Emirates companion fares in F & J ex ATH

[somebol]

Found this excellent companion fares on emirates site.
Link

Destination Business Class* First Class*
Doha (DOH) EUR 976 EUR 1,176
Bahrain (BAH) EUR 973 EUR 1,173
Muscat (MCT) EUR 976 EUR 1,176
Dammam (DMM) EUR 976 EUR 1,176
Jeddah (JED) EUR 976 EUR 1,176
Kuwait (KWI) EUR 974 EUR 1,174
Riyadh (RUH) EUR 976 EUR 1,176
Sana'a (SAH) EUR 983 EUR 1,183
Tehran (IKA) EUR 994 EUR 1,200
Mumbai (BOM) EUR 1,076 EUR 1,280
Delhi (DEL) EUR 1,087 EUR 1,291
Ahmedabad (AMD) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Bengaluru (Bangalore) (BLR) EUR 1,137 EUR 1,363
Kozhikode (Calicut) (CCJ) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Kolkata (Calcutta) (CCU) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Cochin (Kochi) (cough) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Hyderabad (HYD) EUR 1,140 EUR 1,365
Chennai (MAA) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) (TRV) EUR 1,120 EUR 1,346
Osaka (KIX) EUR 1,320 EUR 1,784
Seoul (ICN) EUR 1,285 EUR 1,735
Tokyo (HND) EUR 1,322 EUR 1,786
Colombo (CMB) EUR 1,259 EUR 1,508
Karachi (KHI) EUR 1,070 EUR 1,270
Johannesburg (JNB) EUR 1,304 EUR 1,530
Cape Town (CPT) EUR 1,328 EUR 1,560
Durban (DUR) EUR 1,328 EUR 1,560
Addis Ababa (ADD) EUR 1,392 EUR 1,578
Dar Es Salaam (DAR) EUR 1,402 EUR 1,588
Entebbe (EBB) EUR 1,411 EUR 1,597
Nairobi (NBO) EUR 1,389 EUR 1,575
Abidjan (ABJ) EUR 1,469 EUR 1,655
Accra (ACC) EUR 1,429 EUR 1,615
Lagos (LOS) EUR 1,401 EUR 1,587
Khartoum (KRT) EUR 1,017 EUR 1,217
Manila (MNL) EUR 1,073 EUR 1,275
Bangkok (BKK) EUR 1,208 EUR 1,501
Jakarta (CGK) EUR 1,193 EUR 1,485
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) EUR 1,203 EUR 1,496
Singapore (SIN) EUR 1,207 EUR 1,500
Islamabad (ISB) EUR 1,173 EUR 1,398
Lahore (LHE) EUR 1,200 EUR 1,432
Peshawar (PEW) EUR 1,158 EUR 1,383
Dhaka (DAC) EUR 1,092 EUR 1,297
Beijing (PEK) EUR 1,177 EUR 1,415
Guangzhou (CAN) EUR 1,235 EUR 1,503
Shanghai (PVG) EUR 1,177 EUR 1,415
Hong Kong (HKG) EUR 1,232 EUR 1,482
Brisbane (BNE) EUR 2,084 EUR 2,625
Melbourne (MEL) EUR 2,017 EUR 2,542
Perth (PER) EUR 2,068 EUR 2,609
Sydney (SYD) EUR 2,037 EUR 2,561
Auckland (AKL) EUR 2,063 EUR 2,739
Christchurch (CHC) EUR 2,050 EUR 2,726
Mauritius (MRU) EUR 1,554 EUR 1,638
Male (MLE) EUR 1,485 EUR 1,740
Seychelles (SEZ) EUR 1,560 EUR 1,644
Dubai (DXB) EUR 1,028 EUR 1,240

Sales period: until 31st March 2011.
Travel period: from 15th January to 31st May 2011.
Valid only if both passengers are booked on the same itinerary.
All fares and seats are subject to availability.
Maximum stay: 1 month. For destinations in Australia and New Zealand: 1 year.
1 free stopover permitted in Dubai.
Reservations are required for all sectors and ticketing must be completed within 72 hours after reservations are made.
Date change: permitted with a fee of EUR 50 per ticket.
Cancellation before departure: permitted with EUR 50 penalty fee.
Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be cancelled after departure.
Child discount is not applicable.
The fares quoted include all relevant taxes and are subject to change.

So ~2800 AUD pp for J return & ~3500 AUD pp in F. And we get 12 months to use the return portion... excellent deal imo

So is anybody interested in joining me for this partner fare.

 

[tgh]

um .. I'm a little slow , so please bear with me..

Can you post a link as I couldn't find the offer.

I assume that this is ex Dubai, so one assumes that the journey must originate there. ?

Soooo.. Is it such a great deal for the masses of 'Oz ?

After all , one way options that would be required to put together the balance of a trip are usually not cost effective ?

 

[somebol]

um .. I'm a little slow , so please bear with me..

Can you post a link as I couldn't find the offer.

i've updated the op to include the link.

I assume that this is ex Dubai, so one assumes that the journey must originate there. ?

The fare is in EUR and the thread title says it is ex ATH i.e. greece.

Soooo.. Is it such a great deal for the masses of 'Oz ?

~3500 AUD for ath-dxb-syd-dxb-ath in emirates F is a good deal any day of the week. Didn't know we were catering for the masses here in AFF

After all , one way options that would be required to put together the balance of a trip are usually not cost effective ?

true one-way fares getting to greece could be expensive... but hey you could redeem points for a cheap one way ticket.

 

[tgh]

duuuuhh .. said I was slow .. didn't read the header.

I might try to do something with this .. thanks

 

[eightblack]

um .. I'm a little slow , so please bear with me..

Can you post a link as I couldn't find the offer.

I assume that this is ex Dubai, so one assumes that the journey must originate there. ?

Soooo.. Is it such a great deal for the masses of 'Oz ?

After all , one way options that would be required to put together the balance of a trip are usually not cost effective ?

Actually, you'll need a return ticket (ie ATH-HKG-ATH). The booking engine won't let you book a one-way (ie ATH-SYD)

Also, remember that the fare class will be "Saver" and not "Flex", which means essentially half the status miles (not that you should really care given the value of the tickets)

For example, the above itinerary ATH-HKG-ATH in J prices out at A$1500 each.

If you price the above in F, it works out at A$2000 per person.
(Hell, I reckon I could drink $1500 worth of Krug or Dom champagne on both the A380 flights!)

But you're still going to need to get to ATH to start your journey. I suppose if you had the points on QF or similar and were wanting to make a "holiday" out of it and could find seats, it might be worth it.

Even if you booked revenue out of MEL or SYD on EK, a cheap Y return is going to cost you A$2000, so for $4 grand, it's still a great deal (although you will be an unhappy camper coming all the way home from ATH jammed down the back, when you have just gotten off the A380 F suite). Put it down as character building.

If you felt like splashing out, a J return (MEL-ATH-MEL) is just over $7K, meaning for a total of $9K you could travel in J and F and achieve Gold status just with those 2 trips (actually 49,000 tier miles) but so close, EK would give it to you anyway.

And for those of you wanting to do a Mileage Run, I suppose that might be an option - but I wouldn't know anything about Mileage Runs and reckon the people that do them are "freaks"

 

[somebol]

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And for those of you wanting to do a Mileage Run, I suppose that might be an option - but I wouldn't know anything about Mileage Runs and reckon the people that do them are "freaks"

Are you the eightblack from FT :shock::shock:

If so I am a big fan of yours... I love your writing style... welcome to AFF

 

[somebol]

Is anybody is interested in accompanying me on a trip from ATH?? let me know.

 

[eightblack]

Is anybody is interested in accompanying me on a trip from ATH?? let me know.

When are where? I may be interested, however you would need to answer the following questions.

1. If you don't drink, then have a nice time. With someone else.
2. See question 1.
3. See question 2.
4. See question 3.

5. No photos. If I want my picture taken, I'll steal a car.
6. Has to be in F. Not J.
7. Not interested in seeing a great deal of ATH, apart from eating a lot of fried cheese and pickled octopus. I strongly suggest separate rooms for that part of the trip. Actually for all parts of the trip. I have to take a lot of medication and its not the sort you can take orally

 

[anat0l]

7. Not interested in seeing a great deal of ATH, apart from eating a lot of fried cheese and pickled octopus. I strongly suggest separate rooms for that part of the trip. Actually for all parts of the trip. I have to take a lot of medication and its not the sort you can take orally

Well I hope it's the sort you jab yourself with, because if it's the one that goes the other end, then what'd be the point if it'll just come right out again?

 

[somebol]

When are where? I may be interested, however you would need to answer the following questions.

1. If you don't drink, then have a nice time. With someone else.
2. See question 1.
3. See question 2.
4. See question 3.

5. No photos. If I want my picture taken, I'll steal a car.
6. Has to be in F. Not J.
7. Not interested in seeing a great deal of ATH, apart from eating a lot of fried cheese and pickled octopus. I strongly suggest separate rooms for that part of the trip. Actually for all parts of the trip. I have to take a lot of medication and its not the sort you can take orally

1. Yes I drink
2. see 1
3. see 1
4. see 1
5. ok.. no photos of you will be taken
6. Always F
7. ditto.. apart from the medication part

so let me know.

 

[yohy?!]

The US Airways Dividend Miles Bonus offer may be of use in getting to ATH:

60k One Way for ATH-SYD on Star Carriers in J

At the moment 61,250miles costs $962.50USD (plus taxes roughly $150 SYD-BKK-ATH as an example)

 

[futaris]

The 25% discount on Etihad Guest redemptions should help too.

31,875 miles needed for purely miles in economy. 23,907 miles needed for miles and cash in economy.

63,750 miles needed for purely miles in business. 47,813 miles need for miles and cash in business.

Taxes are 72.27 one way.

 

[benhadi]

The US Airways Dividend Miles Bonus offer may be of use in getting to ATH:

60k One Way for ATH-SYD on Star Carriers in J

At the moment 61,250miles costs $962.50USD (plus taxes roughly $150 SYD-BKK-ATH as an example)

US Airways redemptions are for return trips only

 

[yohy?!]

US Airways redemptions are for return trips only

Darn...youre right. I was sure I read they'd changed this but not yet.