kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 The cheapest BA return economy ticket next week was quoted as $7500 but soars to nearly double the price on some days, with customers warned that many of the quoted prices have “only one seat left”. In one instance BA has a single economy fare of $8217. Air NZ had a price of $9000 return economy. Travellers stung with expensive flights | Courier Mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proud2beaussie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 I can't say I'm surprised Kernow,unfortunately it's part of commercial reality that in times like this carriers will take profits wherever they can,I'm not saying I agree with it,I don't,but I'm afraid it's to be expected,BTW it's not just airlines,some hotels in Asia have increased their "rack" rate for rooms by many thousands of percent,I am aware of a hotel in Singapore (5 star) that charged a businessman desperate for a room over the weekend $9000.00 for 2 nights-which was $7000.00 over the normal price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 HMMMM, sensationalist journalism I think. I just had a look at Qantas and searched for flights and they were nothing like those amounts. They were quoted at around $1100 Brissy to London and $1100 for the return leg. Dates of travel were: 16th May, returning on 21st Love Rudi x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest proud2beaussie Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Yes Rudi as is the way with many newspapers they never let the facts get in the way of a good headline! Having said that I have seen some very high fares over the last few days so I think it may be a case of a little bit of fact and a bit of fiction thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Here's a screen shot......minus all the private info from my computer it had on before LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skerly Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 BA are always crazy expensive... Try one of the Asian airlines like Malaysian, Singapore or the likes of Emirates or Eithad and if all else fails and I mean everything goes belly up, look up Qantas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30038 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Some of the hotels here in brizzy were actually giving discounts on meals and drinks of 20% to those who were put up by Singapore airlines. kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sh7t man no way Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 how come business makes profit from peoples pain--its a sad world we live in somedays:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 how come business makes profit from peoples pain--its a sad world we live in somedays:mad: Very true but sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy123 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 LOL check out the sponsor to this thread, yep you guessed it...... BA :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 how come business makes profit from peoples pain--its a sad world we live in somedays:mad: Very true but sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 LOL check out the sponsor to this thread, yep you guessed it...... BA :biglaugh: The last airline I would use! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Guys, don't believe all you read. I just did the same thing on the BA site as I did on the Qantas site and the price came out as 424 pounds each way, flying on 7th May and returning on 21st. The dates around that were similar too. Love Rudi x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Guys, don't believe all you read. I just did the same thing on the BA site as I did on the Qantas site and the price came out as 424 pounds each way, flying on 7th May and returning on 21st. The dates around that were similar too. Love Rudi x apart from the price Rudi Ba would be a life and death airline to fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 apart from the price Rudi Ba would be a life and death airline to fly It wasn't meant to be a post about the merits of BA or any other airline, just a post to demonstrate the complete and utter bull**** in the article that was originally posted Love Rudi x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow43 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 It wasn't meant to be a post about the merits of BA or any other airline, just a post to demonstrate the complete and utter bull**** in the article that was originally posted Love Rudi x I am quite surprised Rudi by the prices compared to Qantas and NZ, you are correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudi Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Of course I am right!! I am always right!! I am a woman!! :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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