If you want to fly from Australia to Europe in Singapore Airlines Business Class, you could expect to pay at least $5,255 round-trip (e.g. for a flight from Adelaide to Frankfurt). But tickets in the other direction, from Europe to Australia, can be significantly cheaper.

Singapore Airlines currently has some great deals on round-trip Business Class fares to Australia and New Zealand, departing from cities including Paris, Frankfurt, Munich and Stockholm.

The best Business Class deals are departing from Paris. From the French capital, you could fly to Melbourne via Singapore in Singapore Airlines Business Class from just €2,361 (~AU$3,596) return. Flights from Paris to Sydney are available in Singapore Airlines Business Class from €2,503 (~AU$3,810) return. (Interestingly, this is even cheaper than a round-trip airfare from Paris just to Singapore!)

From Frankfurt or Munich in Germany, you could fly with Singapore Airlines in Business Class to Melbourne from €2,549 (~AU$3,880) round-trip.

There are some good fares from Stockholm to Brisbane or Auckland, priced at SEK30,399 (~AU$4,385) round-trip.

Singapore Airlines Premium Economy sale fares are also available from Frankfurt to Auckland from €1,369 (~AU$2,083) return.

You can find more of these deals and book on the Singapore Airlines website. To view deals departing from other countries, you can switch to a different version of the Singapore Airlines website by clicking on the country & language in the top-right corner of the page.

As you’ll be paying in a European currency, you may wish to pay using a credit card that doesn’t attract international transaction fees.

Fare rules & conditions

The fare rules vary depending on which country you’ll be departing from. But for the sale fares departing Paris, for example, you would need to book by 28 March 2022 and travel by 30 November 2022. However, the sale fares are only available on flights with “D” class availability and are not available every day.

There is a minimum stay at the destination (Australia) of 7 days, and a maximum stay of 12 months. Free stopovers are available in Singapore.

These are “Business Lite” fares which earn KrisFlyer miles, come with a 40kg baggage allowance and can be changed, but can’t be cancelled and are not upgradeable.

How to make these fares work if you live in Australia

Unfortunately, these sale fares won’t work for all Australians because you do need to actually start and end your trip in Europe.

If you live in Australia and travel to Europe multiple times per year, one option is to “nest” a return ticket from Europe to Australia in between another round-trip ticket from Australia to Europe.

Alternatively, you could redeem frequent flyer points for a one-way ticket to Europe and then buy a Singapore Airlines airfare back to Australia. The return leg of that ticket could be used at the start of your next trip to Europe, if you’ll be returning in less than a year from the date of booking.

If you have friends or family in Europe who wish to visit Australia, these fares could also be useful for them.

If you can’t make these ex-Europe fares work for you, though, Singapore Airlines does have some sale fares available from Australia. The Business Class prices aren’t as attractive, but some examples we found on the Singapore Airlines website include:

• Adelaide to Frankfurt from $5,255 return
• Brisbane or Melbourne to Frankfurt from $5,320 return
• Perth to Zurich from $5,475 return

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Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 90 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
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