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> > I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. > Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service. > I agree with Mr Morgan – forget BA and QF if possible. Flights from LHR-SYD > are mostly via Singapore or Bangkok. One often overlooked option is Emirates > via Dubai, which is an excellent airline. If you are a member of one of the > alliances and want to get FF points (and lots of ‘em), the preferred options > would be: > Star Alliance – SQ > Oneworld – BA (unfortunately)

   Agreed, but BA and QF codeshare on some of these flts, so if your preference is for BA you still might find yourself on a QF aircraft.

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| | > > I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. | > > Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service. | > > | > | > I agree with Mr Morgan – forget BA and QF if possible. Flights from LHR-SYD | > are mostly via Singapore or Bangkok. One often overlooked option is Emirates | > via Dubai, which is an excellent airline. If you are a member of one of the | > alliances and want to get FF points (and lots of ‘em), the preferred options | > would be: | > | > Star Alliance – SQ | > Oneworld – BA (unfortunately) | |    Agreed, but BA and QF codeshare on some of these flts, so if your preference | is for BA | you still might find yourself on a QF aircraft. | satisfactory.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi, >Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: >a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service (considering >its such a long flight, this is pretty important) >and/or… >b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier >that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? >If so, which in particular?) >Thanks for any help, >Sunil Panchal

Hi I went with Korean Air, mostly on price 650GBP. I was impressed, they let me change the return date 4 times (no cost), Icheon airport was new, free net access, and they had tvs in the seat backs! Great — martin

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> I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. > Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service.

Forget TG (Thai), stick to SQ (Singapore) and BA for best service.

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>> I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. > Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service. >Forget TG (Thai), stick to SQ (Singapore) and BA for best service.

Well I’d also recommend TG or SQ on that route if you’re flying economy, SQ or BA for business/first.   In my experience TG is the cheapest of the three.  SQ will put you up in a nice hotel for free in Singapore if you have a longish stopover. There are plenty other airlines you can use if you want a really cheap flight though, but I don’t have experience of them. phil

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->thanks everyone! >from sunil panchal > Hi, > Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: > a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service >(considering > its such a long flight, this is pretty important) > and/or… > b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier > that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? > If so, which in particular?) > Thanks for any help, > Sunil Panchal

Cheapest – varies enormously, you have to shop around.  Make sure you tell the travel agent you speak to – you wouldn’t be doing this on the Web, would you! – what you want to do in Australia, as some fare deals include travel within the country at good rates.  Decide whether you can accept fixed dates both way, and what you might be prepared to pay for changes. Don’t rule out unlikely-sounding airlines, like Air NZ or Air Canada. Think about whether you would prefer to break the journey in an on-or-off route stop.  Malaysian may still be giving away free side trips to Borneo, for example. Don’t forget there are all sorts of different seasons affecting the fare. And don’t write off Qantas and BA.  I recommend the World Traveller Plus section on BA, if you can get a good deal on it.  From the Oz end there are excellent deals with interesting stopovers – we just came back from one. Robin Johnson

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thanks everyone! from sunil panchal

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, > Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: > a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service (considering > its such a long flight, this is pretty important) > and/or… > b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier > that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? > If so, which in particular?) > Thanks for any help, > Sunil Panchal

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> I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. > Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service.

I agree with Mr Morgan – forget BA and QF if possible. Flights from LHR-SYD are mostly via Singapore or Bangkok. One often overlooked option is Emirates via Dubai, which is an excellent airline. If you are a member of one of the alliances and want to get FF points (and lots of ‘em), the preferred options would be: Star Alliance – SQ Oneworld – BA (unfortunately)

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, > Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: > a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service (considering > its such a long flight, this is pretty important) > and/or… > b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier > that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? > If so, which in particular?) > Thanks for any help, > Sunil Panchal

In Dec 2001/Jan 2002 my family and I did SYD – Europe – SYD on Japan Airlines (JL) and I was favoriabley impressed. Search Google Groups under aurthor = Allen, date = 1 April – 30 June 2002, for a full trip report. Short Summary: Excellent price, fantastic service on JL, no seat back video Japan-OZ, but 743 has been replaced with 744 on NRT-SYD (at least) so may have changed. Downside (depending on point of view) We travelled SYD-KIX-MXP which required an overnight stay in KIX (Osaka)which was included in the price of the ticket at the Hotel Nikko. Returning home we travelled CDG – NRT – SYD and had a 7 hour layover at NRT. You will have similar LHR – SYD – LHR all (AFAIK)westbound flight require an over night in Japan. KIX is the easiest to over night as the hotel is at the airport. Take esclator to 2nd floor (departures) and follow sign to railway station, then follow sign to hotel, all via overhead walkway. NRT is harder as the hotel is in Narita township and requires a shuttle bus ride, but NRT probabley has more frequency to LHR than KIX (both are daily to SYD). Allen

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Hi, Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service (considering its such a long flight, this is pretty important) and/or… b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? If so, which in particular?) Thanks for any help, Sunil Panchal

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I recommend Singapore Airlines and/or Thai International. Forget about about BA and QF, they dont offer the same quality of service. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Hi, > Can anyone recommend airlines for a London-Sydney flight based on: > a.) Passenger assistance and general inflight customer service (considering > its such a long flight, this is pretty important) > and/or… > b.) Price (e.g. can i save some money by going on a asia/pacific carrier > that stops in its home country thats ‘relatively’ on the way to Australia? > If so, which in particular?) > Thanks for any help, > Sunil Panchal

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