expired Return Business Class Airfare BRUSSELS-SYDNEY ~$2,200 (Finnair/Cathay Pacific/Qantas)

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Return Business Class Airfare BRUSSELS-SYDNEY ~$2,200 (Finnair/Cathay Pacific/Qantas)
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soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 16:58 finnair.com (681 clicks)

Fare must originate in Brussels or Amsterdam (not the opposite direction from Australia), so this bargain isn't for everyone, but for Aussie expats in Europe, those with friends/family in Europe, or those willing to book this fare in conjunction with another fare departing Australia this is one of the cheapest return business class fares I've ever seen between Europe and Australia.

Flying FlyBe (Finnair codeshare) between Brussels and Helsinki, Finnair between Helsinki and either Hong Kong, Bangkok, Osaka, Tokyo or Shanghai. Depending on the layover in Asia you chose, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Jetstar, Japan Airlines or British Airways (Finnair codeshares) to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Cairns.

My recommendation would be Cathay Pacific through Hong Kong, because of the excellent lounges at HKG as well as the excellent new business class cabin they use on certain flights between HKG-SYD/MEL/BNE. Probably goes without saying you should avoid at all costs any itinerary that includes a leg on Jetstar, when there are full service options available! :)

Only available at finnair.com. Select 'multiple destination' and 'Business' class on the booking form, BRU-HEL (or AMS-HEL) for flight 1, HEL-SYD (or other Australian city) for flight 2, SYD-HEL for flight 3 and HEL-BRU (or AMS) for flight 4. Dates are up to you — most dates in 2013 are available, I think. Price should be about 1,780EUR including all taxes; fare class is a class I 'Business Saver' fare with change and cancellation restrictions (fare rules state 25% cancellation charge). Price is about 2,400EUR if you need to head to MEL or BNE instead of SYD.

Ask in comments if you have any questions — I'll do my best to help. :)

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    • +14 votes
      soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 17:03

      The deal is available to Australia and Australians — only caveat is that the flight must start in Belgium. I'm sure there are OzBargainers who can take advantage of this — I have, for one. :)

      • +3 votes
        foobar on 30/11/2012 - 17:06

        No it sounds great, all deals should go via Belgium.

        • +5 votes
          soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 17:09

          Feel free to neg the deal if you don't believe it should be here.

        • -1 vote
          Explosions_Hurt on 30/11/2012 - 22:35

          AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

      • +2 votes
        Cardz on 30/11/2012 - 17:13

        So you flew to Belgium then booked a return business class flight to Australia and back to Belgium and then flew back home again?

        • +3 votes
          soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 17:22

          I need to be in Europe twice next year. One return trip is paid for using frequent flyer points, the other return trip is this deal.

          SYD-BRU using FF points.
          BRU-SYD using this deal.
          SYD-BRU using this deal.
          BRU-SYD using FF points.

          = two return flights to Europe

          As I said in the OP, this is a good deal if you can use it in conjunction with another fare (like me), or if you know people based in Europe (I've passed it on to a few expats I know), but I also acknowledge it's not for everyone.

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          chianshuin on 01/12/2012 - 11:05

          Did u manage to book the deal? I didnt =(

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    gooddealmate on 30/11/2012 - 17:39

    Wow! Excellent deal… great find, thanks. I have folks back in the UK who'll be able to take advantage of this when they come across here next year. Super cheap price!

    EDIT: Although i'm struggling to find any dates available for this price..? I'm thinking Brisbane is not included in this deal.

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      soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 17:52

      What dates do you need? I'll have a look — deal is still working on a random set of dates in 2013 I just entered.

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        gooddealmate on 30/11/2012 - 17:53

        I've tried most dates in 2013, cheapest is around 2400 euros. BRU - BNE anytime early to mid next year.

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          soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 18:01

          Ahh, I just tried a bunch dates with Melbourne and Brisbane as the destination rather than Sydney, and those destinations do seem to be 2,400EUR rather than 1,780EUR as it is for Sydney. I'll update the OP, sorry about that!

          It's probably still a fairly good deal if you need to get to Melbourne or Brisbane instead — you should earn more than enough FF points with this deal to get return flights to either of those cities from Sydney. :)

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    chianshuin on 30/11/2012 - 17:58

    I am also struggling to find the dates available for this price? what did i do wrong?

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      soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 18:04

      See my comment above if you're trying to book this to MEL or BNE; it appears MEL and BNE is ~2,400EUR rather than ~1,780EUR for SYD. I've updated the OP; my apologies!

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        chianshuin on 30/11/2012 - 18:34

        Thanks. I have seen the price but after I selected the particular flight, the price become null or 0.00, then i cannot proceed any further. What should i do this this problem?

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          soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 19:20

          finnair.com seems to have an issue with Chrome and Safari. Try Firefox; no null or 0.00 problem at checkout when I tried just then. :)

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    Gav on 30/11/2012 - 18:10

    This deal has already been reported for the same price days ago on a particular flight/holiday blog, also including the same deal from Amsterdam (so it isn't, or wasn't, just restricted to Brussels). In general, flights are cheaper from Belgium than the Netherlands, though the price is the same for this deal. I agree that this deal should be in the forums, as it won't apply to 99% of people reading this website who are based in Australia.

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      soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 18:19

      Updated OP to reflect that it also works from AMS. I found out about this fare from the flyertalk forums; which blog did you see this on?

      Happy for the mods to move it to the forums, or delete the post if they so wish.

    • +2 votes
      mskeggs on 30/11/2012 - 20:12

      Why didn't you post it if you saw it days ago? $2200 for bizzo on quality airlines is spectacular.

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    Travis Ashworth on 30/11/2012 - 18:19

    Very tempting! Thanks for posting… How did you find it? Luck or?

    Do you know of you can stop over for a few days etc along the way and still get the same saver ticket or it changes the breakdown? (sorry on my phone so haven't checked myself, thought you might know).

    Any idea of rules? As in max stay etc or when the offer ends?

    Thanks!

    • +1 vote
      soakwashrinsespin on 30/11/2012 - 19:25

      How did you find it? Luck or?

      I found out about it on the Flyertalk forum.

      Do you know of you can stop over for a few days etc along the way and still get the same saver ticket or it changes the breakdown?

      The finnair.com site doesn't allow enough legs (maximum of 4) to allow you to book a stopover in Asia, but you can stopover in Helsinki.

      Any idea of rules? As in max stay etc or when the offer ends?

      No restrictions on max stay AFAIK, but it needs to be bookable on finnair.com and they only allow bookings until October 2013. No idea when the offer ends, but I suspect it won't be around for too long. :)

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    Elijha on 30/11/2012 - 18:56

    Can't wait for more deals like this. Im sure there are a lot of London - New York flights that a lot of traveling Aussies could take advantage of too.

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      Gav on 30/11/2012 - 19:08

      Government taxes and fees out of London in particular are bordering on extortion, which is why you will most likely never see deals as good as this out of the UK. I've known friends in London to reposition in Europe to go home for this very reason.

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        Elijha on 08/12/2012 - 21:09

        My comment was tongue-in-cheek about how useful for everyone here this deal was, in that you could post a bargain anywhere in the world as some Aussies might be able to take part in it.

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          soakwashrinsespin on 08/12/2012 - 21:11

          I won't post a deal like this again, I promise.

  • +1 vote
    hatts on 30/11/2012 - 19:08

    Emirates are also doing a sale at the moment which must be booked by the 3rd and must originate in the UK, I haven't looked too closely at it but I'm sure it'll be on their site

    • +2 votes
      Gav on 30/11/2012 - 19:11

      Emirates are always doing sales! If you ever find one beating $2200 return in Business please be sure to let someone know in the right place. ;)

      • -2 votes
        Spizz on 30/11/2012 - 19:42

        Nice. How long ago was that?

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    dvddirect on 30/11/2012 - 19:31

    Great barg OP - Well done

  • +1 vote
    smifter on 30/11/2012 - 20:28

    Thanks for posting OP. This one will be perfect for my mother who is UK-based.

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    stewartedin on 30/11/2012 - 20:44

    Thanks for posting great deal

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    ichimoku on 30/11/2012 - 23:24

    fly away!

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    oz-dave on 01/12/2012 - 02:21

    I have tried quite a few dates and I keep getting "We are unable to find recommendations for your search. Please change your search criteria and resubmit the search. (66002)"
    What am I doing wrong?

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      soakwashrinsespin on 01/12/2012 - 02:36

      Looks the fare has been pulled — I'm getting 3,773EUR for SYD now. It's still ~2,400EUR for MEL or BNE, which is an OK deal, but obviously not as good as the previous fares to SYD.

      Congrats to those who got in on the deal while it was still hot! Marked as expired.

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        oz-dave on 01/12/2012 - 02:45

        It didn't last long - surely it wouldn't have been ozbargained - hehehe

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    mjs on 01/12/2012 - 20:25

    Can't seem to get 2400 euro to Brisbane or Melbourne - it's coming back as over 4100 euro.

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      soakwashrinsespin on 01/12/2012 - 21:48

      Everything's back up to normal price now it seems — it was 2,400EUR when I checked this morning, but that fare has gone now too.

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