Interesting fare on EY: DME-Australia, various stopovers allowed

[Drago]

In short, you would need to depart from Russia, fly via AUH to Thailand/Vietnam, fly back to AUH, then go to Australia, possibly on their A380, return to AUH, and back to Russia via AUH.
Need to depart DME and return to LED I believe.

For economy, as low as 350 europ.
http://www.fly4free.com/this-is-insane-mega-cheap-flights-to-thailand-wietnam-and-australia-in-one-trip-from-345-eur/
Would earn around 25k AA miles, covering most of the cost of the flight.

And for biz, as low as 1,600 Euro perhaps.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/1696414-ey-mow-bkk-bkk-syd-mel-syd-mel-mow-2000usd.html
Would earn a 25% AA bonus, so around 30k

[sammy n]

Would I be able to fly into Russia without a visa with having a departing flight with this?

[Drago]

The A380 is available for a bit more.

[Yaalili]

Would I be able to fly into Russia without a visa with having a departing flight with this?

Not simple - http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=49598.0.

[B.D.Da'ehu]

Wow a lot of MR options going on on FT today. FD's galore!

[philbenjoe]

Is it difficult to get a Russian visa?

[Drago]

From FT:

OK i got the idea finally:
1) LED fares have routings list not restricted (simply a whole list of available routings or so).
2) there is no YQ if Australia is added, so technically its a fuel dump also (fares to Australia have q-charges but this is not a fare to Australia)
3) only one LED-XXX fare component is permitted due to e-ticket restrictions (max 4 arrivals or departures from one country).

[Freddie]

Is it difficult to get a Russian visa?

Costs money. There are services that take care of it for you.

[Drago]

Per FT.

Dear Colleagues,

We ask you urgently to check the ticketing airline Etihad Airways in the direction of Russia - Australia / New Zealand with several transit points in Asia's cities in the route. Eg. MOW-PEK-BKK-SYD.

Dates extracts from 21.07 till now.

Due to a technical error of the tariff and fees for such routes not be calculated.

Please stop the sale of tickets for such routes to resolve the error.
tickets issued with incorrect calculation, should be repealed.
VOID If the operation is no longer possible, remove the seats in the reservations and wait for the next mailing with detailed instructions for the implementation of the refund.

Passengers with these tickets will not be accepted for carriage.
Attached to the official letter of the airline passengers.

[B.D.Da'ehu]

Wow they're getting tough.