Deal Alert – Rome to Delhi/Mumbai Round Trip Business Class in INR 72,000/$ 1,000
Introduction
Star Alliance members Lufthansa and Swiss Airlines are running an incredible Business Class class sale from Italy to India at a fantastic price. Let us have a look at the promotion details
Promo Details
This promotion comes with the following T&Cs
- Promo is valid till 3 Nov 2019
- Companion Fare (2 Adults minimum)
- Maximum stopover is 1 month
- Impressive availability till from November 2019 to August 2020
- Availability across both Swiss & Lufthansa
- Ability to ticket both Swiss & Lufthansa on each side of the round trip
Sample Details
The availability is really impressive across November 2019 to August 2020. Simply enter your departure airport as FCO (Rome Airport) to either DEL (Delhi) or BOM (Mumbai). You need to search for 2 adults as this is a companion fare deal. Flights to Mumbai are slightly higher at INR 158,000 vs INR 145,000 for Delhi.
However, you need to schedule your roundtrip within a month or else the fare jumps up significantly. The dates are widely available including Weekends on some months
The most impressive part about this deal is you can create trips which have Swiss on one leg and Lufthansa on another leg. This gives you the ability to experience two of the best business class experiences across the Star Alliance network.
These are some incredible fares and on an average this is an approximately 50% saving on business class fares to Europe. Aeroflot is the closes at INR 220,000 and the closest comparable Business Class experience at Turkish costs approximately INR 260,000
These flights show the lower fare on SWISS vs Lufthansa and are ticketed at P Class. You can credit these miles to Singapore Airlines at a 125% earn rate or to United at an earn rate of 100%. You can earn a combined 21,252 KrisFlyer Miles or 17,004 United Miles (For entire round trip for both passengers). Do note that Krisflyer miles will expire after 3 years and there is no way to extend them whereas United Miles do not expire any more. You also need to consider that United has moved to dynamic award pricing and the value of your miles can fluctuate a lot.
When does this make sense
This is a no brainer if you are anywhere in Europe and want to book cheap flights to India (Either Delhi or Mumbai). SWISS and Lufthansa have impressive business class offerings. If you are based in India, then you can hypothetically book two round trips across two months using this offer. While this is a bit over the top, you can still explore this if you regularly travel. Europe has a lot to explore and this is simply an incredible promotion.
Conclusion
This is a great promotion and you should definitely check out this offer. While not for everyone, if you have a little flexibility then you can squeeze amazing value out of this promotion. What do you think ?
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