Since a few days, the Oneworld and SkyTeam alliances are selling extremely reasonable business class tickets from Luxembourg and Brussels to North America. They are starting at €822. Now, Star Alliance is reacting and offers reasonable fares from Amsterdam. You can choose between flights with Lufthansa, Swiss, United or Air Canada. Prices start at €960 and flights go to Boston, Miami, Montreal and more. There are availabilities until September 2021.
Seit ein paar Tagen verkaufen Oneworld und SkyTeam Business-Class-Flüge von Luxemburg und Belgien nach Nordamerika ab nur 813€. Jetzt hat auch die Star Alliance reagiert und ergänzt das ganze durch günstige Tickets ab Amsterdam. So könnt ihr mit Lufthansa, Swiss, United und Air Canada nur 960€ nach z.B. Boston, Miami oder Montreal fliegen. Verfügbarkeiten gibt es bis September 2021.
Because of Corona, both USA and Canada do not allow tourists to enter the country. From what point on tourists will be allowed entering again is unclear at this point in time. However, this deal at least offers availability until September 2021.
If you would like to rebook your travel because of entry requirements respectively quarantine requirements, you can easily do so with Lufthansa as well as Air Canada without a rebooking fee. You will have to pay the fare difference however. For Air Canada tickets, you can also choose to get a voucher in the amount of the ticket price. This voucher will be valid indefinitely.
The following destinations are possible:
- Boston from €956
- Miami from €968
- Montreal from €1,009
- Ottawa from €1,026
- Halifax from €1,048
- San José, California from €1,092
- St. John’s from €1,112
- Philadelphia from €1,117
- Dallas from €1,156
- Seattle from €1,226
- Tampa from €1,282
- Los Angeles from €1,337
- Honolulu from €1,535
- Whitehorse from €1,592
- Anchorage from €1,638
- and more
If you missed the other business class offers to North America, check them here:
How to get to Amsterdam
Schiphol International Airport, located in Amsterdam is the largest airport in the Netherlands. With over 50 million passengers a year, it is the fourth largest airport in Europe and KLM’s home base.
Amsterdam is easy to reach by car from the Benelux countries as well as from Denmark. Alternatively, you can also travel to Amsterdam with Flixbus.
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Most of the destinations will be reached with just one layover in either Toronto, New York, Houston, Zurich or Frankfurt depending on if you chose to fly with Air Canada, United, Lufthansa or Swiss.
Please note that transits are not possible in the US, you will have to have the visa or ESTA that would be needed to also enter the country. Stopover are not allowed.
Search & Book
We were not able to find out in fare rules, when this deal expires. The minimum stay requirement is just 12 hours. The inbound flight has to commence no later than 3 months after the outbound flight. There are availabilities from now to September 2021.
You can find your preferred travel dates with Google Flights (instructions). The fare is so now that not all prices and availabilites are listed on Google flights.
Alternatively, you can just simply go to the websites of Lufthansa, United or Air Canada and look for your preferred travel dates over there. Generally speaking, you should book with the airlines directly, especially in times like these.
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.
If you are flying to or though USA, you will need an ESTA for €12 or a visa. For flights to Canada, you will need an eTA for approx. €5 or a visa.
Mileage
The tickets are issued in booking class P. Most of the frequent flyer programs of the Star alliance will credit these at 100%. If you are flying with Air Canada via Toronto to Boston, the mileage accrual will look like this:
- 16,888 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 16,668 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 16,668 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 12,666 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 12,502 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 12,502 Award Miles on Azul TodoAzul
- 12,502 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 12,502 Miles on GOL Aéreos Smiles
- 12,502 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 12,502 Award Miles + 2,502 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 10,978 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 10,418 Award Miles + 8,444 Tier Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 10,418 Award Miles on Etihad Guest
- 10,418 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
- 10,418 CV Points on Vistara Club Vistara
- 8,444 Award Miles + 480 Points on Miles&More
- 8,444 Miles on Asiana Club
- 8,334 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 8,334 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 8,334 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
Please note: If you book your tickets via Lufthansa, you will only accrue award miles based on the revenue. You will only receive 4 to 6 award miles per Euro of the net flight price.
Hotels
Hotels in North America are generally speaking pretty expensive. We recommend, not only comparing prices, but also location and reviews. A good website for that is booking.com:
Also check out our hotel voucher and coupons:
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