Star Alliance airlines Lufthansa, Air Canada, United, SWISS, and Brussels Airlines are teaming up to offer extremely cheap flights from Copenhagen to Washington DC. Prices start at €219 (~DKK 1,633), however only if you’re willing to fly without luggage. Adding luggage to your reservation increases the price quite substantially.
While luggage isn’t included, you will be served drinks and get food on your flights. Star Alliance Gold members will also enjoy all their usual benefits.
Feel free to also take a look at these other economy class dealz from Copenhagen:
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This deal will remain valid until June 25, 2020. You may travel from August 12th until December 14th, and from December 24th onward, as long as you respect the minimum stay requirement of 6 days (or a Sunday), and do not exceed a trip length of 3 months.
You can find available dates on Google Flights, and then either book on our Travel-Dealz flight search, or directly at the airline (for a higher price). To save you some clicking, we’ve compiled an availability calendar, that shows you all available dates:
Miles
The tickets are usually issued in booking class K. For the example routing in the screenshot above, you could expect to get:
- 3,618 Miles on ANA Mileage Club
- 2,473 Award Miles + 180 Points on Miles&More
- 2,345 Points on SAS EuroBonus
- 2,327 Award Miles + 465 PQP on United MileagePlus
- 2,327 CV Points on Vistara Club Vistara
- 2,069 Miles on Aegean Miles+Bonus
- 2,069 Miles on Thai Royal Orchid Plus
- 2,064 Miles on Copa ConnectMiles
- 2,064 Miles on TAP Miles&Go
- 2,064 Miles on GOL Aéreos Smiles
- 1,035 Miles on EVA Infinity MileageLands
- 1,035 Miles on Asiana Club
- 1,035 Miles on Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles
- 1,032 Award Miles on Air Canada Aeroplan
- 1,032 Miles on Avianca LifeMiles
- 1,032 Miles on Egyptair Plus
- 1,032 Miles on Singapore KrisFlyer
- 1,032 Award Miles on Azul TodoAzul
- 1,032 Award Miles on Etihad Guest
This is a Star Alliance fare that does not include check-in luggage. Additionally, some other disadvantages may apply, especially when flying with United:
Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian
Lufthansa Group airlines call this fare Economy Light. You can select your seats during the check-in process. While these airlines still allow Star-Alliance-Gold customers to bring one 23kg bag, it is said that this benefit will soon be eliminated without much warning – like on European flights.
United Airlines
The long-haul United Basic Economy allows Star-Alliance-Gold customers to fly with 2 x 23 kg luggage, or even 3 x 32 kg if you’re a MileagePlus frequent flyer. Nevertheless, there are other restrictions:
- You cannot reserve your seats. Even at the time of check-in, you’ll be automatically assigned a seat, which you cannot change.
- You’ll be the last one to board the plane (except if you’re a frequent flyer).
- Additionally, if you’re a MileagePlus-customer:
- No free Economy-Plus upgrades
- Only 50% PQM instead of 100%, and only 0.5 PQS per flight
- No modifications (e.g. Same Day-Changes) possible
- Upgrades are not permitted
Air Canada
On flights with Air Canada, there is also a Basic Economy, but it is not quite as restrictive as United’s. If you have a Star-Alliance-Gold-Status, you can give up a 23 kg luggage, and Air-Canada-Altitude status holders can even be allowed up to 3 x 32 kg.
Other restrictions include:
- You can reserve seats, but at a higher price than usual for Economy.
- For Air Canada Altitude customers:
- 25% miles for transatlantic flights, none for domestic.
- Upgrades are not permitted.
- From Prestige 25K onwards you can select your seats.
If you feel that these restrictions are unbearable, you should book over Lufthansa.com or United.com and select the rate that includes luggage for roughly €100 more.
Cover Picture: Ditmar Lange