SYD-PEK: Air China, A330-300, Business (8:30hr layover in PEK) In the end, my itinerary looked like this:ĪRN-FRA: Scandinavian Airlines, A320, Economy (9:00hr layover in FRA)įRA-PEK: Air China, 747-800, Business (13:45hr layover in PEK) Nonetheless, I was still quite excited when I finally managed to ticket it: 40 hours in business class awaited me, and 20 of these hours would be on the upper deck of a 747-8 – a plane I’ve been dying to fly. A no-brainer, given I have to make the long journey down to Australia from Sweden at least once a year to see family.īooking the ticket was painful, and required no fewer than ten attempts over the course of 15 hours. This particular deal popped up in late November: 1500EUR from Frankfurt to Sydney, return. Unfortunately, because I’ve spent 80% of my annual travel budget in the first third of the year. Fortunately, because I’ve managed to relax up the pointy end more than I’ve sat cramped down the back. Both fortunately and unfortunately, much of my 2019 travel has been decided by unknown Flyertalkers posting into the “Premium Fare Deals” forum.
