Bolivia: €1,566 Lufthansa Group Business Class Flights from Amsterdam in April and May

Star Alliance member SWISS brings us today a deal from Amsterdam to Bolivia starting at just €1,566. The long haul flight is operated by Swiss or Edelweiss, while the connecting flight within South America operated by partners such as Avianca or GOL. This deal includes 2×32 kg checked luggage. Departures are available in April and May.

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.

There are various ways to travel from Amsterdam to Bolivia. One route involves taking Swiss to Amsterdam and Edelweiss to Bogotá, using an Airbus A340-300 aircraft. In the business class, you will find a 1-2-1 or 2-2-1 configuration.

After landing in Colombia, there will be a connecting flight with Avianca. For example, you may travel to your destination, Santa Cruz or La Paz with an Avianca Airbus 320.

On the return flight, you might travel from La Paz with Avianca to Bogotá. From there, you transfer to an Edelweiss flight. This flight makes a short layover in Cartagena. During this time, you probably won’t need to disembark because the flight continues with the same flight number toward Zurich. Finally, the last segment (Zurich-Amsterdam) is operated by Swiss.

It is also possible to fly with Lufthansa in the outbound flight for an extra €100, but you will get fewer miles than with Swiss but more than with Edelweiss.

Often, the connecting flight within Latin America is only in economy (sometimes premium economy) class. This is marked in the booking process with the indication “Mixed Travel Classes.”

Search & Book

This deal doesn’t have an expiration date, but a maximum stay of twelve months applies. Available dates in April and May.

You can find suitable dates using our calendar above or with the help of Google Flights. We recommend booking directly on Lufthansa’s website.

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

All long-haul flights, both Edelweiss and Swiss, are issued in booking class P. The flights with Avianca in booking class H.

Unfortunately, Edelweiss is not a member of the Star Alliance. As far as we know, you can earn miles for Edelweiss flights only with Miles & More, United MileagePlus, and Air Canada Aeroplan.

You can earn the following mileage for the long-haul ZRH - BOG operated by Edelweiss.

For flights operated by Avianca and Swiss (AMS - ZRH and BOG - LPB) earn the following miles and points:

If you fly Lufthansa via Frankfurt, mileage earnings are more straightforward:

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