week. The only available time I have in the year to travel is mainly in June and December.
By now, I have more or less came up with a travel itinerary for June. Many flights and some accommodations were already booked, and usually non-refundable to save costs.
My original travel plans were mainly in Europe. But as I really wanted to take advantage of this deal, I had to make adjustments and forgo certain things. Finally, yesterday, I booked the Sq fares and I'm now excitedly looking forward to the great flights.
I realised one limitation of this fare is that the outbound flights will always involve taking a daytime flight instead of the overnight option on the Singapore -> Frankfurt sector. As I will reach Frankfurt at night and depart the next morning for New York, I will need to spend a night there, thereby incurring my cost. One way to save cost is to just overnight at the airport.
Online research indicates that the airport lounges closes for the night. So probably I'll stay till the lounge closes, then take a power nap on the airport seats, and revisits the lounge again when it opens the next morning. That's something good about travelling in business class !
My outbound flights from India to New York will be in June and my inbound flights will be in September. Not exactly my first choice really. I would have liked to return in June as well but if that happens, my Europe trip will be in disarray. Many intra Europe flights will be forgone with no refunds and many exotic destinations will have to be missed. This is certainly not what I want.
To make the best of the situation, I have booked my flights out of India towards the end of my Europe itinerary. Sadly I will most likely forgo my Scoot inaugural flight from Berlin to Singapore and definitely forgo my trip to the Amalfi coast. As much as the Amalfi coast and the Isle of Capri looks so enticing on photos, I will have to save them for another day. At least I'll still be able to visit the exotic Svalbard, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Dubronik, Croatia.
Fortunately, the only forgone costs is the Scoot flight. I have yet to make any paid bookings on the Amalfi tour. So much for my procrastination. Haha!
With that, my June holiday trip is going to involve more continents. Other than Europe, I will be travelling to India and North America. Right now, I haven't made, and I need to find time to make plans for these 2 new destinations.
I'm toying with the idea to visit the taj mahal in India, one of the wonders of the world. And in North America, perhaps visit Toronto and ride the train across Canada to Vancouver.
Yup, the Sq fares have enticed me to book the flights. But there are additional costs involved. I need positioning flights from Europe to India and from North America back to Singapore. Time to constrain my travel budget !
