Cheapest A380 Routes ?

180567 wrote: »

Thanks everyone for all the replies to my original question. In the end I went to Singapore with Lufthansa via Frankfurt, on their A380 (Lufthansa A320 & A321 on the shorter parts of the trip). The A380 was brilliant, and I was able to get seats in the small economy class section of the upper deck. (Boarding thru the main deck and then going up the spiral stairs at the back of the plane to the upper deck. This also had the advantage that I was able to disembark through the upper deck and had a walk through the business class cabin and even had a brief look into first class. The crew were very friendly and let me take a few pictures once everyone else was off.
The service was brilliant, the take off roll from Frankfurt very excellent, and seemed to go on for ages. Very smooth flight, and the flight path went over eastern europe, Turkey and then on over India and Malaysia.
On the way back the flight was at midnight so I had a great afternoon and evening exploring Changi airport which was excellent, and fascinating. Lots of Qantas and Singapore A380's and 777s to see. Some very nice outdoor viewing galleries airside.
Frankfurt airport was also very interesting , the long haul flights from the Z gates. On the way back the Dublin flight was from the B gates which had some interesting airlines such as Oman Air.
The seats on the A380 were very comfortable, the configuration in the economy class section of the upper deck is 2-4-2. (down on the main deck it was 3-4-3) There was a small box type compartment beside the window for storage, as the overhead bins looked to be smaller than the main deck ones. The window itself is interesting as it had about 10 inches of space between the outer and inner pane (probably because of the shape of the cabin). There was a small galley and crew area and restroom at the back of the upper deck economy section and a cart lift to bring stuff up and down from the main deck.
The inflight entertainment system was grand, and included a live feed from cameras on the tail and facing downwards.
I'd really recommend Lufthansa and their A380, and one big advantage of their system is you can check in online 23 hours before your first segment, and then also check in and select your seat for the 2nd segment at that time (so you can get the pick of the seats for the long haul flight before they are all filled up).
The flight down was about 70% full and 100% full on the way back. Singapore airport was very easy and you do security at the gate rather than at a central security check. Passports took about 20 minutes, no visa requirements.
I'll try and post some pictures later.