Hi all,

Having not left LOS for the past 6 years have no idea of which airlines are best ,

Any reccomendations ? Based on cost ( best value ) ( value for money ) comfort , service etc,

Ideally Id like to fly into B'ham but any destination would be ok if the airline / service was better.

Thks

P.s plan on leaving around the 19th this month and back inbetween xmas and new year

You might struggle for availability with those dates. However, Emirates to BHX via Dubai with the A380 between BKK and DXB - brilliant business class product. Air France, KLM and Lufthansa also offer connections into BHX, of the three I think I'd prefer AF in business. KLM and Schiphol offers a better connection experience than Charles de Gaulle though, and the newly re-furbished business lounge at AMS is very nice.

Couple of other BHX options I forgot there. Turkish via Istanbul - not tried them. Swiss via Zurich - very nice Apenzeller beer in the lounge...

Emirates business is really nice but quite hard to find some place at good price.

Emirates first costs just little bit more and is worth a try (especially on the A380 with the onboard lounge and SPA). Last time I was able to get a return flight with 2 free nights stopover in Dubai in 5 star hotel for 2.300 Euro (just few hundreds more than business class).