Bucket-List Business Class Trip: Star Alliance Round-the-World Deals from Europe €4,270

November 9, 2024 /39 Comments

Back in 2022, we shared an incredible round-the-world (RTW) deal from Paris that became one of our most popular finds, with around 500,000 views on Flyertalk! Unfortunately, that exact deal is no longer available, but we’ve tracked down some excellent new options for 2025 that are still very much worth considering.

Here’s the original Flyertalk post if you want to see what was possible back then, plus a lot of off-topic discussion.

 

Cheapest Round-the-World Business Class Options (2025)

These are the best deals we’ve found for flying around the world in business class with Star Alliance partners, starting from Europe.
The best part?

You can stay for a few days, or even weeks, at each stop before continuing on to the next destination.

Available Routing Options

You can mix and match stops in Asia, Oceania, and North America.

Asia

  • Bangkok
  • Seoul
  • Hong Kong
  • Tokyo
  • Shanghai
  • Beijing

North America

  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles
  • Las Vegas
  • New York
  • Chicago
  • Vancouver
  • Toronto

Oceania

  • Auckland (if departing from Warsaw or Tallinn)
  • Melbourne or Brisbane (if departing from Budapest)

You don’t have to arrive and depart from the same city.

Examples:

  • Fly to Auckland and continue from Sydney (you’ll just need to book a separate ticket from Auckland to Sydney).
  • Fly to Las Vegas, but continue from San Francisco or Los Angeles, completely fine.

And it doesn’t matter if you start your trip heading westward or eastward first, the pricing remains similar.

 

How to Book

Most of these deals can be booked through online travel agencies (OTA’s) such as Expedia.
Some routings can also be booked directly on the Lufthansa website.

Below you’ll find example routings with links and prices. If you’d like to book, simply change the dates to match your preferred travel schedule.

Note: It can sometimes take a minute for prices to load. Also, prices don’t always display correctly on mobile, so try a desktop if you’re having trouble.

Trips marked with /* mean you’ll need to purchase an additional one-way ticket between two destinations (e.g., Auckland → Sydney).

All itineraries start and end at the same airport.

Departing from Warsaw or Tallinn :

Want to skip North America? You can add a second destination in Asia for the return:

  • Tokyo→ Auckland → Singapore 4480€

Departing from Budapest :

  • Hong Kong → Melbourne→ Vancouver 4270€
  • Bangkok→ Melbourne→ Los Angeles 4350€
  • Hong Kong → Brisbane→ Vancouver 4290€

 

Travel Dates

We’ve found availability beginning March 2025.
Dates vary depending on the route, but you can usually find options each month. Often, adjusting your dates by just a day or two unlocks cheaper pricing.
And if you get stuck, feel free to reach out,  we can help you find a workable itinerary.

 

Fare Rules

Minimum stay requirements

 TRAVEL FROM TURNAROUND MUST COMMENCE NO EARLIER THAN 10
  DAYS AFTER ARRIVAL AT TURNAROUND.

Maximum stay requirements

 TRAVEL FROM LAST STOPOVER MUST COMMENCE NO LATER THAN 12
  MONTHS AFTER DEPARTURE FROM FARE ORIGIN.

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39 Comments

    • premiumflights

      April 11, 2024 at 3:34 am Reply

      Hello, I will check if there are any new possibilities to make this fare work again, if so it will be posted within the next days 😉

  • Kay

    September 10, 2023 at 9:45 pm Reply

    Hi, is Flysmarter.de a trustworthy website? Anyone booked through it before?
    Using the above links I’ve only got the option to book through Flysmarter.de. via Momondo.
    Unfortunately Expedia isn’t an option until a month’s time when they open up flight bookings for Aug 2024, which somehow is available on flysmarter.de…
    Thanks in adv!

  • Justina

    August 7, 2023 at 10:50 am Reply

    Hi, I am interested in the route MXP-Tokyo-Auckland-LAX-Toronto-MXP. Unfortunately, I cannot enter it directly into the Lufthansa search engine (I tried the application and different browsers). It always gives me the error that it is not possible to fly from MXP and book online. Otherwise, I want to confirm that in March my friend and I bought MXP-SFO-SYD-BKK-MXP directly from Lufthansa for 3300 EUR business. It was cheaper than Momondo and now we are on our way. I made the reservation in March without any problems. Could you help me, now. Thanks Justina

    • premiumflights

      August 7, 2023 at 12:00 pm Reply

      Hello, the fare was cheaper some months ago, prices are now over 4000€.
      I’ve checked with Lufthansa, and indeed you cannot enter MXP or Milan at the moment. The Lufthansa website has quite often bugs, you could try in a few days again or book with Expedia for example.

  • Andy

    August 6, 2023 at 8:11 am Reply

    Hey There thanks for posting this, can they originating flight start from Auckland?
    I am thinking AKL-SIN-MXP Then return. Or maybe add USA.? Thanks

  • Kevin

    August 5, 2023 at 12:39 pm Reply

    Heya I came to realise that this deal only applicable for 3rd party booking site (e.g., Seat24). How credible are they? I saw on TrustPilot and their rating is pretty bad..

  • Thomas Corthals

    April 5, 2023 at 11:48 am Reply

    Any Deal from europe to Australia or auckland in october 2023 .
    I tried to book the deal departing from italy but no longer available .

    Thanks ,
    Tom

    • premiumflights

      April 5, 2023 at 2:35 pm Reply

      There should be some dates available from Italy, but maybe nothing in October.

      Paris to Sydney seems to be the cheapest in October link

  • Susan

    March 8, 2023 at 11:29 pm Reply

    hello,
    is it possible to book only the starting date and end date? Then during the 12 months time window, i can freely select where in each continent and what date to fly within? if so, how can I get a fixed price or price range?
    thank you.

  • Brandon

    March 6, 2023 at 4:50 am Reply

    Can you help me find something that starts before thanksgiving that includes NYC as a destination after thanksgiving. Thanks

  • Gary

    March 4, 2023 at 6:54 pm Reply

    I’m a newbie, so please bear with me. Can one fly to all of these cities on these continents, or only one per continent? thanks

    • premiumflights

      March 5, 2023 at 7:38 am Reply

      You can add cities on the same continent, but it’s harder to find good prices in that case. Usually the price will go up by a few 100€, but not always. We’ve added an example below for 3450€ Milan-Tokyo-Auckland-Los Angeles-Toronto-Milan.

  • Heiko Rolfs

    March 4, 2023 at 12:19 pm Reply

    I am interessed in the flight from Milan to Los Angeles, Auckland, Singapore and back to Milan in January 24. possible?

    • premiumflights

      March 5, 2023 at 7:30 am Reply

      Yes that is possible, we did a quick search and came up with a price of 3950€. If you play around with the dates a bit, the price might even come down a bit. Here’s a LINK with dates in January.

  • Suphat

    June 27, 2022 at 9:24 am Reply

    Hi dear team
    Can we start from BKK Thailand to Europe >> Auckland >> USA >> BKK ?
    We need to start from Paris or not
    looking forward for your advice

  • Sanela

    March 21, 2022 at 1:17 pm Reply

    Hi guys! Thank you first for this amazing website!

    My husband and i would love to book this special around the world ticket. We are very flexible with our travel time. But i cant find any “cheap” offer for november or december. We would like to fly for example this route: Paris-San Francisco or any other in the US – Auckland -Bangkok-Paris. Can you help us ? Thank you so much!!

        • premiumflights

          March 23, 2022 at 1:14 pm Reply

          It seems that prices are a bit higher now to Bangkok in November and December.
          You can find for your route for your dates prices for around, 3480€ per person. Which is still a good deal for a round the world ticket in biz class, but higher than before.

          Here’s a LINK for your dates.

  • CHRISTIAN MONCEAU

    March 12, 2022 at 2:28 pm Reply

    Hi dear team.
    You coul book with airlines (LX) via google flight.
    You will pay 50€ more tha OTA but if you have a change or a cancellation – ie for COVID- you could easiy doing with airlines free of charge.
    Via OTA you will pay around 50€ per change….
    Once I had to book cheaper ticket on OTA but they charge me 50 US$ for a cancellation. They gave me only Airport taxes. BTW the Aiirline could refund me with no charge….

    • premiumflights

      March 12, 2022 at 5:59 pm Reply

      Hi,
      thx for the hint. But it really depends on the OTA, we have had some good experience with Expedia during Covid. We got all the money back, much faster than with Swiss for example where we have booked a ticket as well.

      • Christian Monceau

        March 13, 2022 at 11:00 am Reply

        Hi again.
        Expédia refund you with no fées ? Générally OTA s fées for refund or change are about 50US$…
        Btw this post is à very good fare for à business class RTW.

        • premiumflights

          March 13, 2022 at 11:30 am Reply

          Yes, Expedia refunded without fees during Covid.
          And this December we had another trip booked with them for 5 persons, 2 became sick and couldn’t fly. So we called them the day before our departure to inform them that 2 could not fly, the fare was non-refundable, but Expedia said without asking that they would refund us the taxes for the 2 persons who couldn’t take the flight.
          We had this situation once with Lufthansa, we missed the flight, we asked for a tax refund, and it was a long story until we got it back.
          I know that many people had bad experience with Expedia, but we have had good experiences with Expedia Belgium and Germany.

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