Son needed to get to Majorca for his professional yachting. Flew Singapore/Swissair via Singapore to Zurich then Swissair to Palma. Raved about the flight because Singapore to Zurich was Singapore Airlines A380 codeshare. Around $1200 one way from memory.
All European travel for last Four months via Eurail pass. One short flight to Dublin. He is now working in Edinburgh. Home run this month to Hong Kong via ??? and then QF, I think, from Hong Kong direct to Melbourne. Around $1100 one way.
Brother goes to Europe via either Bangkok (Royal Thai), Singapore, Etihad or Emirates and changes aircraft in Dubhai, etc. direct to Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona, etc. Travel into/out of UK is never via Heathrow and via Eurostar if London. At all costs we avoid changing aircraft and connecting flights at Heathrow.
At all costs we now avoid Qantas and that 20+ hour flight to Heathrow hell, and any return flight that is not direct to Melbourne. Qantas lost us years ago and they will have to do a lot better to ever get us back....