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 :
- Singapore → Auckland → San Francisco 4680€
- Hong Kong → Auckland → Los Angeles 4480€
- Tokyo → Auckland → Los Angeles 4465€
- Singapore → Auckland/*Sydney → Vancouver 4990€
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.
Hi, Any updates for 2024/2025 🙂 love to book this trip
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 😉
Any similar offers from One World?
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!
why dont you make a special RTW section on your website?
Can you find good fares without going through New Zealand? Lets say MXP-NRT-SFO-MXP?
No, the base fare is to Australia/New Zealand with build in stopovers in Asia and North America.
Could you do MXP-SFO-KiX, TYO-AKL-SFO -MXP?
MXP-SFO-AKL-KIX-TYO-MXP should be feasible.
Hi
Can we start from Europe to Akl via Canada . AKL-SYD-TYO-Europe
From Milan to Vancouver to Auckland and back to Milan is possible. 3700€
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
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.
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
Hello, no you have to start and end in Milan.
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..
As mentioned, not only by 3rd party booking sites, some deals can be booked directly with Lufthansa (via Momondo).
We’ve booked several times with expedia, and we had no problems. Even with flight changes, everything was ok.
But Trustpilot is not a source I would trust. People just go to that page to complain about a company.
To give you an example, Lufthansa has terrible reviews, https://de.trustpilot.com/review/www.lufthansa.com .
Fair! Thanks for clarification!
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
There should be some dates available from Italy, but maybe nothing in October.
Paris to Sydney seems to be the cheapest in October link
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.
No not possible
Can you help me find something that starts before thanksgiving that includes NYC as a destination after thanksgiving. Thanks
As you are speaking about thanksgiving, I guess that you are from the US, here in Europe no one knows when thanksgiving is ;). Just to be clear, this fare only works with starting and end point in Italy.
Here’s an example that includes New York with your dates.
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
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.
I am interessed in the flight from Milan to Los Angeles, Auckland, Singapore and back to Milan in January 24. possible?
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.
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
Hello, no this fare only works if the starting point is in Paris.
Is this trip still viable?
I’m looking to go via RAR if possible April 2023
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!!
Hi, yes we can help you, at least we can try 😉
How long would you like to stay at each destination?
4 -7 days 🙂 thank you very much!!!
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.
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….
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.
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.
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.