Astonishing £1,250 business class flights to Australia from Dublin, to early 2023
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The Star Alliance airlines have, for no obvious reason, launched an astonishing fare sale out of Dublin to Australia.
How cheap? We’re talking:
- Adelaide – €1,450 return (£1,210)
- Brisbane – €1,500 return (£1,250)
- Melbourne – €1,450 return (£1,210)
- Sydney – €1,500 return (£1,250)
You can book on the Lufthansa website here.
For clarity …. these are Business Class, return, tickets, flying with sensible airlines – in most cases:
- Lufthansa
- SWISS
- Singapore Airlines
Travel dates run through to early February 2023.
The minimum stay is six days, the maximum stay is three months.
Clearly you won’t have totally free choice of dates, but the deals are there.
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is an easy way to build in stopovers. You may be able to do it via trial and error but it won’t be easy because only specific flights will be valid for this fare.
In terms of covid cover, you have some risk. Lufthansa will rebook you, free of charge, but you will be on the hook for the fare difference. Once this offer is over, a typical fare might be €4,000 – and you’d be on the hook for the difference.
You may want to consider paying a little more to book with more certainty. Pay an extra €95 each way and you can cancel the full trip for a refund for a €250 penalty.
Where to credit your flights
SWISS and Lufthansa are both part of the Miles & More loyalty scheme, although you can of course credit your flight to any other Star Alliance programme.
You’d earn around 21,000 miles in most schemes, based on booking class ‘P’. The website wheretocredit.com can give you detailed numbers.
How to book
The easiest place to book is the Lufthansa website here.
If you don’t have a credit card offering 0% FX fees (as you will be paying in Euro), your best option to maximise your miles when paying is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold. This offers double points – 2 per £1 – when you when you book flight tickets directly with an airline. Our review of Amex Gold is here.
In theory this offer runs until 7th March but that won’t happen – these seats will disappear very quickly.
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How to earn Star Alliance miles from UK credit cards (April 2025)
None of the Star Alliance airlines currently have a UK credit card.
There is, however, still a way to earn Star Alliance miles from a UK credit card.
The route is via Marriott Bonvoy. Marriott Bonvoy hotel loyalty points convert to over 40 airlines at the rate of 3:1.
The best way to earn Marriott Bonvoy points is via the official Marriott Bonvoy American Express card. It comes with 20,000 points for signing up and 2 points for every £1 you spend. At 2 Bonvoy points per £1, you are earning (at 3:1) 0.66 airline miles per £1 spent on the card.
There is a preferential conversion rate to United Airlines – which is a Star Alliance member – of 2 : 1 if you convert 60,000 Bonvoy points at once.
The Star Alliance members which are Marriott Bonvoy transfer partners are: Aegean, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Avianca, Copa Airlines, Singapore Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines and United Airlines.
You can apply here.
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