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SWISS Global Airfares

SWISS offers some of the most flexible and versatile global fares available from Australia. While Europe remains the main destination, these fares can open up stopovers across North America, Asia and Africa, allowing us to turn a return airfare to Europe into a genuine multi-continent journey.

With the right routing, you can travel in one direction around the world rather than simply flying to Europe and back the same way. SWISS fares also combine extremely well with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, giving us access to multiple European gateways and an enormous network of onward destinations.

It’s possible to include multiple stopovers on selected SWISS airfares, giving us plenty of flexibility to build the journey around the places you actually want to visit.

Partner Airlines & Global Routing

Via the Americas

  • Qantas – Los Angeles, Vancouver, San Francisco & New York
  • Air New Zealand – Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston & New York
  • United Airlines – Los Angeles, San Francisco & Houston

Via Asia

  • Qantas – Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo & Seoul
  • Singapore Airlines & British Airways – Singapore
  • Thai Airways – Bangkok
  • ANA – Tokyo
  • Asiana Airlines – Seoul
  • Cathay Pacific – Hong Kong

Via Africa

  • South African Airways – Perth to Johannesburg, or vice versa

These partner airlines are what make SWISS global fares so versatile. We can route between Australia and Europe via Asia, the Americas or Africa, use different regions in each direction, and combine the journey with SWISS, Lufthansa or Austrian Airlines through Europe.

SWISS, Lufthansa & Austrian: One Fare, Multiple European Gateways

One of the biggest advantages of SWISS global fares is that SWISS, Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines can be combined within the same itinerary.

That means you might travel into Europe with SWISS through Zurich, then return with Lufthansa via Munich or Frankfurt. Austrian Airlines can also open up Vienna as another gateway on selected routings.

This flexibility is particularly useful for multi-city European trips because we do not necessarily need to bring you back to the same city or airline you arrived on. The right combination can improve routing, availability and sometimes the overall fare.

Premium Economy, Business Class & First Class

SWISS global fares can be built in Premium Economy, Business Class and First Class, with mixed-cabin combinations possible on selected itineraries. As these are manually constructed fares, pricing varies with dates, routing, cabin and availability.

SWISS Business Class & SWISS Senses

SWISS is progressively introducing its new SWISS Senses Business Class, led by the Airbus A350. The new cabin is a significant upgrade, although the exact product remains aircraft-specific.

  • Direct aisle access for every passenger
  • Fully flat beds up to approximately 2.2 metres
  • Five seat categories, including private suite options
  • Greater privacy, personal space and modern cabin design

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In the vast majority of cases, the most cost-effective way to travel around the world is to continue in the one direction, either East or West, the whole way. So you might travel from Australia to North America to Europe to Asia and back to Australia. Or Australia to South America to Europe to Africa and back to Australia. Keeping Europe in the middle of the itinerary is also important as it allows you to use a return fare to Europe with stopovers in other continents. This means that Europe will be the destination and, for example, your stops in the USA and Asia will be free stopovers on the way to and from Europe. These fares are generally much better value than full alliance RTW airfares.
It is possible to use a mix of cabins on an around the world itinerary! It is usually best to change classes at the point of turnaround which will generally be Europe. This means that you can, for example, fly from Australia to the USA to Europe in Business Class and then from Europe to Asia to Australia in Economy or vice versa.
It depends on the exact itinerary. There are several fantastic airfare options for travelling around the world and they all have their pros and cons. The main deciding factor will usually be the destinations you wish to visit as these airfares all have some routing and destination options that aren’t permitted with the others. It also depends on your preferences with regards to airlines and frequent flyer programs. For example, if you are keen on amassing a giant pile of Qantas Frequent Flyer status credits, a Finnair itinerary can be an amazing choice. Or if you are a Krisflyer member, in love with the hospitality of Singapore Airlines, then a Lufthansa or SWISS option might be the better choice.
Usually the most cost effective, in terms of dollars per status credit, round the world airfare for earning Qantas Frequent Flyer status credits is going to be a Finnair fare. Finnair’s global fares that allow multi-continent trips around the world, it is possible to use Qantas or a full oneworld member on every leg of the journey. This also means that if you have existing status with Qantas Frequent Flyer, you can enjoy the perks at every airport and on every flight along the way!
Generally, the best airfares for round the world travel for earning with Star Alliance frequent flyer programs will be either with Lufthansa or SWISS. These airfares allow you to travel the entire way around the world flying with Star Alliance partners on every leg. As Star Alliance programs vary hugely in both their earning rates on each airline as well as their rules (especially with regards to earning on codeshares), please make sure you let your consultant know which program you’re planning on crediting your flights to if earning towards status with a Star Alliance partner is important to you.
If obtaining status with a frequent flyer program is important to you, there are several ways to maximise earning when planning a round the world trip. This can often mean making your flight path less direct, for example adding an unnecessary domestic connection on the way out of or back into Australia. Sometimes it just means choosing one carrier over another. At Airfare Geeks, we are experts at maximising frequent flyer earnings on round the world travel.

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