PGI GUY Posted April 30, 2018 #1 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Has anyone used Viking air business class to SE Asia? We are flying from SW Florida, Ft Myers Tampa area. Flying to Bali and back from Bangkok in early 2019. What were the airlines and routing used? How did the cost compare to booking it your self compare. I know that airfare and routings change a lot, I am just interested in what your experience was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Peregrina651 Posted April 30, 2018 #2 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Viking is just breaking into the SE Asia market on the ocean side of the business, so there isn't much data here to collect yet; people are just starting to look at flights, etc. However, on the river side of the business, they have been doing Mekong river cruises for a number of years now and perhaps there is some helpful information to be found in the River Cruising forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyump Posted April 30, 2018 #3 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Has anyone used Viking air business class to SE Asia? We are flying from SW Florida, Ft Myers Tampa area. Flying to Bali and back from Bangkok in early 2019. What were the airlines and routing used? How did the cost compare to booking it your self compare. I know that airfare and routings change a lot, I am just interested in what your experience was. We're doing that cruise and flying business class from the UK. Just waiting to see what airline, what route and how much the upgrade will cost. Standard economy included in the brochure price here in the UK. Will be interested to see how they compare!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubeamps Posted April 30, 2018 #4 Share Posted April 30, 2018 We’ve booked Viking business class for a 4/2019 cruise Bangkok to Hong Kong. Waiting to see how they route the earlier Asia cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunbrookgal Posted May 3, 2018 #5 Share Posted May 3, 2018 We're doing that cruise and flying business class from the UK. Just waiting to see what airline, what route and how much the upgrade will cost. Standard economy included in the brochure price here in the UK. Will be interested to see how they compare!! Ask your Viking rep for the price delta from coach to business class. We are booked 2019 and 2020 SE Asia cruises, both we asked for coach and business class numbers. We are Business for both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palermo22 Posted May 4, 2018 #6 Share Posted May 4, 2018 We are going on the Bali to Sydney cruise beginning 11/30/18. We made our own flight reservations going and are using Viking on our return. We are going business class and the cost is about $9,000 for the two of us. That may not sound like a great deal but each way is a non stop flight - going is on Singapore Air and returning on Virgin Australia. When you book the Singapore Air fare - they fly you non-stop to Singapore - where you can spend three days or so - then a free flight (2 1/2 hours) down to Bali (where we will also spend three days before hopping onto the ship). It gets a little complicated - but if you (or anyone) is interested on how to do this deal - I'll spell it out to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGI GUY Posted May 4, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Sunbrookgal, can you tell me your routing and what the cost difference was? Delta and Korean Air have the best and shortest flight times, but I think Viking prefers to use Cathy Pacific. We have flown on Cathy Pacific and it was very good, however I would like to avoid flying to JFK or Newark to get on a Cathy Pacific flight at 1AM. Did you pay extra to the air department at Viking to get the flights you wanted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojocruise Posted May 6, 2018 #8 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Just upgraded our flights through Viking Air from the UK to Sydney and Bali back to the UK for March 2019. Was given a couple of options for flight upgrades, premium economy or business and then a choice of BA or Emirates. Have plumped with Emirates Business class - did a comparison myself on costing direct with the airline and Viking was cheaper although I think the difference was the 'flight allowance' that is built into the package cost of the cruise (as it included return flights) - tbh I'm happy with what I'm paying so all is well :) Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlsbadSally Posted June 7, 2018 #9 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I’m trying to get my business class air booked and it’s a nightmare. They will only book one airline at what they charged me and want large adder for better airlines and routes. Won’t make that mistake again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted June 8, 2018 #10 Share Posted June 8, 2018 sorry, wrong thread. We are not traveling to Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduffys Posted June 8, 2018 #11 Share Posted June 8, 2018 We are flyingClaeveland to India and back from Bangkok. Viking air, business class. Air Canada over and Korean Air, Delta back. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyboy1971 Posted August 15, 2018 #12 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I had a very good experience booking with Viking Air today... I did the business class upgrade w/Viking Air Plus. Customer service agent was extremely friendly. It was a complicated itinerary with the extensions, but she was able to get me on my preferred carriers (my husband and I are both United Global Services/Star Alliance Gold) by playing with code shares and by my willingness to be flexible and take a short connecting flight on the outbound. It all came in under the contract with no add/collect. I ended up with: SFO-LAX-LHR on United Bergen to Oslo on SAS Oslo to FRA on SAS as a LH codeshare FRA to SFO on United as LH codeshare I tried booking the same exact flights directly with United and the business class fare was coming in at $17k per person, so using Viking was a huge savings, and once booked, everything immediately populated in my United App so I am confident my FF status carried thru. That being said, I had to be patient and work with her as she bid the flights... the call was 1 hr 4 minutes long! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vnb2003 Posted August 16, 2018 #13 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Anyone booked business with Viking to (actually FROM) South America? The cruise starts in Miami and ends in Buenos Aires. We don’t worry much about flight to Miami but flight back home from Buenos Aires worries me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2504 Posted August 19, 2018 #14 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Our experience, from the UK, to Beijing and return from Hong Kong was that the preferred carrier was KLM, the cost to upgrade to business class with KLM was pretty steep, we found better routings and pricing with Emirates business class, so we asked about a cruise only price with Viking, they asked what we were considering about flights and told them and within minutes they were able to offer the same flights packaged with the cruise at a better price than we could have achieved. We were very pleased and impressed with Viking Air, they seem a lot more "on the ball" than many other cruise lines "air" departments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyump Posted August 19, 2018 #15 Share Posted August 19, 2018 We're flying London to Bali and return from Bangkok. Viking gave us Emirates business as a first choice and more than happy with price and timings. Very good reviews on A380 so looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted August 20, 2018 #16 Share Posted August 20, 2018 We're flying London to Bali and return from Bangkok. Viking gave us Emirates business as a first choice and more than happy with price and timings. Very good reviews on A380 so looking forward to it! The A380 is an excellent aircraft, very comfortable. Haven't used Emirates, but have flown First or Business on A380's with BA, Qantas & Qatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathtutor101 Posted August 20, 2018 #17 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I had a very good experience booking with Viking Air today... I did the business class upgrade w/Viking Air Plus. Customer service agent was extremely friendly. It was a complicated itinerary with the extensions, but she was able to get me on my preferred carriers (my husband and I are both United Global Services/Star Alliance Gold) by playing with code shares and by my willingness to be flexible and take a short connecting flight on the outbound. It all came in under the contract with no add/collect. I ended up with: SFO-LAX-LHR on United Bergen to Oslo on SAS Oslo to FRA on SAS as a LH codeshare FRA to SFO on United as LH codeshare I tried booking the same exact flights directly with United and the business class fare was coming in at $17k per person, so using Viking was a huge savings, and once booked, everything immediately populated in my United App so I am confident my FF status carried thru. That being said, I had to be patient and work with her as she bid the flights... the call was 1 hr 4 minutes long! LOL. You will love this routing. Viking Air Plus routed us on the same....Bergen to Oslo/ Oslo to Frankfurt/ Frankfurt to Tampa. You will probably have a breakfast from the ship, then another breakfast on the 50-minute flight to Oslo, then another breakfast on the Oslo-Frankfurt. Once in Frankfurt, Lufthansa has its own Customs Control for transferring into the Euro Zone, which is REALLY nice with no big, long line. Then you can have lunch in the Lufthansa Business Class lounge before your TransAtlantic flight. It was heavenly. Since everyone speaks English, we asked a guy pushing an empty wheelchair how to get to Lufthansa and he took us up an elevator right to it and avoided the LONG lines. Have a great trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Monty Posted August 20, 2018 #18 Share Posted August 20, 2018 We have been to Europe on Emirates past 4 years in a row on A380 in Business Class (from Australia). Excellent flights every time, and the A380 is a wonderful aircraft. Emirates on-board experience is as good as we could hope for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted August 20, 2018 #19 Share Posted August 20, 2018 We flew Emirates Business to Africa on the 380. Loved it. I believe you will be very happy - they are a cut above in our opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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