Wow! How cheap is business class on Batik Air from Hong Kong to Sydney?!

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It’s always fun when you see a cheap business class flight on Google flights. What is even more remarkable is when you go to the airline’s website and discover it’s actually even cheaper again.

Batik Air is probably not top of anyone’s list of airlines when flying from Hong Kong to Sydney. I imagine most people would look at non-stop flights on airlines such as Qantas or Cathay Pacific. Google flights is handy for presenting lesser known options, and that’s how I found myself checking this out.

Business Class on Batik Air

Having a look at the results from the online search, you can see Batik Air is cheapest. Next cheapest on the list is Philippine Airlines and of course the non-stop option with Cathay Pacific is much more expensive.

€1,208 is pretty decent. What is more interesting is when you compare it to other travel classes. For Premium Economy, Philippine Airlines are cheapest at €1,198 (so basically the same price) with Cathay Pacific priced at €1,384. Economy is €331 (Cebu Pacific), €423 (PK), €447 (Batik), €487 (Malaysia Airlines) and €637 (Cathay Pacific).

A Price Surprise!

Google flights usually has it spot on, so I clicked through to have a look. It didn’t take me to a booking screen, so I put the flight search in again. Imagine my surprise when I saw a discount icon and HKD 8,594 as the price! That translates to €938, over €250 cheaper than the search showed.

When making the booking, this discount is on the Business Flexi fare as well, which is nice. All well and good, then of course there was a little sting at the end, with an unavoidable credit card surcharge of HKD 258.00 (€28). Even so, it made the overall price €966. That is very impressive for a business class one way ticket, particularly considering the other comparable prices.

Overall Thoughts

I’m sure it’s going to be a fairly basic experience in Batik Air business class. Even so, the 737-800 appears to have decent recliners and the A330-300 down to Sydney will have lie-flat seats, though older ones. For the price though, who cares!

Have you flown with Batik Air before? What do you think of the deal? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.

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