Crazy cost of flying…
I am currently looking into purchasing flights to the UK next year for my brothers wedding. Needless to say the prices being floated about for so called “economy” flights are crazy.
I am looking to fly to London on or around 27 May 2009, with a return on or around 10 June 2009, so far the cheapest I have been quoted has been upwards of $5,000, quite a nasty amount that doesn’t reflect the word economy by any means! However after a little bit of researching, had I have done the same trip but in reverse, i.e. from London to Australia and back again, the price of the fare gets halved!
In theory the flights are exactly the same but reversed, so it should cost no airline anymore yet they are charging twice as much? I can understand that there are fuel increases for flying that distance, but come on airlines, $5,000+ for a return ticket to the UK when the same flight done in reverse costs half as much?
Dam dirty dogs!
I’m not too sure when you plan to travel but have you tried cheapflights.com?
Ex. from seattle to the London was $468 bucks round trip!
Hey Trench, being based in Australia makes the whole Seattle thing a bit of a no no!
I have tried every cheap flights website, so far the best price I have come up with is $4620 (aus dollars) for me and the wife) – it is an improvement, but that money could be put to so much better use!
Hope my bro realizes how much I love him, as this trip is all for his wedding!