Book Air India’s new A350 business class from London to Delhi for £1,631 return

Yesterday we ran a full review of Air India’s new A350 business class cabin from London to Delhi.

Rhys was, frankly, blown away by how good it was.

By a total coincidence, Air India has launched some good deals on this flight if you need to travel by the end of June.

You can fly, return, in A350 business class from Heathrow to Delhi for £1,631.

Here’s an example:

For less than £100 extra, you can book a flexible ticket allowing a full refund.

You need to check the aircraft type when booking if you want the A350. Book any other aircraft and you will have an older plane without the excellent A350 suite seats.

You can get it cheaper ….

There are cheaper deals from Frankfurt (€1,658, so £1,415).

For example:

However, these are on a Boeing 787-9 which does not have a seat as good as the A350. When you factor in the cost of getting to Frankfurt, the deal doesn’t compare well to the Heathrow one.

Where to credit

Air India is a member of Star Alliance. This means that, as well as its own frequent flyer programme, you can credit your flight to schemes such as Lufthansa’s Miles & More, United Airlines MileagePlus or Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer.

How to pay

If you book the Heathrow deal and are paying in Sterling, the best deal for paying for your ticket is American Express Preferred Rewards Gold. This is free for a year and currently comes with a bonus of 30,000 Membership Rewards points.

Amex Gold earns 2 points per £1 spent with airlines. These convert to 2 Avios or many other airline and hotel programmes. No other card can beat this rate for general airline spend.

If you book from Frankfurt, the only ‘miles and points’ credit cards with no FX fees for Euro payments are the two Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercards.

If you don’t have one of those, your best bet is to forget miles and points and use any 0% FX credit card you have. Saving 3% on FX fees is better than earning a few points.

Conclusion

These fares are pretty easy to find until the end of June.

You can read about the Air India A350 business class seat in our review from yesterday. We strongly recommend booking an A350 service because these are by far the best aircraft in the Air India fleet.

You can find out more about Air India’s A350 on its website here.

The main UK booking website is here.

Hat-tip to Luxury Flight Club.