Star Alliance member SWISS is offering very cheap business class tickets from Budapest to São Paulo in March 2024. For only HUF 555,100 (~€1,412) you can fly to Brazil and back in a lie-flat-seat, enjoy lounge access at every airport in between and many more perks.
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.
For a little more, you can also fly Lufthansa with a change of planes in Frankfurt. However, this would result in longer travel times, an inferior business class cabin and less mileage.
All itineraries require a change of planes in Zurich. European legs are operated by Swiss mainline planes or Edelweiss A320s – in case you want to get the maximum mileage out of these tickets, avoid the Edelweiss flights. In either case, European business class (an empty middle seat and free food and beverage service) awaits you.
The long flights are Swiss Boeing 777-300ER services with lie-flat-seats in an alternating 2-2-1 and 1-2-1 seating alignment.
With SWISS, it very much depends on the specific seat, as SWISS has a throne seat in every row. While the double seats share a platform in the middle, the throne seat has its own platform on each side, which you won’t have to share with anyone. Those seats thus offer privacy and comfort to an extent that the other seats cannot compete with. Therefore, you may be disappointed if you don’t get one of the throne seats, even if the other seats obviously also have a very high standard.
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The fare rules for this deal don’t give away a travel or sales period. A minimum stay of six days or one night from Saturday to Sunday in Brazil applies to get the lowest fare. The advertised price is exclusively available in March 2024.
Google Flights helps you find additional flight dates. We recommend buying premium tickets directly from the airline, in this case Lufthansa or Swiss.
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 issues these tickets in booking class P. A roundtrip on Swiss metal earns you the following:
- 16,178 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 13,542 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 13,142 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 12,942 Award Miles + 2,588 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 12,942 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 12,942 Miles on Asiana Club
- 12,942 Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 12,942 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 12,942 Miles on Ethiopian ShebaMiles
- 12,942 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 12,942 Award Miles on LATAM Pass
- 12,942 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 12,942 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 12,942 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 12,442 Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 9,060 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
- 5,440 Award Miles + 480 Points on Miles&More
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