BKK-LHR J GF $2000 Lots of availability

[LittleFokker]

Gulf Air. BKK-LHR J Return

The Bahrain-London leg is on their shiny new 787's with the awesome looking Apex business class seats (as per Japan Airlines, Korean Air and Oman Air) - I'm looking forward to trying it out.

I had a previous booking in December for $2800 which I cancelled today and rebooked immediately for $2000 plus $200 cancellation fee.

I also just booked a week in October because, well, why not at $2K?

I can see availability most days all the way to end of year. Some days have 1-2 hour transit in Bahrain and others much longer.

Now to blow some points to get to BKK....

 

[futaris]

Saw a similar thread on Flyertalk a few days ago:

Gf: Bkk - lhr - $1,497 - FlyerTalk Forums

I've flown Gulf Air before from CGK, and credited successfully to AAdvantage:
Gulf Air − Partner airlines − American Airlines

Shame that the earning / burning agreement ended on April 30, 2018.

 

[LittleFokker]

I've flown Gulf Air before from CGK, and credited successfully to AAdvantage:
Gulf Air − Partner airlines − American Airlines

Unfortunately AAdvantage is now no longer an option - I credited to Asia Miles. Should be around 18K at 140% earning

 

[Isochronous]

Good find, will look at this!

 

[LittleFokker]

Good find, will look at this!

I matched it up with QF23 (SYD-BKK) on 60K QFF points and SG221 on the way back for 58K. That give me 3 new J class seats that I haven’t experienced before including the new Singapore Air A380 J seats.

 

[Isochronous]

I matched it up with QF23 (SYD-BKK) on 60K QFF points and SG221 on the way back for 58K. That give me 3 new J class seats that I haven’t experienced before including the new Singapore Air A380 J seats.

Look forward to the trip report!

 

[clifford]

Good fare but the lack of GF airline partners would put me off. QR on the other hand....

 

[LittleFokker]

Good fare but the lack of GF airline partners would put me off. QR on the other hand....

well, QR does have something priced similar from GCK (Jakarta) to Europe at the moment. Personally BKK works better for me from a positioning point of view (and it's, you know, Bangkok).

 

[LittleFokker]

Now available for departures up to end of March '19 - so close to Easter...