{"id":25359,"date":"2025-10-17T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:21:20","slug":"business-class-deal-asia-uk-under-700-one-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2025\/10\/17\/business-class-deal-asia-uk-under-700-one-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Business class deal: Asia &#8211; UK under \u00a3700 one-way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday morning I woke up to see Qatar Airways\u2019 error fare going viral on China&#8217;s social media, which was unfortunately pulled pretty quickly. Anyway, here are a few business class fares I spotted recently from China, Japan and Korea to the UK &#8211; not error fares, but very good deals nonetheless especially for one-way trips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hainan Airlines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chongqing \u2013 Beijing \u2013 Manchester<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel period: late November to March next year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-way from \u00a56,000+, round-trip from \u00a512,000+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stopover allowed in Beijing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s plenty of one-way availability, though round-trips are harder to find. The stopover option is great: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/hu-ckg-pek-man\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">for example<\/a>, you could fly from Chongqing to Beijing, spend a few days there, and then continue to the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man-1320x806.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/hu-ckg-pek-man.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hainan is generally regarded as one of the best Chinese airlines, with pretty solid business class product. The fare should credit 125% to Alaska&#8217;s program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China Southern Airlines<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Departure: Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Destination: London<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transit: Beijing or Guangzhou<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel period: December to March next year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-way from \u00a56,000+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand between Japan and Europe is high and cheap fares are rare, so this is a great deal. However, the long layover in Beijing can be painful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/cz-tyo-lhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Tokyo<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-tyo-lhr.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-tyo-lhr.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-tyo-lhr.png 505w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-tyo-lhr-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/cz-kix-lhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Osaka<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr-1024x494.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr-1320x637.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-kix-lhr.png 1527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/cz-icn-lhr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">from Seoul<\/a> is much more reasonable:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr-1320x681.png 1320w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/cz-icn-lhr.png 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The only real downside is that stopovers aren\u2019t allowed; adding one in Tokyo or Seoul would immediately increase the price by about \u00a52,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite of its exist from Skyteam, China Southern still has a handful of partners to which you can credit the flight at 100%, including British Airways, American Airlines and Flying Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday morning I woke up to see Qatar Airways\u2019 error fare going viral on China&#8217;s social media, which was unfortunately pulled pretty quickly. Anyway, here are&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,174,161,39],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-25359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-china-southern","category-hainan-airlines","category-uk","tag-flight-sale"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25362,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359\/revisions\/25362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}