Economy to London

Economy to London

Family flights are so cheap at the moment that you can buy 2 one way tickets for almost the same price as a return. What do you think of MEL to LON via Middle East leaving evening (you get your sleep) and back leaving in the evening LON to MEL via Singapore (you get your sleep again)?

Via ME, leaving LON in the evening is not great. LON to ME3 hubs only average 7h and your longer leg to Oz leaves in the morning local time.

Why mucking around when you can have SQ both way. They have quite a few services MEL-SIN as well as SIN-LHR, so you can easy choose most convenient one.

Or Cathay via HKG for that matter. 

Cathay usually more expensive. Also while Cathay Business is prized everywhere (and it really good) SQ economy one of the best.

Agreed re SQ economy. But if you're OW sapphire/emerald, nothing beats the consistency, variety and general quality of CX home base lounges.

SQ economy and Changi airport is great if you're status-less. 

I don't know why anyone would muck around going any other way.

Generally speaking exactly status-less flying economy. I am not flying that little – for recent years averaging one flight to Europe per year. And even then I still status-less.

How would you rate BA premium economy to London? 

From SYD, it's way too expensive for what you're paying for. I'd recommend BA Premium economy on SIN/SYD - it's good value.  

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I always fly SQ to London, and generally stop over even if it's just overnight, to break up the flight. Usually arrive late evening (midnight-ish), crash at the Crown Plaza (great hotel) then hop on SQ318 at lunchtime.

The point of my question was missed, I was saying the first leg in each direction is the long one, i.e. More conducive to sleep.