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International Travel Services 1st air.net Specializes in first class travel services. The global business environment today is a multicultural one. Globalization draws people together from all nations of the world into a single community linked by the vast network of communication technologies. Travel around The World in First Class and receive Discount Business Class Tickets, Discounted International Premium Class Offers with 1st-air.

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Chairman's Top Business and First Class Specials and Offers for Business and First Class International Travel   Australia/ New Zealand   The best in business class deals, specials, and offers are made available to our Passport Premiere and Chairman's Inner Circle members from carriers with the most direct and comfortable premium class products to Australia and New Zealand. Our premium members receive specialized pricing with both One World and Star Alliance carriers that offer direct service between North America and Australia in both business and first class. These carriers include Air New Zealand and Qantas, the spirit of Australia.   Discounted business and first class pricing with Qantas can be requested from any city in North America to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth or anywhere else in the land down under. Special business class offers and discounts are also available from Star Alliance member Air New Zealand. All fares are available on-line at www.1st-air.net/quoteform.cfm. For members of Passport Premiere and the Chairman's Inner Circle, additional savings are also available. While your initial interest in our preferred programs may be for a greater discount, the overall product you receive has all of the amenities that you have come to expect as a premium class traveler.   Asia Pacific   The finest in luxury travel is available for members of our Passport Premiere and Chairman's Inner Circle to destinations in Asia with Cathay Pacific, a member of the One World Alliance. Cathay Pacific has installed an upgraded business class seat in 2007 on its long haul aircraft, followed an angled pod layout. We suggest routing via San Francisco to South East Asian destinations with Cathay Pacific for optimal savings. While Cathay Pacific offers minimal discounts for First Class travel, San Francisco (as well as Toronto from the east coast) continues to be their most affordable North American gateways.   Discount Cathay Pacific Business Class Fare San Francisco Hong Kong -- $5,100 + taxes Discount Cathay Pacific Business Class Fare San Francisco Singapore -- $5,100 + taxes Special Cathay Pacific Business Class Fare Singapore San Francisco -- $5,100 + taxes Special Cathay Pacific British Airways American Business Class Fare  (SEE RTW SECTION)   While the marketplace is flooded with a plethora of business class deals and offers, our premium membership programs are tailored to deliver savings with elite carriers that offer either direct service or bed style seating in business class.   Asia Pacific combined with Australia and/or New Zealand in Business or First Class   If you looking to combine a trip to Asia with a trip Australia /and or New Zealand we suggest using a Circle Pacific ticket or even and Around the World (RTW) ticket. If your itinerary does not require travel to Europe or Africa, then a Circle Pacific ticket is likely a better fit than a full blown Around the World as it will be less expensive. The One World Circle Pacific ticket permits travel with One World Alliance members American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Lan Chile and/or Qantas. The Circle Pacific ticket with the Star Alliance allows for travel on any of its members flights including Air New Zealand, All Nippon, Asiana, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, and United. With either the One World Alliance or Star Alliance the Circle Pacific fare allows the traveler to pay a fixed price for travel to both Asia and Australia/New Zealand as long as travel remains in a continuous direction. After you leave one Continent under a Circle Pacific fare, you can't return to the same continue on the same ticket.   There are three fare levels with the One World Alliance based on the number of miles flown, being categorized into 22000, 26000, and 29000 mileage brackets. The Star Alliance offers similar pricing plans. While discount business class deals and offers are generally not available on published Around the World and Circle Pacific fares, additional savings are available based on where your trip originates as well as the order of the cities visited.   The benefit for Premiere Members   Our Premiere members that make frequent trips between North America, Asia and Australia/New Zealand can take advantage of discounts of up to 40% or more with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Japan Airlines, Qantas, and Lan Chile using Circle Pacific Travel.   As explained in our Around the World fares/ Circle Pacific fare section (www.1st-air.net/world_specials.cfm), on July 1st, 2008 the One World Alliance initiated a 40% increase overnight, raising the Circle Pacific business class fare from $5,500 to $9,300 for a 22,000 miles fare. However, strategies exist for our preferred members to qualify for business class Circle Pacific fare levels up to 40% off. Travelers based in the U.S. can expect business class fares between $6,000 -$6,500 that include travel to Asia and Australia with American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, Japan Airlines, and Lan Chile.   Around the World Tickets and Fares   Around the world fares will widely vary based on the country where travel originates. An Around the world business class ticket purchased originating in New York visiting London, Singapore and Bangkok is likely to be more expensive if purchased in the U.S. or United Kingdom compared with Thailand. Frequent international travelers can benefit from reduced travel costs by originating their Around the World ticket in a country that they may frequently visit with lower pricing than their home country. Passport Premiere and Chairman's Inner Circle aids its members in structuring their itinerary for maximum savings on their initial trip with maximum value for future around the world trips.   Specialized Circle Pacific ticket and fare strategies are currently in high demand by frequent travelers between the North America and Australia   Passport Premiere will devise and implement strategies for frequent international business and first class travelers to get them most out of their Around the World ticket purchase. As Around the World pricing can vary greatly based on where you originate, Passport Premiere will not only determine the most efficient way to arrange your itinerary but will suggest an efficient purchase pattern for future trips so that you benefit from maximum savings.   Latin America   Discount Business Class offers and fares are available between North America and Latin America using Delta Airlines, LAN and TAM Brazil Airlines among other carriers. Discount business class fares to Argentina, Brazil and Chile with Delta Airline, LAN and TAM Brazil are available on-line by going to our quoteform at www.1st-air.net/quoteform.cfm.