Fare from New York to Zurich: $5,000

Enjoy the luxury amenities: Sprüngli chocolates, duty-free onboard shopping and La Prairie toiletries and dining abundant options (from light fare to seven-course meals).

Business amalgamations are always of huge risk, but it can ultimately be successful between Lufthansa and Swiss. Swiss has an old repute for civility and effectiveness, and so far their reputation remains unyielding. All the luxury activities and services, you may expect, are present. But for those who are keen on techniques and that hides in all of us, a few too-cool features are too entertaining to ignore. Your video monitor can show flight data, such as air speed, distance flown and distance remaining. That technology has been for years, but Swiss offers you to watch the world in front of the aircraft as well as below it due to two onboard cameras.