Etihad has some rather reasonable business class fares out of London for the long haul traveller who doesn’t mind a stop in Abu Dhabi.
Etihad Airbus A380 taxing at London Heathrow – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
Various destinations are up for grabs from London include:
UAE
- Abu Dhabi from £1149
Africa
- Johannesburg – £1499
- Seychelles from £1499
Maldives
- Male from £1999
Far East
- Bangkok – from £1499
- Hong Kong from £1499
- Singapore from £1599
- Kuala Lumpur from £1599
Australia
- Melbourne from £2999
- Sydney from £2999
The fares have a book by date of 3rd June, for travel between 1st July 2019 – 31 August 2019 for most destinations (except Australia – which is limited to 5th August 2019 – 31st August 2019.
Going through the T&C’s – of note
- Flight/Day restriction and Blackout periods may apply.
- Weekend surcharges may apply.
- Full T&C’s at https://www.etihad.com/en-gb/deals/view-more/?promotion_id=12637
Note, that in my limited experiments getting this fare to work with Multi-city is a challenge (with the fare only pricing up when doing “direct” return tickets with a short stop in Abu Dhabi) – therefore getting to work with the free Abu Dhabi stopover offer may not work.
It’s not the greatest return fare in the world – but it does offer a reasonable price for those who wish to travel in the summer and have a simple departure point of London Heathrow to get to – combined with Etihads on-board product.
And as for the miles, it’s time to run it through https://www.wheretocredit.com/etihad to see where the miles belong best.
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