Indonesia: €449 Star Alliance Flights from Amsterdam in 2024 (Incl. Luggage)

Star Alliance member Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines’ subsidiary Scoot team up to bring you some interesting fares to a bevy of Indonesian destinations with departure from Amsterdam. The cheapest tickets start at €448 for a roundtrip to Surabaya.

While you have to change planes twice along the way (once in Europe and once in Singapore), the fare gets even better as it’s includes a piece of hold luggage up to 23 kg.

You can find discounted tickets to the following destinations:

• Surabuya, at €448
• Bali, Indonesia at €449
• Medan at €450
• Manado at €469
• Makassar at €471
• Yogyakarta at €471
• Lombok at €472
• Manado at €469
• Balikpapan at €472
• possibly more

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates at the lowest price for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to Lufthansa or Swiss with your selected flight dates. The airlines sell the cheapest tickets on their websites. We have previewed availabilities to Bali and Surabaya for less than €500. Flights are available from January through April 2024.

In most cases, you will fly Swiss or its subsidiary Helvetic Airways from Amsterdam to Zurich, then continue on a Swiss Boeing 777-300ER to Singapore. Depending on how long you are willing to wait for your connection, you can continue your journey on either JetStar Asia (meh), Scoot (meh) or Singapore Airlines (Bingo!).

Search & Book

The fare rules give no expiration date. You can find availabilities for departures in early 2024, your return flight might happen later.

Google Flights previews availabilities reliably. You can also Lufthansa’s best price search to search for flight dates Google does not show. Sadly, that statement is not true for all possible destinations. Because the travel period is rather short, trial & error is not as complicated and won’t take as long.

We strongly recommend booking with Lufthansa, as they offer the cheapest tickets to most destinations and savings via online travel agencies are minimal.

Why is booking with an airline better than with an online travel agency?

More often than not, online travel agencies offer lower fares than airlines do. We still recommend booking with the airlines directly. There are two main reasons for that:

Better Customer Service
In case any problems like delays, cancellations or missed connections arise, you can communicate directly with the airline. The airline has to take care of you because you have a contract with them.

If a travel agency issues your ticket, you may have to reach out to them first. You also depend on your OTA to forward information like flight changes instead of receiving them directly from the airline. In many cases, you may get a prime exhibition of responsibility shifting rather than problem-solving.

This especially applies to premium tickets. You don’t want to spend more than €1,000 to wind up with some budget OTA’s telephone hotline in case anything goes wrong.

Baggage and Other Fees
Economy fares not including hold luggage are industry standard by now. In most cases, travel agencies charge much higher baggage fees than the airlines themselves. If bags are not included in your fare, airlines are often the cheaper alternative.

This also applies to other things like food services, insurances or priority treatment. In almost all cases, you pay less for additional amenities when booking on the airlines’ website.

Mileage

Swiss and Singapore Airline segments are booking class K, while Scoot segments are booking class O. Your possible earnings are very limited:

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