It's been nearly a year since I have done any travelling.

I've started 2018 with booking a return flight with Qatar. I have mentioned this before, if you can plan two trips you can get a brilliant deal in the reverse order. Most Business class airfares out of Australia cost around AUD$6800. If you book as I have just done the same trip in the reverse order it will cost just over AUD$3486. Thats a saving of AUD$3300 

There are several reasons for picking these routes. firstly I wanted to travel on several aircraft types and this booking covers the A380, B787 & A350. I'm also looking forward to spending time at the bar on the A380...

Now all that is needed is to get to Europe to meet the flight.

So far it's looking like a oneway fare to Asia to meet a LifeMiles award flight to Copenhagen. This will work in nicely to catch a ship to Oslo, allowing me to finish a rail journey that I could not do last time due to a landslide on the Flam railway line.

Could you do it?

If you came across a Business Class Fare between Australia and Europe for a little over AUD$3,000 with a recognised carrier

AH.. the catch.. 

: The fare is :

Milan - Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane - Milan

Try to buy it the other way Australia to Milan and it cost over AUD$6,000

The fare is available now with Thai Airways

Airlines are known to change aircraft type but if they are as they are now I would choose to fly in and out of Melbourne. They are using the A350 and the B777-300ER Melbourne to Bangkok : seats have direct access (no trying to get past the seat next to you if its occupied) The B787 & B747 are not on my list as there Seating is as mentioned!!

So ? Plan to take 2 trips 

Use some of your frequent flyer miles to get you over there spend a couple of weeks fly back Thai Airways Business Class and that gets you setup to fly out of Australia next time and all you need to do is do the same and redeem an award flight back to Australia.

The only limitation is the flights can only be booked 11 months out from the booking date. 

I'm thinking if these fares are still available in 1 months time take 2 weeks in late May and then another 2 weeks which will include Christmas and New Years. Late May = Portugal / Late December = Christmas and New Years in the North, Maybe a Baltic country

Cheers to a Super Fare when you find them