São Paulo, Brazil: £3,030/€3,517 Lufthansa First Class from London

Star Alliance member Lufthansa currently sells discounted first class rides from London to São Paulo, Brazil. Tickets are available for as little as £3,030 (~€3,541) with a change of planes in Frankfurt. Departures are possible from both Heathrow and London-City airport.

Included in the deal are two business class rides between the British capital and Frankfurt, and roughly 24 hours of First Class travel from Europe to South America and back. On top, you can access Lufthansa’s dedicated First Class lounge during your layovers. You also enjoy a generous baggage allowance of three bags, weighing up to 32 kg each.

Our availability calendar highlights all possible flight dates at the lowest price for trips up to 28 days. It will forward you to Lufthansa with your selected flight dates. You can find scattered availabilities in 2024, but flights are wide open in early 2025.

European flights are operated by Airbus A320 family planes (from Heathrow) or Embraer jets from City. While the seats in business class are largely the same as in economy, the seat next to you will remain empty, and you will receive free food and beverage service. Long-haul flights are operated by Boeing 747-8 airplanes, with full-fledged First Class service and Lufthansa’s signature red roses.

Lufthansa First Class

Lufthansa has its own terminal for First Class passengers! This and the food in Lufthansa’s First Class are widely considered to be among the best. The First Class terminal has its own airport security control, free food, hotel-like rooms with bed and bathtub, and so on. You get driven to the plane in a limousine.

The seat can be turned into a 210 cm long bed (roughly 80 cm wide) and has all the usual comforts, such as power sockets, inflight entertainment, WIFI, and so on.

Search & Book

According to the fare rules, this fare is on sale without an expiration date, but an advanced booking requirement of at least 120 days. Further, an eight-day minimum stay in Brazil is necessary to get the cheapest tickets. You can find availabilities as early as August 2024, with availability peaking in early 2025.

Google Flights previews availabilities with decent accuracy. You can also use Lufthansa’s best price search tool to find fitting flight dates. This comes with the added benefit of booking directly on the airline’s website, which we strongly recommend.

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.

Miles & Points

Lufthansa issues long-haul tickets in booking class A, the European legs are booking class J. A roundtrip earns the following miles & points:

Destination

Information & Tips for Brazil

Brazil is probably the country in South America that is most frequented by tourists. Whether it’s the carnival or the Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro or touring the Amazon, visitors will get their money’s worth here.

Traditionally, flights to South America and Brazil from Europe are quite expensive, but since a few years, there are increasingly cheap offers, especially with Iberia and TAP.

Best Time to Visit

Brazil is a vast country – so there is no such thing as an overall best travel time. It all depends on what you want to see. It is best to visit the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo autumn and spring while the dry season fort the rainforest is from May to September.

Entry & Visa

EU citizens do not require a visa for stays of up to 90 days and can enter with a passport only. Note that, similar to the USA, that after your first stop in Brazil your luggage must be collected and brought through customs. Calculate accordingly when booking a connecting flight.

Finding the Best eSIM Plan

We’ve compared various eSIM providers, such as Airalo and Maya Mobile. To see which plan is best for your travel needs, and which network offers the best coverage, feel free to read our detailed guide:

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Information & Tips for Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo is an important economic and cultural center in Brazil and at the same time the most populous city in the country with 11 million inhabitants and a metropolitan region of 20 million.

The city is comparatively easy to reach from Europe, and the major hub airports are served by numerous European and Brazilian airlines. Bargains are not as common as to Rio de Janeiro, but there are still good offers.

Best Time to Visit

The best time to visit Sao Paulo is between March and May and between October and November. At this time of year, the weather is warm, and precipitation is comparatively low.

From the airport to the city

You can get a taxi for about 23€-28€. Note that Guarulhos International Airport, which serves most international flights, is located pretty far outside the city and it can take between 45 minutes and 3 hours to get to the city center depending on traffic conditions!

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