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Christmas Day flights to Australia

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The cheapest ever business class flights from London to Sydney? China Airlines is selling London to Sydney returns for £1,459 – if you depart late on December 25^th.

Cheapest return tickets at Christmas

Traditionally, the most expensive time of year to fly to Australia is in the run up to Christmas. Prices for the cheapest economy class return tickets can leap up above the £1,200 mark a couple of weeks before December 25^th.

Cheap Christmas Day flights

However, Christmas Day itself is a different matter. Nobody really wants to fly on Christmas Day, and airlines can hardly stop flights as it completely messes up schedules. Therefore, if you’re prepared to fly on December 25th itself, there are sometimes great deals available.

£1,459 business class return to Sydney

This year, one absolutely knock-out deal – the best I’ve ever seen for a business class flight to Australia – is being offered by China Airlines. Business class return flights from London to Sydney usually cost at least £3,000. But China Airlines is offering them for just £1,459 for those Christmas Day departure.

Free stopover in Taiwan

Go straight through, and you’ll have a few hours’ layover in Taipei before arriving in Sydney at 12.15 on December 27^th. However, it’s possible to build in a free stopover in Taiwan if you wish to break the journey. You have to return within six months for the deal to be valid.

Late departure from Heathrow

But what about Christmas? Well, the flights depart from Heathrow at 21.00 – so you can do the family thing, eat your turkey and still get to the airport in plenty of time. It’s worth bearing in mind that public transport options will be unavailable, however.

Where to book?

I found about this through Roundtheworldflights.com – who say the deal is still available. You may be better off going through them and finding return dates that fit your needs rather than struggling with trial and error on the China Airlines site.

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