Bangkok & Brazil: €1,320 Lufthansa Business Class Flights from Amsterdam

Swiss Boeing 777 Business Class Doppelsitz

Star Alliance partners Lufthansa and SWISS are selling very cheap business class tickets to Bangkok, Singapore and Brazilian destinations Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo with departure from Amsterdam. Prices start at only €1,325 and there’s availability until June 2021.

Info

Worldwide travel restrictions are in place to slow the spread of Covid-19. We strongly recommend gathering detailed information about the travel and quarantine restrictions that apply to your desired origin and destination.

A good start is the International Air Transport Association (IATA) website. It provides current updates on a country’s immigration policies. Even better, the Covid-19 Travel Regulations Map is one of the most useful tools you can find.

LH BKK AMS 1330
These flights are usually much more expensive.

All flights include an inner European flight to Frankfurt, Munich or Zurich and a long haul business class segment with either Swiss or Lufthansa.

Warning

We expect further shakeups in the airline industry over the following months. Some services might be cancelled, aircraft changed or downgraded. The schedule we describe may very well change.

Search & Book

According to the fare rules, these prices will be available until November 1, 2020. Your trip has to be at least 6 days (or a Sunday) long, and no longer than 3 months. Availability is pretty good up to the latest possible travel dates in June 2021.

You can find all the available dates on Google Flights. It is even easier to search and book via Lufthansa’s best price search tool, or book directly on Lufthansa‘s or SWISS‘ website. If you are keen on saving a few bucks, you can also fire up our flight search and see what online travel agencies have to offer. However, we strongly recommend booking directly with the airlines.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Miles

Both airlines issue the tickets in booking class P. Generally, booking class P gets you more miles with SWISS than with Lufthansa. A Amsterdam – Bangkok roundtrip with SWISS via Zurich would get you:

  • 15,004 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
  • 12,852 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
  • 12,752 Award Miles + 480 Points on Miles&More
  • 12,452 Points on SAS EuroBonus
  • 12,252 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
  • 12,002 Award Miles + 2,400 PQP on United MileagePlus
  • 12,002 Miles on Asiana Club
  • 12,002 Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
  • 12,002 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
  • 12,002 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
  • 12,002 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
  • 12,002 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
  • 12,002 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
  • 12,002 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
  • 12,002 Miles on Egyptair Plus
  • 11,628 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
  • 8,402 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
Data provided by miles.travel-dealz.com. Without guarantee on correctness.

Premium Cabins

There is no question that Lufthansa’s and SWISS’ premium cabins are among the upper half worldwide. Our author Dennis tried both business class products – you can get a glimpse of what you can expect here:

Thanks to our source YHBU!

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