I’m looking at flying to Europe in September 2023. Flying into Barcelona from Melbourne.
Singapore Airlines have flights for $1500 return. All the other airlines are 2k+
Pre Covid I never paid more than $1200 for Europe flight.
Do I book now or are there usually decent airfare sales during Black Friday? Decisions decisions!
300 bucks on etihad
They were cancelled
Anything under 2k seems reasonable to me.
I got $1890 with Qatar.
Multi city flight for May to July. Used the 12% off and saved about $400 for the both of us which was a win.
Scoot via athens?
If pre-covid was 1200 then around 2400 would be a break even point for airlines. Get it while you can!
Scoot Sydney to Athens can be found for under $500 one way.
Try kiwi.com
Thanks for the replies.
I’m travelling with a child so not willing to use a budget airline this time or book flights that aren’t connected under the one airline.
If I wait there may be a sale but not necessarily for my dates so I think I’m going to book it as I’d be kicking myself if fares went up.
We booked flights from Sydney to Barcelona with Singapore Airlines recently for May 2023. Paid around $1800 each incl baby on lap. Have watched the flights slowly increase to $2400. They may come down again but for peace of mind I would just book now as I don't think we will be seeing pre-covid prices again for many years what with high fuel prices etc. Just be mindful when booking with Singapore as they have a habit of slipping Scoot flights into there network so double check flight numbers when booking.
2 questions.
@iNeed2Pee All flights on my ticket are mainline Singapore flights although when I search for flights across these dates now, a lot of the options have Scoot flight thrown in on the Sydney legs.
SQ only fly in to Barcelona but I am just connecting through Barcelona & on to Alicante to see my family. I agree with you that Madrid is the nicer city out of the two :-)
Yeah was weird to see the scoot legs from Melbourne as well.
We ended up going through Qatar Airlines.
Ironically my parents were just in Alicante heading to Barcelona 😂.
Have lovely trip:)
@iNeed2Pee: Thanks mate. Qatar always offers great service. I have always wanted to stop off in Doha for a couple of days to breakup the trip. Hope you guys have a great trip also.
I just wanted to provide an update
On Tuesday we booked a multi city trip from Melbourne to Barcelona, Munich to Melbourne for September 2023. We paid $4,100 for 2 adults and 1 child.
Today the same flights are $5,500.
If you see a price that’s acceptable just book it.
can you tell us which airline/s ? thanks…
Singapore airlines
nicely done. great find
Remember to sign up to the family pooling option for krisflyer. Think they only do the kids with an adult
This is a good price. They will only continue to go up. The Singapore - Barcelona sector is a long trip with the stopover in Milan but the Singaporean hospitality & professional service makes it bearable. You can apply for $20.00 Changi vouchers per person per sector to use at the airport aswell.
Yes they now have to be pre booked online though
True. But to be fair, it was a pretty straight forward process & they are preloaded on your phone upon arrival so no need to queue.
Did you book with the airline directly or through OTA?
Booked on the Singapore Airlines website
In pre covid days I got a good deal with Garuda going business MEL to Jakarta and first class Jakarta to AMS and flew KLM cheaper airline to Madrid. The fare was abt $2K cheaper than going business with any other carrier at the time. Might be worth checking for comparison. Service was fantastic.
I'm finding using the comparison sites a nightmare as you'll see what looks reasonable, but then almost all airlines charge fortune for seat selection. Currently Cathay look cheapest to London, but seats start at $80 per leg (4 legs). So that reasonable fair of $1400 becomes $1720 (this is for a May-Sep flight).
Also so many now have 23 kg checked in. Now wondering if going for one of the more expensive airlines and paying the $2-2.5k gains anything (Qantas, BA)
I was looking at Singapore airlines to Europe for July 23. I checked the day it was released in July this year - it was $1600 ish. More flights on the day of departing were released and it went down to $1400 ish . On the first day of thier "sale" it was $1700+. I don't think we can get flights as cheap as pre covid anymore :( I was paying 1k to go to Europe back then. Looking back I wish I paid the $1400